Introduction
Covid experience as a school
As a school we have had to change the ways we live to protect ourselves from this dangerous pandemic which has put us all in a overwhelming state of panic and stress.
Since March 2020 my life has changed dramatically due to this pandemic, in ways that made it even harder for me to learn, and this made me fall behind in class, I think it is better for kids to be at school so that they know exactly what they are meant to do for the day and they need to have that face to face communication with the teachers, they also need to see their friends so that they feel less lonely and solitary.
The different constraints we have been experiencing in school are things like;
- Loss of learning time.
- Less break and lunch time.
- Having to go through a one way system which also affects time efficiency.
- Having to line up outside for long periods of time in the scorching sun, waiting for our teachers' name to be called so that we can be escorted to class.
- Being let out of school late which affects the time we get home which then affects the time we have to do homework.
Make, do and mend
I assume that this phrase is referring the fact that due to this pandemic we have had to MAKE certain changes to our daily lives and add regulations to them too, we have also had to DO those regulations and MEND a few of those regulations, this is what I’ve tried to repeat through the photography on this page.
As a school we have had to change the ways we live to protect ourselves from this dangerous pandemic which has put us all in a overwhelming state of panic and stress.
Since March 2020 my life has changed dramatically due to this pandemic, in ways that made it even harder for me to learn, and this made me fall behind in class, I think it is better for kids to be at school so that they know exactly what they are meant to do for the day and they need to have that face to face communication with the teachers, they also need to see their friends so that they feel less lonely and solitary.
The different constraints we have been experiencing in school are things like;
- Loss of learning time.
- Less break and lunch time.
- Having to go through a one way system which also affects time efficiency.
- Having to line up outside for long periods of time in the scorching sun, waiting for our teachers' name to be called so that we can be escorted to class.
- Being let out of school late which affects the time we get home which then affects the time we have to do homework.
Make, do and mend
I assume that this phrase is referring the fact that due to this pandemic we have had to MAKE certain changes to our daily lives and add regulations to them too, we have also had to DO those regulations and MEND a few of those regulations, this is what I’ve tried to repeat through the photography on this page.
These images reflect the topic of make, do and mend, The way that I made this is by thinking of how to adapt my collage with the materials I had to best fit the topic and theme for each of them.
Marcel Duchamp
1. Marcel Duchamp’s picture 'L.H.O.O.Q.' (1919) uses a postcard reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' (1503-17). Describe Leopardo's painting and explain why it is so famous.
Leonardo's painting is of a woman who has a smug smile which people describe as 'seductive and confident'.
This painting got stolen for 2 years due to its fame and that is why it is so famous.
2. Now describe Duchamp's 'L.H.O.O.Q.' What has he done to the reproduction of Leonardo's painting? What does the title mean? Why might he have added male facial hair to the female portrait?
He reproduced it to apply humour to it, and steal some of the game attached to the painting. The title means 'hot ass' when pronounced with french letters, it was put there to take a mockery out of the portrait, to disrespect the artist Leonardo and disrespect women. Duchamp added male facial hair to Mona Lisa for humour purposes.
3) What do you understand by the term 'readymade'? In what ways is 'L.H.O.O.Q.' a readymade?
Readymade is when you take an image/piece of art that is already completed and modifying pieces of it to add interesting features. I believe that 'L.H.O.O.Q.' is readymade because Duchamp modified the painting with facial hair, colour, background and many more things.
4) Why was Marcel Duchamp's idea of the 'readymade' such a revolutionary idea in art?
This is because he went against the rules/norms of art and disrespected another artists painting by adding a vulgar phrase and facial hair on the woman in the painting as well as it being well-respected and famous.
Leonardo's painting is of a woman who has a smug smile which people describe as 'seductive and confident'.
This painting got stolen for 2 years due to its fame and that is why it is so famous.
2. Now describe Duchamp's 'L.H.O.O.Q.' What has he done to the reproduction of Leonardo's painting? What does the title mean? Why might he have added male facial hair to the female portrait?
He reproduced it to apply humour to it, and steal some of the game attached to the painting. The title means 'hot ass' when pronounced with french letters, it was put there to take a mockery out of the portrait, to disrespect the artist Leonardo and disrespect women. Duchamp added male facial hair to Mona Lisa for humour purposes.
3) What do you understand by the term 'readymade'? In what ways is 'L.H.O.O.Q.' a readymade?
Readymade is when you take an image/piece of art that is already completed and modifying pieces of it to add interesting features. I believe that 'L.H.O.O.Q.' is readymade because Duchamp modified the painting with facial hair, colour, background and many more things.
4) Why was Marcel Duchamp's idea of the 'readymade' such a revolutionary idea in art?
This is because he went against the rules/norms of art and disrespected another artists painting by adding a vulgar phrase and facial hair on the woman in the painting as well as it being well-respected and famous.
Hannah Höch
Here are some of her fantastic pieces of art, what I like most about this artist is that with her artwork there is no limit to the different types of creativity being used, her images are quite strange and unnatural but that is what makes it interesting to look at.
Hannah Hoch is a German artist best know for her sensational pieces of artwork, she has a distinct interest in photomontages, and she was a part of the artistic movement called 'Dada' in Zurich, Switzerland in 1915.
- Creativity
- Imagination
- Women were widely underrated - whenever a women had something to say or an accomplishment to share they were quickly dismissed and their work would go unnoticed.
- Women were also seen as 'Not good enough' - women were also seen as less efficient at doing some things e.g. art, photography and design.
- Höch intentionally chosen to use newspapers to make her images rather than drawing or painting them on her own because with newspapers, you don’t know what you could possibly find and this is what makes the outcome more interesting because you don’t know what you expect to make.
- In order to be able to make a successful collage you would need skills like;
- Creativity
- Imagination
- In the early twentieth century being a woman trying to make your way in the art world was very difficult for these reasons
- Women were widely underrated - whenever a women had something to say or an accomplishment to share they were quickly dismissed and their work would go unnoticed.
- Women were also seen as 'Not good enough' - women were also seen as less efficient at doing some things e.g. art, photography and design.
The pictures above are a before and after of the painting of the girl with the Pearl earring that I appropriated, the reason why I chose to cut a piece of her headscarf and rotate it in a higher position is to symbolise a cape and the reason why I put red stripes as the background is to imitate hair.
Overall Hannah Höch's artwork is strange yet intriguing, her artwork also has this sort of uncanny yet fun vibe to it, I think this is because your brain knows the image is not supposed to be like that but at the same time the different positions the cut out pieces are in are funny and that is what I like about this particular artist.
Overall Hannah Höch's artwork is strange yet intriguing, her artwork also has this sort of uncanny yet fun vibe to it, I think this is because your brain knows the image is not supposed to be like that but at the same time the different positions the cut out pieces are in are funny and that is what I like about this particular artist.
Threshold concepts
Threshold concepts are the big ideas that help us to develop a deeper understanding of photography and they are not meant to be fully understood instantly. They open a new way of seeing a subject.
There are different threshold concepts, and they are;
1) Photography has many genres, some old, some borrowed, some new.
2) Photography is the capturing of light; a camera is optional.
3) Photography is a hybrid kind of picture making, democratic and diverse.
4) Photography is an art of selection rather than invention.
5) Photographs are abstractions, shaped by technology.
6) Photographs rely on chance, more or less.
7) Photographs are not fixed in meaning; context is everything.
8) Photographs have their own visual language and 'grammar'.
9) Photographs are not neutral; they are susceptible to the abuse of power.
10) Photographs warp our sense of time; they remind us of things lost.
There are different threshold concepts, and they are;
1) Photography has many genres, some old, some borrowed, some new.
2) Photography is the capturing of light; a camera is optional.
3) Photography is a hybrid kind of picture making, democratic and diverse.
4) Photography is an art of selection rather than invention.
5) Photographs are abstractions, shaped by technology.
6) Photographs rely on chance, more or less.
7) Photographs are not fixed in meaning; context is everything.
8) Photographs have their own visual language and 'grammar'.
9) Photographs are not neutral; they are susceptible to the abuse of power.
10) Photographs warp our sense of time; they remind us of things lost.
Shemelis Desta 1985-1991
The ethiopian photography Shemelis Desta is an artist who takes photos of minority groups to bring acceptance, assertion and to show a representation of underrepresented minorities.
Shemelis was a very dedicated photographer, and was devoted to displaying the positive side of minority groups that were not widely shown/known at the time.
Shemelis's way of interperating photography is that he takes photos of people in order to show the different emotions being expressed by different people.
Shemelis was a very dedicated photographer, and was devoted to displaying the positive side of minority groups that were not widely shown/known at the time.
Shemelis's way of interperating photography is that he takes photos of people in order to show the different emotions being expressed by different people.
The first photograph is called 'Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia and Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya)' and as you can see by the emotion in Jomo Kenyatta's face, he appears to be really excited, this may be because he is meeting with Emperor Haile Selassie.
- The second photograph is called 'Ababa’s Menelik Square in 1973 at a ceremony' and as you can see that the women appear to be irritated/fatigued, this is most likely because they are standing in the blazing sun.
- The third photograph is called 'Degaga “Mamo” Wolde – Ethiopian long distance runner' and as you can see the emotion in the man's face reflects as confident, and all of the men behind him appear to be confident and serious about what they are doing.
- The second photograph is called 'Ababa’s Menelik Square in 1973 at a ceremony' and as you can see that the women appear to be irritated/fatigued, this is most likely because they are standing in the blazing sun.
- The third photograph is called 'Degaga “Mamo” Wolde – Ethiopian long distance runner' and as you can see the emotion in the man's face reflects as confident, and all of the men behind him appear to be confident and serious about what they are doing.
In conclusion I have come to understand that when Shemelis took these photographs, what he was trying to show us is the emotion in these people's faces and he was trying to tell us what caused their emotion through the details in the image for example in the first image of the three images above Shemelis appears to be being dessed in a suit by Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, and in this image the emperor appears to be extremely excited and Shemelis appears to be honoured of this event taking place.
This photo is an appropriation of the photo called "studio portrait, photo four D" by Shemelis Desta, I took some inspiration from Sharon Walters in the appropriation, what I did to the image is I cut out sections of their clothes then I chose a vibrant, colour background then I stuck the pieces on in the right positions, I then took the original price of paper and the I stuck it on the same background.
Kensuke Koike and Sharon Walters
Kensuke Koike
Kensuke is an artist who makes photo collages of photographs, he appropriates photographs and makes them into one beautiful abstract image, he uses paper to make these images, also, the way that he makes the image so that there are little puzzles within the image is interesting, it adds more confusion and mystery onto the image.
Sharon Walters
Sharon Walters is an artist who makes photo collages of black women, she does this to give encouragement to young black women who are under represented and who need motivation, she appropriates images of black women by cutting pieces of the image out (mainly the face) and placing vibrant and colourful pieces of paper behind the image so that the colourful paper shows through the cut out holes. These cut out pieces look like tribal markings too and this represents African culture in a fun and creative way.
These are images of the work that I have done related to Sharon Walters, I tried to do the same things that she did by cutting out pieces of the image then placing a coloured picture on the back and I also took all of the small pieces that I cut out and stuck them onto the same background for reference.
Above are picture of the work I did that were inspired by kensuke Koike's work, I cut thin pieces out from the image and folded them upward to give them a 3D look then I cut a heart shape out from the second man’s chest and wrote king on his chest to give him the appearance of having a tattoo.
Girl with pearl earring - image appropriation
I chose this image because saw that I could do something interesting with it like what I have done with her headscarf, I cut her headscarf and rotated it upwards and added a red background which has stripes to add a similar appearance as hair because I wanted to make the scarf look like she is wearing a cape, I made the changes by using scissors to cut a piece of the scarf and fold it upwards to look like a cape, then I glued a red stripy background to imitate hair, It looks as if she is wearing a cape and that she has red hair after I changed it, you can still see some elements from the previous image in the readymade image, if I could improve this adaptation I would change the background and create a title.
Sharon Walters
She is a Black British artist of Caribbean heritage, and she has a degree in Social Sciences from the University of West London, a degree in Fine Art from Central St Martins University of the Arts and a Postgraduate teaching certificate in post-16 citizenship education from the Institute of Education.
Sharon says; "I create handmade collages using found images in women’s magazines and photographs which have been donated to me for use in the project. Unlike the majority of mainstream magazines, my reconstructed pieces celebrate women’s natural afro hair. My aim is to explore identity, portraiture and representation through the series of work entitled ‘Seeing Ourselves".
Sharon says; "I create handmade collages using found images in women’s magazines and photographs which have been donated to me for use in the project. Unlike the majority of mainstream magazines, my reconstructed pieces celebrate women’s natural afro hair. My aim is to explore identity, portraiture and representation through the series of work entitled ‘Seeing Ourselves".
The first image
- The way Sharon Walters cut pieces from parts of the woman's head scarf could be interpreted as African culture,
- I would use the words plain, different and interesting to describe this image.
- This is an natural piece of art because you can clearly see what tis in the image.
-This photograph reminds me of African culture because of the way Sharon Walters cut the pieces out of her face
-This image different from real life in the the way that people aren't see through, and the only way this could be reproduced into reality is by drawing with white chalk on your face.
- The variety or vibrant colours make this image interesting.
- The way in which this image was cut out image strikes me as interesting and because of the way it makes the woman look like she is part of the fabric itself.
-I think this photograph is about embracing your culture., I think this because the main focus of the image is on the woman's head scarf which could represent culture and the way that her headscarf was cut out of the image and a colourful background was replace to show how wonderful diversity of culture is.
- I suppose the artist made this photograph to give black women empowerment and to show that their culture is beautiful, I think this because of the way the headscarf was cut out and replaced with a variety of colours.
-I think the way that the headscarf was cut out and replaced with a colourful background is effective about this photograph because it show a deeper meaning to the image , but the plain blue background doesn’t work so well.
-I think other people would say that this work is abstract, I think this because of the way different pieces of the image were cut out in different locations of the image.
-I’ve learned that art has deeper meanings to it from exploring this work of art.
- The way Sharon Walters cut pieces from parts of the woman's head scarf could be interpreted as African culture,
- I would use the words plain, different and interesting to describe this image.
- This is an natural piece of art because you can clearly see what tis in the image.
-This photograph reminds me of African culture because of the way Sharon Walters cut the pieces out of her face
-This image different from real life in the the way that people aren't see through, and the only way this could be reproduced into reality is by drawing with white chalk on your face.
- The variety or vibrant colours make this image interesting.
- The way in which this image was cut out image strikes me as interesting and because of the way it makes the woman look like she is part of the fabric itself.
-I think this photograph is about embracing your culture., I think this because the main focus of the image is on the woman's head scarf which could represent culture and the way that her headscarf was cut out of the image and a colourful background was replace to show how wonderful diversity of culture is.
- I suppose the artist made this photograph to give black women empowerment and to show that their culture is beautiful, I think this because of the way the headscarf was cut out and replaced with a variety of colours.
-I think the way that the headscarf was cut out and replaced with a colourful background is effective about this photograph because it show a deeper meaning to the image , but the plain blue background doesn’t work so well.
-I think other people would say that this work is abstract, I think this because of the way different pieces of the image were cut out in different locations of the image.
-I’ve learned that art has deeper meanings to it from exploring this work of art.
Hannah Höch
Hannah Hoch is a German artist best know for her sensational pieces of artwork, she has a distinct interest in photomontages, and she was a part of the artistic movement called 'Dada' in Zurich, Switzerland in 1915. She makes strange collages that can be quite hard to wrap your head around and that is what make her images quite intriguing.
- In this image I can see a huge face in the centre and two fingers with two tiny people on them, I believe that the way the top part of the face is cut was cut that way to form the shape of a crown, what this image could be telling us is that this face is a king or in a high social position.
-I would use the words unusual, different and interesting to describe this image because of the way everything is layed out.
- This is an abstract piece of art because you don't quite know what is really going on in this image from a first glance.
-This photograph reminds me of a person who is powerful like a king or queen.
-This image different from real life in the way that this does not happen in real life.
- The different shapes and sizes of the people in this image and the way that the large face has a shocked/upset facial expression makes this image interesting.
-Space is represented as limitless in this image due to a plain background.
- The the way the artist cut out the different facial features from another image and placed them in this image to form a face strikes me as interesting and because it is almost perfect.
-I think this photograph is about size and power and it shows how you can be powerful and still irresponsible, I think this because the expression on the the big face seems less confident than the body language of the two tiny people on the two fingers.
-I suppose the artist made this photograph to show how having power doesn't mean that you are responsible, I think this because of the facial expression on the big face and the body language of the two tiny figures on the two fingers.
-I think the sizing of the people in the image is effective in portraying authority in power in this photograph, but the background doesn’t work so well because it does not show space.
-I think other people would say that this work is unusual, I think this because the image is abstract.
-I’ve learned that images carry deeper meaning from exploring this work of art.
I am pleased with my final outcomes because they represent how I feel about the theme of appropriation, I have chosen to display them in this way to make the scene appear more compact.
If I had more time, I would like to explore the theme of appropriation in even more detail by experimenting with more artist's styles. I hope that viewers of my final photographs will understand that this is about how diversity in cities brings more unity so we can move on from our past. I began this project by researching a variety of artists and photographers whose work expressed the theme of appropriation. I particularly responded to the work of Hannah Hoch because her images are imaginative and skilful, and I was keen to explore how to recreate similar pieces of art to hers.
The individual photograph that had the most effect on my own work was Der Vater (The Father) 1920, his is because there are a range of objects, people and events going on in the image and that is what make this photo interesting.
Project evaluation
- I explored the theme of appropriation and my first thoughts about the theme were that the this theme is weird, and my ideas and feelings changed about it as I developed my work and I realised that this theme has an endless possibility of interesting outcomes.
- I have researched the photographer Shemelis Desta and the artists Hannah Hoch, Sharon Walters and kensuke kioke during this project, I discovered them through research and what have you learned from studying their work is that art is not just what you see and that and image carries meaning.
- I have tackled threshold concept 1 through research of different artists and genres, threshold concept 4 through the theme of Appropriation, threshold concept 7 through looking at different artists art pieces and finding that there are different meanings that they could have, threshold concept 9 through the theme of appropriation and threshold concept 10 through looking at artists old art pieces that were made decades ago and realising that most of the thing in their images are not around nowadays.
- The experiments I have carried out with different materials, techniques and processes were photocopying different images from a magazine and cutting different shapes, objects and people to make an interesting collage, and the decisions I made about how to develop my work were experimenting with different cut outs and experimenting with where to position the cut outs.
- I developed my investigation doing wider research, and it became more sophisticated over time because I developed my understanding of how to make my collage more interesting , My method of making have changed along the way in the way that I don't glue down the pieces until I have made sure that the image is what I want it to look like and I also take pictures along the way.
- I've found the research most challenging about working like an artist/photographer? I've changed along the way by having a plan of what is important when researching.
- My final outcomes for this Personal Project are . I've chosen to present my ideas in 2D appropriation.
- I was hoping to create artwork similar to Hannah Hoch and I believe it worked.
- I think I have successfully explored the theme, because I now understand the theme in much more detail than I did before.
- If you had more time, I would you have liked to try researching another artist and the theme they use in the art work and try and recreate something similar.
- The meaning of my work is personal.
- I hope my viewers will understand that this image is about diversity.
- My research about other artists' work and the ideas I have had widened my understanding of the theme.
- The decisions you made along the way have helped me to develop my understanding of how to make artwork based on the inspiration I get from other artists.
- I have made a collage, and I chose to display it in an abstract and It is about diversity.
Behind bars
Introduction
- Being in prison can be like being in a COVID-19 lockdown in the way that in prison you are restricted to being in the same environment daily which is similar to lockdown because in lockdown we are also restricted to the same environment daily, also in prison you don't have that freedom of seeing new things at least once in a while likewise in lockdown, and in prison you see the same people same things and have the same routine constantly also likewise to being in lockdown.
- Photography may be used in prisons to help rehabilitate inmates to help them to move on from their criminal past and to help them move forward and become a civilised person again and reduce the amount of inmates that return back into prison after being let out of prison.
- It might be difficult to photography to practice photography in a prison setting because in prison there are not many interesting things to photograph due to prison having a minimalistic setting.
- The limitations, rules and constraints the workshop leaders may have to consider are restrictions to contact with inmates for safety purposes, a lack of photographable objects and scenes.
- Prison authorities may want inmates to have access to arts workshops (like photography) because photography can be a quite therapeutic hobby, and it supports the inmates to think creatively and get their mind off of committing acts of violence, because being inside a confined space can influence people to commit crime and can be damaging on your mental health, it can open doors to them when they leave prison so that they can stay out of crime.
- The benefits to prisoners of making and thinking about photography is that these therapeutic arts workshops could change their focus on committing crime to becoming a better person.
- The challenges for workshop leaders may be that it can be less safe to work in a prison because the inmates could not be in the right state of mind.
Klavdij may have chosen to work with teenage prisoners because he may think that they are easier to work with and he wants to give them this therapeutic experience of taking pictures of themselves to allow them to recover their identity and allow them to rebuild themselves to give them hope for a better future. Klavdij exchanges the experience of photography with his prisoner students "who do not have that luxury of living with art every day" to inspire them and allow them to take a range of photographs and their youthfulness allows them to be imaginative, creative with each photograph and they have the energy to take many photograph The kind of camera the inmates use to create their pictures are single use disposable cameras. Klavdij finds it interesting to photograph nothing because he believes that you can get something out of this nothingness and that you can give the photograph an interpretation.
The students benefit from these workshops in the way that they can find their identity through photography and find answers to their inner questions and they can be in touch with themselves and improve their mental health.
- Photography may be used in prisons to help rehabilitate inmates to help them to move on from their criminal past and to help them move forward and become a civilised person again and reduce the amount of inmates that return back into prison after being let out of prison.
- It might be difficult to photography to practice photography in a prison setting because in prison there are not many interesting things to photograph due to prison having a minimalistic setting.
- The limitations, rules and constraints the workshop leaders may have to consider are restrictions to contact with inmates for safety purposes, a lack of photographable objects and scenes.
- Prison authorities may want inmates to have access to arts workshops (like photography) because photography can be a quite therapeutic hobby, and it supports the inmates to think creatively and get their mind off of committing acts of violence, because being inside a confined space can influence people to commit crime and can be damaging on your mental health, it can open doors to them when they leave prison so that they can stay out of crime.
- The benefits to prisoners of making and thinking about photography is that these therapeutic arts workshops could change their focus on committing crime to becoming a better person.
- The challenges for workshop leaders may be that it can be less safe to work in a prison because the inmates could not be in the right state of mind.
Klavdij may have chosen to work with teenage prisoners because he may think that they are easier to work with and he wants to give them this therapeutic experience of taking pictures of themselves to allow them to recover their identity and allow them to rebuild themselves to give them hope for a better future. Klavdij exchanges the experience of photography with his prisoner students "who do not have that luxury of living with art every day" to inspire them and allow them to take a range of photographs and their youthfulness allows them to be imaginative, creative with each photograph and they have the energy to take many photograph The kind of camera the inmates use to create their pictures are single use disposable cameras. Klavdij finds it interesting to photograph nothing because he believes that you can get something out of this nothingness and that you can give the photograph an interpretation.
The students benefit from these workshops in the way that they can find their identity through photography and find answers to their inner questions and they can be in touch with themselves and improve their mental health.
Activity 1 & 2 - Match the Genres/ Guess the genre
I have labelled each image with what genre that I think they belong to and I enjoyed doing this because for each image it was like trying to complete a riddle and that is what made it enjoyable.
Activity 3 - Genre Photography Treasure Hunt
I had fun participating in this photography treasure hunt, I had to think carefully creatively with some of these photographs which is what made it even more fun and interesting, many of these photographs were fun to experiment different angles with and I had some difficulty with choosing which ones i would be using as I had many good photographs of the same thing but with different angles.
Activity 3 - Genre Photography Treasure Hunt - Part 2
I also had fun participating in this photography treasure hunt, I had to think carefully creatively with some of these photographs which is what made it even more fun and interesting, many of these photographs were fun to experiment different angles with and I had some difficulty with choosing which ones i would be using as I had many good photographs of the same thing but with different angles.
Activity 4 - Collection of genres
For this activity I had to find more than one of the genres and I had to try and fit them all into one image, in this image I have included the following genres;
- Still life as a whole - Fashion with the watch - Wildlife with the image of the Chicken - Portrait with the image of the Chicken - Nature with the plant - Travel with the travel card In the second photography treasure hunt it was also fun to participate in, as I also had to think creatively with some of these photographs which is what made it even more challenging and interesting. |
Activity 5 - Questions & Answers
1. The meaning of word 'genre' is a type of style, category of art or literature.
2. The main photographic genres are Portrait, Fashion, Still Life, Architectural, nature and more.
3. When we look at a landscape photograph, we expect to see nature, we expect to see trees, plants, the sky and grass.
4. It might be difficult for prison inmates to take landscape, portrait or fashion photographs as there are not many interesting things to take a picture of in a prison as it is plain, but I believe it still fits into the Still Life genre.
5. Rectangular photographs can be either landscape or portrait format, this is a different use of the word 'landscape' in photography.
6. My photographs are mainly square this is because I like my photos with an equal length and width size.
7. An infinity backdrop is a roll of paper that gives the impression that the background of an object extends infinitely and the reason why someone may want to use it to make their photographs more abstract.
2. The main photographic genres are Portrait, Fashion, Still Life, Architectural, nature and more.
3. When we look at a landscape photograph, we expect to see nature, we expect to see trees, plants, the sky and grass.
4. It might be difficult for prison inmates to take landscape, portrait or fashion photographs as there are not many interesting things to take a picture of in a prison as it is plain, but I believe it still fits into the Still Life genre.
5. Rectangular photographs can be either landscape or portrait format, this is a different use of the word 'landscape' in photography.
6. My photographs are mainly square this is because I like my photos with an equal length and width size.
7. An infinity backdrop is a roll of paper that gives the impression that the background of an object extends infinitely and the reason why someone may want to use it to make their photographs more abstract.
Activity 6 - Rules & Restrictions
1) my chosen genre is nature
a) You must be sitting when you take the photograph.
b) The photograph must be black and white.
a) You must be sitting when you take the photograph.
b) The photograph must be black and white.
Here in image a I took a photo of synthetic home plants whilst sitting down and in image b I took another image of a different synthetic home plant and edited it in my Iphone editor to make it black and white, I enjoyed completing this activity because it made me think carefully about what I was going to be doing and how I was going to do it with those specific restrictions in place making the task even more exciting.
2) Now, try and repeat this process with another photographic genre ---> still life
c) You can only photograph another photograph
d) Your photograph must be squared
c) You can only photograph another photograph
d) Your photograph must be squared
In image c I took a photo of a still life painting/photograph and in image d I took a photo of a combination of random home items to make a still life image and I made it squared in my Iphone editor, I enjoyed completing this activity because it made me think carefully about what I was going to be doing and how I was going to do it with those specific restrictions in place making the task even more exciting.
Activity 7 - A virtual field trip
I enjoyed partaking in this activity because it was fun as we had to look at different locations on google map, take photographs and edit them and this reflects the whole project of Make, Do and Mend, I am pleased with the outcome of the images and I would love to do this again.
My chosen photographer is Uta Barth, she was the artist that interests me in particular as her style of taking photographs is similar to me with unfocused images creating an abstract tone to her images and theses types of photographs feel therapeutic to look at especially the photographs that have rain on a window or glass surface, I think these photos carry a lot of emotion and meaning that can be identified by the photographer.
1. New York city 2. New York, 3. New York city 4. Italy, Venice 5. Israel, Jerusalem I enjoyed taking these virtual field trip photographs and editing them to look sharp and have vibrant colours, for the first and second New York images this adds to the old fashioned classical style of the buildings and makes the trees look clear, for the third New York one this adds to the futuristic/modern look of the buildings and for the image in Venice it give it this peaceful, romanticising look and then for the Image in Israel it make the viewer feel like they are actually a tourist in Israel.
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Here are the street photographs similar to hers from Google maps with appropriations to it through photo pea, I enjoyed doing this as I got to take photographs in the places that I would not have originally been allowed to go to due to the current pandemic so I got the opportunity to grab some great images and appropriate for this task and it was really fun and interesting.
Make Do & Mend - Personal project
Project 1 - Rules and restrictions collaboration
Project 2 - Image/Text Collage
In this project I have selected 2 project to do; collaborating with someone to complete rules and restrictions and collage making (image/text).
Project 1 - Rules and restrictions collaboration
I enjoyed doing this project as it was creative and made me think about how to put all the ripped pieces of paper into a, what made it even more creative is that I completed it as a collaboration with someone else and the instructions were restrictive and made me think about how I could make it creative, I also used the printed to change the same image into a range of colours.
Projects 2 - Image/Text collage
I enjoyed doing this project as it was creative just like the first one and it made me think about how to put all of the cut out pieces of paper into a beautiful collage to make it aesthetically pleasing, what also made it even more creative is that I picked random pages to make this and I changed the colours on the printed and made the same image a range of colours.
Project 1 - Rules and restrictions collaboration
I enjoyed doing this project as it was creative and made me think about how to put all the ripped pieces of paper into a, what made it even more creative is that I completed it as a collaboration with someone else and the instructions were restrictive and made me think about how I could make it creative, I also used the printed to change the same image into a range of colours.
Projects 2 - Image/Text collage
I enjoyed doing this project as it was creative just like the first one and it made me think about how to put all of the cut out pieces of paper into a beautiful collage to make it aesthetically pleasing, what also made it even more creative is that I picked random pages to make this and I changed the colours on the printed and made the same image a range of colours.