Luke Fowler's Two-Frame films
To me, Two-framed films mean two photos taken seconds after each other, showing the progression of a scenario, or two photos deliberately placed to tell its own story - both being diptychs. Luke Fowler made these photographs by using a camera that takes half frame photos - meaning when we see his diptychs, we are seeing them in the order he did - it's the order he took the photos in. Diptych's are two images that are placed together, and this can be deliberate or by chance. A diptych can be used to tell a story, but they can also be used to showcase similar images, for things like lighting, subject, framing, colour, and more. When Luke Fowler was creating his images, it is likely he didn't deliberately choose some photos to be next to another, as in some of his photos, its reasonable to assume there was a large space of time between them. The diptych's were mostly left up to chance, which in itself creates an interesting combination of images which is effective.
Photograph of Photograph - Jiro Takamatsu
what genre of photos are included?
what do the images have in common?
whose hands are shown holding some photographs
where are they photographed
in what ways are these pictures like mirrors (literally and metaphorically)
He hired a photographer to make these images from his family album. How does this knowledge change your reading of them?
what do the images have in common?
whose hands are shown holding some photographs
where are they photographed
in what ways are these pictures like mirrors (literally and metaphorically)
He hired a photographer to make these images from his family album. How does this knowledge change your reading of them?
All of his images are photographs of other photographs, from his family photo album. He hired a professional photographer to take the photos for him,
Robert Parkinson - Rear Window.
Robert Parkinson began taking images through one window in his house as a projects, and produced many high quality, interesting images that don't feel too similar. He sometimes would include the window as a whole in his photography, and used the glass pane of the window to his advantage, using it in some photos to make it seem warped and strange.
Preston is my Paris - Organised by Parkinson
Ludwig Danner - Artist Research.
Ludwig Danner is a street photographer from Germany. His photography is interesting to me, as it seems he includes light and shadows that catch his eye, like different shapes of light reflecting on a surface, and the shadows left from things outside the frame.
In my responses to this photographer, I would look out for light and shadows to deliberately include in my photos, as well as places or objects that catch my attention.
In my responses to this photographer, I would look out for light and shadows to deliberately include in my photos, as well as places or objects that catch my attention.
My Response
Change Your Weather, Change Your Luck - Jake Hurley
- photographs from this book were taken in California.
-range of different paper - some pages are printed on tracing paper
-front cover is in two parts - plastic and brow
-range of different paper - some pages are printed on tracing paper
-front cover is in two parts - plastic and brow
Rut Blees Luxemburg
Luxemburg does not like to include people in their photographs, She mentions that she doesn't want to focus on individual stories, but rather look at the space around.
One can also think about the city as a 'character' in these photographs, one that's alluring, open, glowing even... yet also ambiguously wet, slippery and dark.
She likes to combine the real world and imagination. She uses the real world to portray imagination to the viewer.
How can I make a 'Photobook'?
If I want to create a photo book, I need to know in what ways I can present them. Different ideas I have include Handmade Zines and Books, using binding methods to combine the pages, as well as buying a print on demand book online, where I rearrange the photos on a website and it gets delivered to me.
Other 'Photo book' ideas I have is making a video using music or audio recording of places, whilst showcasing the images in a sort of slide show. I could also project images onto a wall, where it can overlap and be warped due to chips or different shapes in the wall
Other 'Photo book' ideas I have is making a video using music or audio recording of places, whilst showcasing the images in a sort of slide show. I could also project images onto a wall, where it can overlap and be warped due to chips or different shapes in the wall
Hand-made Zine's and Books
This is a type of book creation that is quite easy to do in my opinion, it has little to no cost and is quite easy to set up. There a different websites, such as shrimpzine.net where you can arrange images onto a select number of pages and then download the pdf to print. As well as this, you can also use softwares such as photoshop or InDesign, and rearrange images over different pages. I prefer to use InDesign to Shrimpzine because on InDesign you can have images that spread over two pages, and it's easier to rearrange the photographs.
Buy on Demand books.
Buy On Demand books are books designed on a website, or a pdf you submit into a website, to be printed into a more 'professional' looking photo book. A website example for this is www.blurb.co.uk/ where you can buy and design a phonebook, as well as sell your own phonebooks through the website. This, however, is a more costly approach to making a photo book.
Video Format.
Although it is not actually a photo book in book format, another way I could create a photo book is create a video showcasing a series of images. This holds a lot of creativity as there are many ways a video can be set out, with music or audio recordings being played over a showcase of photographs. This is also typically not costly, unless you pay for editing softwares or the rights to use different audio. Another way this could be costly is paying someone else to create the video.
Projection on wall.
Linking to the last technique (as the video could be projected on a wall for viewing) another way photography could be showcased is through a projector on a wall, where the images could be warped by chips in the wall, textures like brick or paint, corners in the wall, etc. The way the wall could warp the images is a part of the concept, and is interesting.
Investigation Theme - Travels and Journeys.
The Derive
Edit
Short Dérive
City to nature, back to city again
Late Night Walk.
These images were taken after I went on an aimless walk at 9pm on a Saturday. I was bored and decided to go on a walk to clear my head and pass some time. I walked for about an hour, before I turned around and returned back to my house.
This is one of my favourite photo shoots yet, as I feel like multiple of the photos were very successful and interesting, even if they were not meant to be. I focused on different things, such as discarded bottles and other items, and walked until I reached a 'nicer' area with little to no graffiti, less rubbish or litter, and more decorated buildings, where I turned around and went back the way I had walked.
This is one of my favourite photo shoots yet, as I feel like multiple of the photos were very successful and interesting, even if they were not meant to be. I focused on different things, such as discarded bottles and other items, and walked until I reached a 'nicer' area with little to no graffiti, less rubbish or litter, and more decorated buildings, where I turned around and went back the way I had walked.
This walk took place on a Tuesday night at around 8pm. I noticed that it was still light out, and went on a walk. I first walked through a park until I reached a gate onto a different road that I had not seen or walked down before, and used that road as my subject for my photos. I focused on different things I saw and walked up the road until I reached the familiar main road that I used every day.
If I took this walk again, I'd go the opposite way down that road, away from the main road I already knew, so I could find more interesting things to take photographs of.
If I took this walk again, I'd go the opposite way down that road, away from the main road I already knew, so I could find more interesting things to take photographs of.
Scarti
Scarti, by Adam Broomberg and Olivia Chanarin, is a photography book that consists of photographs all made by chance. The original photographs were for a different photography book (Ghetto by Adam Broomberg and Olivia Chanarin), and the images we see are the accidental mashups of different images, on paper that would be sent through a printing press to clean the drums between prints, and each paper sent through inbetween created a series of strange images.
Scarti is the italian word for scraps, which is what each photograph in this book is, a scrap image from left over ink.
Scarti is the italian word for scraps, which is what each photograph in this book is, a scrap image from left over ink.
This series of images really interests me, i really like the idea of leaving things up to chance to see what happens when someone doesnt claim leadership over something, and i would like to respond my printing images of mine over each other to see the end result, and see how different images compliment or conflict each other when overlapped in such a way.
First Attempt
Second Attempt.
The focus of this photoshoot was to create more visually strange or interesting images, after the experience of my first photo shoot. During this photo shoot, I used a backdrop and chosen lighting, unlike the first shoot where I used natural and uncontrolled lighting and backgrounds. During this shoot though, because of how dark the room was, I wasn't able to completely see the images I was taking and wasn't able to see how the light I was next to was warping some images. For props, I used different scrap fabrics I was able to find, and laid them over the model, and there was a larger piece of fabric I threw into the air and let fall, seeing how that would make an image. I also used a plastic food bag I found and covered the camera lens to warp the image as well.
Home Responses.
Instead of using a camera, I used a photocopier to create images and portraits using different props and objects, and I used both colour and black and white. My favourite images from this series are definitely the coloured ones, where I have pinecones around my head, and the one that's that and the disc.
Double Exposure / layering.
For this, I picked up a random photography book off a shelf and turned to page 17, which ended up being a full page of writing and information, and I picked my favourite photograph from one of my photo shoots. I like this image because the way the spotlight falls on the model makes it look like they are on a stage, and the dust particles are visible and quite colourful, which interested me.