The most appealing theme for me was DEFINITELY 'concealment', however, i believe that this is a popular choice for many people so i have decided to spend more time deciding on a theme which i am not too confident on and could try something new.
Some photographers create portraits that purposefully hide or disguise sections of the image. Rosanna Jones conceals facial features by overlapping and rearranging parts of the photograph. Wallace Juma partially conceals the identity of the sitter by physically working onto the collaged photographic image. The textile artist Jose Romussi uses stitch and collage to conceal part of the photographic portrait. Pablo Thecuadro creates intricately cut collages from his fashion photographs which often conceal part of a face or figure.
Study appropriate sources and produce your own work inspired by Concealment.
Study appropriate sources and produce your own work inspired by Concealment.
Rhythm-
The theme Rhythm can be interpreted in many ways. Refer to appropriate sources to develop your own interpretation of Rhythm, or respond to one of the following:
- explore aspects of rhythm in the repetition of products displayed on shelves or in shop windows
- explore the rhythm found in the textures and patterns of natural forms
- ‘Rhythm’: an online music magazine featuring images of a range of stringed instruments requires a title page for their latest issue.
What is rhythm?
The two most popular DEFINITIONS that came up on google seach are:
1. a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.
and
2. the measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables.
After seeing these two DEFINITIONS i thought a little harder and thought of how i could incorporate rhythm into photography. I realised that patterns are a big theme in rhythm as its repeated in a sequence which is regular, and then i realised that there is various types of rhythm, all slightly different. One type of ryhthm being irregular ryhthm which consists of unevenly spaced out objects. As i realised there are more types of rhythm i decided to google what types of rhythm there is and the most important in art and photography are:
Alternating rhythm – You can repeat more than one element in a design. In an alternating design, you use a 1-2-1-2-1-2 pattern. Think of the black and white squares on a chessboard: that’s an alternating rhythm in play. An alternating rhythm is, in fact, a regular rhythm with more complexity. It could be as straightforward as our chessboard, or we could envision something more intricate. Some fantastic alternating rhythms include rows of fish, birds, or other animals. Taking fish as an example, we can see that each identical fish is following another. Below, the sequence is repeated; however, the negative space between the rows shows fish of the other colour (which we take to be the background) swimming the other way, the fine lines of their fins and tails interlocking with those of the first pattern of fish. M.C. Escher’s Lizard (1942) is another great example of this, incorporating three colors of lizards with a pair of lizards of each color facing away from each other, tail to tail. As simple or complex as we want to make an alternating rhythm, it can be an easy way to break up the monotony of a regular rhythm.
Flowing rhythm – A flowing rhythm shows the repeated elements following bends, curves, and undulations. In nature, you can see this in the waves on a beach or sand dunes. As designers, we can mimic nature by making wonderful patterns of elements with flowing rhythm. We can show clumps of seaweed underwater, their strands gently facing in a series of directions. The user imagines them washing against each other.
Progressive rhythm – We can make a progressive rhythm simply by changing one characteristic of a motif as we repeat it. We could draw a series of circles, one above the other, making each lower one larger. Do you see how the largest one at the bottom looks like it’s closest to you? We can make a progressive rhythm change subtly or dramatically. You could add shade to the smaller circles progressively so that the smallest one at the top is dark, the middle one in partial shade, and the biggest one only slightly shaded. Progressive rhythms surround us. If you were to video someone dancing and then examine that video frame-by-frame, you would have a progressive rhythm.
The most influential image based on rhythm is named “99 cent.1999” made by Andreas Gursky probably in 1999. The work depicts an interior of a supermarket with numerous aisles containing goods resulting in a colorful work. The work is digitally altered to reduce perspective. The work became famous as the most expensive photograph in the world when it was auctioned in 2007 . But that’s not all. Gursky again, with its specific aesthetics, published a photograph of the landscape of the river Rhine which, in 2011, will be in the history remembered as the most expensive photograph ever sold
our photography trip started right as we left the thomas tallis building, we were told that we could start taking photographs before tate, resulting with my first photo that morning being taken at the station.
As soon as we arrived at tate, we were given a clear plastic wallet containing various activities and materials in it. There was a booklet guiding us on what photographs to take and to get a better understanding on freedom in photography. There was also different types of paper to work on, such as carbon paper and thicker paper for the pencil drawing to translate onto, furthermore, there was black card and a white pencil to experiment with new materials which i particularly enjoyed.
https://www.photopedagogy.com/exhibition-visit-activities.html
Dora maar's work has showed me that there is no need to have one particular style of photography and art, she is a good example to show that experimentation can lead to a new found love. She has had many different photography jobs and she has shown FASCINATION in every thing she has seemed to try as she further creates more of the same style art and photography.
Midnight in Manhattan from X.Lin on Vimeo.
website: WWW.ERNST-HAAS.COM
Born-
March 2, 1921
Vienna, Austria
Died-
September 12, 1986 (aged 65)
Nationalit7-
Austrian-American
Occupation-
Photographer
Spouse(s)-
Antoinette Wenckheim (1951–1962)
Cynthia Buehr Seneque (1962–1965)
Children-
2
Ersnt haas is known for his various styles in photography. however, im focusing on his nature photography as it embodies RHYTHM in natural form.
Ernst Haas's tree photography:
Born-
March 2, 1921
Vienna, Austria
Died-
September 12, 1986 (aged 65)
Nationalit7-
Austrian-American
Occupation-
Photographer
Spouse(s)-
Antoinette Wenckheim (1951–1962)
Cynthia Buehr Seneque (1962–1965)
Children-
2
Ersnt haas is known for his various styles in photography. however, im focusing on his nature photography as it embodies RHYTHM in natural form.
Ernst Haas's tree photography:
The elements most PROMINENT in his tree photographs are light, FORM and colour.
THE FRAMING AIDS TO EMPHASISE THE FORM OF THE TREE'S AND TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY THAN IT WOULD IF THE FRAMING WAS DIFFERENT; CREATING THE SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH IS THE TREE(S).
THE FRAMING AIDS TO EMPHASISE THE FORM OF THE TREE'S AND TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY THAN IT WOULD IF THE FRAMING WAS DIFFERENT; CREATING THE SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH IS THE TREE(S).
Born:
December 4, 1903
New York City, New York
Died:
February 8, 1991 (aged 87)
nationality:
American
Occupation:
Photographer
AAron focuses his photography on the details of everyday objects and organisms to create a new photo with a different narrative with the detail(s) being the subject. He was part of the abstract 'EXPRESSIONIST movement'.
“As soon as I became familiar with the camera, I was intrigued with the possibilities of expression it offered. It was like a discovery for me.” – Aaron Siskind
December 4, 1903
New York City, New York
Died:
February 8, 1991 (aged 87)
nationality:
American
Occupation:
Photographer
AAron focuses his photography on the details of everyday objects and organisms to create a new photo with a different narrative with the detail(s) being the subject. He was part of the abstract 'EXPRESSIONIST movement'.
“As soon as I became familiar with the camera, I was intrigued with the possibilities of expression it offered. It was like a discovery for me.” – Aaron Siskind
aaron siskind's photograph has reminded me of threshold concept 8 because of how he PERCEIVES his work, he explains how focusing on a specific part of the chosen subject can change the narrative and photo completely.
This film surveys Siskind's work over half a century, from his social documentaries of the 1930s to the forms and abstract imagery of found objects, stone walls, and graffiti of ensuing decades.
The photographer is filmed on location in Martha's Vineyard and Lima, Peru.
The photographer is filmed on location in Martha's Vineyard and Lima, Peru.
I realised that i was woking too independently, so i decided to ask my friends to model for me, their shoes in particular. I aked them to make three different poses and they both had to RHYTHMICALLY move their feet from position to POSITION at the same time as each other.
SCAN OF PHOTOGRAM I MADE WITH THE PHOTOSHOP EDIT:
grumpy forest from Dovile on Vimeo.
Aaron Siskind's pictures of tree bark
Ralph Euygene Meatyard's 'Zen Twigs" and 'Motion Sound' experiments
ernst haas' long exposures of natural form especially water
Jochen Lempert's pictures of plants e.g. Composition
Ralph Euygene Meatyard's 'Zen Twigs" and 'Motion Sound' experiments
ernst haas' long exposures of natural form especially water
Jochen Lempert's pictures of plants e.g. Composition
Photograph with iphone camera
first pinhole experiment: The pinhole camera had three holes in which the light was absorbed. For the first experiment, i tried my best to cover the holes at the same time as every extra second made a difference. I wanted the photogram to be reasonably not too dark so i covered the holes at 15 seconds, the top of the photogram is VISIBLY lighter than the rest as this part of the tree had more branches resulting in less light being transferred onto the paper, making the form of the branches(at he top) more prominent than the branches further down the tree. The middle section of the photogram is the darkest as the hole was most likely covered last out of three, however the bark of the tree throughout the PHOTOGRAM is the second most prominent feature as it blocked light more than the branches. I believe that my first try of the pinhole experiment was the best out of the two. |
second pinhole experiment:
For my second experiment, i was RECOMMENDED to cover the three holes at different times to accentuate the features of three tree which i wanted to. I kept the top hole at 15 seconds as i liked the result of the top of the tree in my first experiment. I decided to cover the middle hole earlier than the first at 5 seconds as i wanted that section to be a tiny bit lighter, however, for some reason this section turned out to be even darker than the first experiment and i believe it might be because as i chose a different tree for this experiment. this tree has less branches than the other one which is why the 10 second difference had no affect. I should have reduced the time to maybe 3 seconds to achieve the result i wanted. The lowest part of the photogram has the best timing in my opinion as it has a perfect ratio of the contrasting colours; white and black. |