Evaluation:
I like the abstract feel the image on the top right image and if you examine the image closer you will see how I've tried to make it line up at different points including the right eyebrow, the hairlines and at the bottom the chin and the neckline. I especially like how the neckline and the jawline line up as it shows the different scales I have made the different facial features to further abstract her face. I like how the lips have been places and help to show the contrasting colours of her cheek and her neck. The eyes being a lot smaller then the nose is quite interesting and I like how I made them different sizes. |
This exhibition spanned across 1963-64 and was a collection of photos taken by Paul McCartney of his fellow bandmates. He captured the Beatles journey threw six cities over the course of the year where they went started in Liverpool then to London, Paris, New York, Washington DC and ending in Miami. The exhibition had a room for each city and the Paris and Miami rooms stood out to me in particular because the Miami photos were the only ones in colour and showed the Beatles in a more relaxed setting without any fans were they relaxed in and by a pool and went on boat trips. However when looking closer in most of the images taken you can see security in the background or with them which shows that they were never really truly alone and away from it all. I also liked the Paris room as the images were all close up which gave it a more personal side and it didn't have many fans and were just images with one person in showing of there fun side and there personality. I also liked the images taken through the cars as this is something I am interested in doing moving forward.
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Evelyn Hofer's exhibition spanned across a much longer time which was 45 years through 4 different US and European cities. The galley was spread across 2 floors and the images were placed in chronological order from when they were taken. I particular liked the series of images of just married couples as there was something simple and pure linking them together but they were all wearing such different clothing and different levels of happiness. I also liked the series of work taken in 1946 in New York as it engaged with people and places with an expressive use of colour. There was also a good use of layers and everything was perfectly composed in the frame. This exhibition showed me the variety of framing techniques I could use and I was particularly inspired by the use of colour to frame an image and have the focus of the image in colour and the rest of the image in black and white.
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The project Home is Not a Place is all about documenting Black Britain and making everyday black experiences visible to create an alternative image of them in the future. The images were displayed in two rooms one fully lit and the other one dimmed with a living room set up in it. I preferred the images in the second room as they were all night photography images which is one of my favourite types of photography. One of the images that stood out to me was an image of a silhouette of a man which was a very dark image with not a lot of colour with the only source of light being an emergency sign above his head, drawing the viewers attention to his head. I also really liked the image that was a film strip with similar photos.
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Evaluation:
I really like the contrast and pop of the red jumper on the black and white background. I also edited the background colours to make them darker and lighter which gave them more depth and made the images look less flat. I am aware some of the images come across as if there are multiple layers and it doesn't merge that well together but overall I like how the images have turned out. After looking over my images again I have seen how they do look a bit over edited so for my next response I hope to elevate this. I will be turning these images into a contact sheet again like Ruth Orikin. The multiple layers problem has given me new inspiration to make my work more 3D and physically make the images have multiple layers by printing them out twice with one in black and white and one in colour and place my subject in-front of different backgrounds. The red jumper works really well over the black and white background but next time I hope to use different colours and experiment with them until I find the best one or maybe I will use multiple at once. I really enjoy working on my images physically so I will be doing this in my next development. |