Initial Research
To inspire my ideas for this exam unit project, I created a board on pinterest that consisted of images that were all different however each linked to Freedom and/or Limitations through the themes, techniques and the photographers from the art I found.
Movement
Response 1 : Fast Shutter Speed
For this task, I set my camera to shutter speed priority and used the shutter speed to capture models jumping. When shooting, I had to keep in mind where the subjects (models) will be when they jump as it was important that they were in the frame.
Artist Inspiration : Philippe Halsman
Philippe Halsman was an American photographer who was hugely inspired by his belief that people express themselves fully when they jump, therefore, he was motivated by his curiosity to photograph people jumping to explore the different types of expressions that his models would pull when jumping.
"Starting in the early 1950s I asked every famous or important person I photographed to jump for me. I was motivated by a genuine curiosity. After all, life has taught us to control and disguise our facial expressions, but it has not taught us to control our jumps. I wanted to see famous people reveal in a jump their ambition or their lack of it, their self-importance or their insecurity, and many other traits." -Philippe Halsman
"Starting in the early 1950s I asked every famous or important person I photographed to jump for me. I was motivated by a genuine curiosity. After all, life has taught us to control and disguise our facial expressions, but it has not taught us to control our jumps. I wanted to see famous people reveal in a jump their ambition or their lack of it, their self-importance or their insecurity, and many other traits." -Philippe Halsman
A more conceptual approach: Robert Longo
Robert Lango was an American sculptor and painter and his series 'The Men in the Cities' is what made him famous in the 1980s: larger-than-life drawings from his pictures of smartly dressed male and female workers captured mid air jumping showing their figures trapped in a twisting and turning movement which acted as a symbol of their busy life. With the photographs having a plain background, the subjects (models) are made to be the main focus of the image. It is clear to see that Lango had his camera set to a fast shutter speed as the subjects are sharp and the photos display no evidence of blurred movements.
My response to
Philippe Halsman and Robert Lango
Response 2 : Long Exposure
For this response I set my camera up on a tripod with a slow shutter speed to create long exposure. It is important to keep the camera still when shooting long exposure as if there is a particular subject that you want to be the only thing blurred then the only way that will be achieved is if the camera is kept still.
Photoshop Manipulation
For this task, I wanted to experiment with manipulating photographs in Photoshop to express the freedoms and/or limitations within a person through the photo. In my first response, the blur surrounding the subject which is the only thing in focus creates a suggestion that the model is trapped and limited to free movement as they're isolated around huge blurs. In the second response, 'distortion', suggests either freedom or limitations as the lines coming away from the face can be seen as the models feelings being freed or they could be seen as a constant reoccurring line of problems that are all trapped.
Response 1 : Blur
Experimenting with other types of Photographs:
Documentary Photography
Exhibition Visit-
Then They Came for Me:
Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
and
The Day The Music Died by Edmund Clarke
at the International Centre of Photography
Pushing the limits of Photography
Composition
For this task, I photographed objects which had only a fraction of itself showing within the composition of the photograph. I went around my school looking for objects that had an abstract look to them. When photographing, I experimented with photographing up close as well as wide angles.
Exposure
Instead of keeping my photographs normal with the correct exposure, I took multiple images in different exposures to see how important the exposure actually is to a photograph.
Shutter Speed kept at 1/60
Aperture kept at F8.0
ISO set to manual where I controlled the different settings
Shutter Speed kept at 1/60
Aperture kept at F8.0
ISO set to manual where I controlled the different settings
Focus
In photography, everyone expects the photograph to be in focus. To create a more unique response to 'focus', I have shot my photos on manual focus, fixing the lens to shoot the image blurred to create an abstract look and for the object that is easily recognisable to become unrecognisable.
Artist Influence: Hiroshi Sugimoto
Early-twentieth century Modernism greatly transformed our lives, liberating the human spirit from untold decoration. No longer needing to draw attention from God, all aristocratic attempts at ostentation have fallen away. At last we avail ourselves of mechanical aids far beyond our human powers, attaining the freedom to shape things at will.
I decided to trace the beginnings of our age via architecture. Pushing my old large-format camera’s focal length out to twice-infinity―with no stops on the bellows rail, the view through the lens was an utter blur―I discovered that superlative architecture survives, however dissolved, the onslaught of blurred photography. Thus I began erosion-testing architecture for durability, completely melting away many of the buildings in the process.' --Hiroshi Sugimoto
I decided to trace the beginnings of our age via architecture. Pushing my old large-format camera’s focal length out to twice-infinity―with no stops on the bellows rail, the view through the lens was an utter blur―I discovered that superlative architecture survives, however dissolved, the onslaught of blurred photography. Thus I began erosion-testing architecture for durability, completely melting away many of the buildings in the process.' --Hiroshi Sugimoto
My Response:
Limiting Space
For this response, I usded small space to create a unique effect within the composition of my photographs. I did two responses, one shot inside the studio and the other in an outside space. In the studio, I put two boards together creating a narrow effect. I directed my model to stand in different ways between the boards to show the limited space.
WWW: In the outside of the studio response, I found unusual objects to fit my model between, on top of and/or under. I found that my shoot from outside the studio was more interesting due to there being more of a variety of objects for the models to use for limiting space as they were more unique and more interesting than two boards inside the studio.
WWW: In the outside of the studio response, I found unusual objects to fit my model between, on top of and/or under. I found that my shoot from outside the studio was more interesting due to there being more of a variety of objects for the models to use for limiting space as they were more unique and more interesting than two boards inside the studio.
In the Studio :
Contact Sheet :
Outside the Studio :
Contact Sheet :
Three Strands
STRAND 1 :
DEVELOPMENT 1:
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY EVENT
Freedom of speech is the right to express your opinions without the fear of censorship, restraint or legal penalty. I felt that the best way to capture the freedom I feel we have in this country was through marches through central London, which are the definition of minorities coming together to create the snowball effect of change. International Women’s Day is celebrated every year to honour what women have achieved when campaigning for change. This year, my school held an International Women’s Day event in which guest speakers were invited to empower the school through words and inspire the next generation to fight for change. The photographs I took illustrate how in that one moment that that photo was taken, one word could inspire one person to create change.
DEVELOPMENT 2:
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
'MARCH4WOMEN'
Looking back through history, it is clear that marches have made a difference when thinking about topics such as Black Lives Matter and Rights for Women. Photography has enabled these phenomena’s to be documented and inspire generations to come. It is clear to see the parallel between the Suffragettes on their marches for the vote, and women today coming together still fighting for equality for women, as women still face gender equality barriers and prejudice, as highlighted by the gender pay gap and countless examples of everyday sexism. Getting the vote was just the beginning and was the catalyst that started the change. Women’s rights have advanced since suffrage, but there is still a long way to go.
Development 3:
Refugees Welcome/Black Lives Matter Protest
Black Lives Matter is another example of a campaign that has been going on for decades fighting against violence and systematic racism towards black people. You would think that in our day and age, race wouldn’t matter and everyone should be able to look past the colour of other’s skin but unfortunately prejudice still exists and the fight for change continues.
Unedited Selects
Edited Selects
STRAND 2 :
Limitations of the mind
For this strand, I am focusing on the limitations of the human mind. I have chosen to focus particularly on youth as in this day, there is so much pressure that people feel towards their appearance due to the media sometimes pushing and creating stereotypes about girls having to be skinny, tall and have perfect skin and for men to be muscly and good looking. These negative stereotypes cause some people to feel like they're not worthy or beautiful, causing their confidence to decrease. People feel limited by their mental health issues as they can't talk about it because it is stigmatised however I feel that by taking photographs of people who suffer from mental health problems or feel affected by the negative representations of women and men in the media today means that the persons mind can be freed which also means that awareness is raised for these people who struggle with their mental health.
I plan to take photos of models who struggle with their mental health and then using Photoshop, editing out one or more facial features, disguising part of their face to express taking away some identity to imply taking away some of their problems.
I plan to take photos of models who struggle with their mental health and then using Photoshop, editing out one or more facial features, disguising part of their face to express taking away some identity to imply taking away some of their problems.
Artist Inspiration : Aziz & Cucher
Glitch
My intention when creating these glitch photographs were to use the glitching effect to look like a corrupt code in the portraits. this related to my exam title of secrets codes and conventions as the photographs reveal a code like glitch yet what i did to create that effect is almost a secret to the viewer as they will never know what happened to the photographs code for it to turn out that way.
When creating my glitch photographs i enjoyed how you didn't know how the picture would turn out and how far you would need to alter the coding for the outcome to work. I also liked the risk involved in glicthing as one wrong alter and the whole photo would be too corrupt to open, although this was stressful it also helped in working out what to do to create the best version of an edited photo.
To glitch my photographs i used text edit. I saved my photograph to my desktop and then opened with TextEdit. I deleted, coped and pasted and typed into the photos coding. By doing this i distorted my image file and allowed it to change into a glitched image.
When creating my glitch photographs i enjoyed how you didn't know how the picture would turn out and how far you would need to alter the coding for the outcome to work. I also liked the risk involved in glicthing as one wrong alter and the whole photo would be too corrupt to open, although this was stressful it also helped in working out what to do to create the best version of an edited photo.
To glitch my photographs i used text edit. I saved my photograph to my desktop and then opened with TextEdit. I deleted, coped and pasted and typed into the photos coding. By doing this i distorted my image file and allowed it to change into a glitched image.
STRAND 3 : NEGATIVE SPACE
For my response, I visited a wood where there was an overflowing pond. When shooting, I kept in mind that I had to have very subtle and limited objects within the frame. I shot on a wide angled lens so that I could capture long shots of the environment. When editing my images I kept it to a very limited style with minimum faded colour in order to respond and represent Kander's work. I also cropped the images width ways as it shows the length more in the overall photograph and again is similar to Nadav Kander's work who is my artist influence for this strand.
Artist Inspiration:
Nadav Kander:
Dark Line - The Thames Estuary
I attended a talk by famous photographer Nadav Kander where he spoke about his new project entitled The Thames Estuary. Kander is a well respected photographer and is hugely renowned for his portraiture particularly for his portrait of president-elect (at the time) Donald Trump for TIME Magazine's Person of the Year cover in 2016. Many pieces of Kander's work create a sense of alien, stillness and automatically draws the viewers attention to his work. Many of these emotions felt by the viewer is shown in his latest series The Thames Estuary. In this project, Kander visited the South-East Coast of England and photographed the estuary where the River Thames connects to the North Sea in order to present the relationship with humanity and its relationship with its environment.
This links to freedoms and limitations as the landscape of the Thames Estuary is decorated and trapped with marshes and quicksand which represents the limitations of it overall as the water is being kept from establishment and turns hostile to the other outside environment. Kander's photographs of large dull sturdy skies and endless tides show the freedom of space and water. When attending Kander's talk, he stated that he felt liberated going down to these locations in which he shot the images for this projects due to there not being many people around and it was just him, his assistant and the open water.
“The Estuary has always been a mystical place for me. It’s such a bleak and interesting place. There’s a sense of the history there that sits on your shoulder when you make a work like this, a sense of Man’s grit and toil, the loss of love and life, and everything that was once so rich in that river."
"When alone, there is nowhere I'd rather be than beside large bodies of slow moving water. I feel myself, quiet and alive as emotions come and go. Travelling to the estuary in the dark, often alone, and returning home at nightfall has affected how I see this place - not as a geographical landscape, but as a mystical space, somehow otherworldly and full on intrigue."
This links to freedoms and limitations as the landscape of the Thames Estuary is decorated and trapped with marshes and quicksand which represents the limitations of it overall as the water is being kept from establishment and turns hostile to the other outside environment. Kander's photographs of large dull sturdy skies and endless tides show the freedom of space and water. When attending Kander's talk, he stated that he felt liberated going down to these locations in which he shot the images for this projects due to there not being many people around and it was just him, his assistant and the open water.
“The Estuary has always been a mystical place for me. It’s such a bleak and interesting place. There’s a sense of the history there that sits on your shoulder when you make a work like this, a sense of Man’s grit and toil, the loss of love and life, and everything that was once so rich in that river."
"When alone, there is nowhere I'd rather be than beside large bodies of slow moving water. I feel myself, quiet and alive as emotions come and go. Travelling to the estuary in the dark, often alone, and returning home at nightfall has affected how I see this place - not as a geographical landscape, but as a mystical space, somehow otherworldly and full on intrigue."
MY RESPONSE
Strand 4:
Freedom of Movement through Long Exposure
For this strand I photographed a model dancer against a plain background with my camera set to a slow shutter speed to create a long exposure effect. My purpose of doing this against a plain background was to keep the background in sharp focus as it is the only stationary aspect of the image which meant that the model who was doing dance movements would be blurred and their figure would be obscured due to the shutter speed capturing every movement. This strand will show the freedom of movement.
Artist Inspiration : Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman was an American photographer who was renowned for her black and white photographs featuring female models as well as herself. Her images consist of women who are sometimes naked and other times clothed. Her photos are blurred due to the movement from the models that is captured as her camera was set to long exposure times which resulted in the women merging with their surroundings, mainly being just walls in the background as in Woodman's photographs, they are simple with the model being the only actual subject.
Woodman's photographs can be portrayed in many different ways and has received a lot of critical attention particularly after she committed suicide in 1981 at the age of 22. Woodman's work doesn't operate as normal self portraits despite the fact that she features in most of her work. Instead, she used her own self to work as an exploration of the representation of gender and the 'relation of the body to its environment'. Different interpretations increased after Woodman's death as people learnt that there was a deeper and greater projection on the meaning of her images. During research on Woodman's career, I saw that some critics thought that with the style of her images and the subject in the photographs being obscured by the long exposure, it meant that she felt isolated and wanted to escape from her mental health issues.
I enjoy the way that her work is black and white as the effectiveness of the long exposure is increased and feels more effective than coloured long exposure would. The use of black and white photographs could've been because done by choice or because of the time she shot these photographs as she was alive from 1958-1981. The positiveness of having black and white images meant that each detail of her images can be highlighted as well as contrasting with the different effects in the image for example the highlights and the shadows within the frame - the subject (model) is highlighted with light tones and the shadow of the girl creates a dark shadow in the background which makes the model the main focus of the photo. This has inspired me to shoot my response in black and white. When shooting, I know I have to have my camera on a tripod as when I set it to long exposure times, it is important that the camera doesn't shake or move as then the model won't be the only blurred subject within the frame.
Francesca Woodman was an American photographer who was renowned for her black and white photographs featuring female models as well as herself. Her images consist of women who are sometimes naked and other times clothed. Her photos are blurred due to the movement from the models that is captured as her camera was set to long exposure times which resulted in the women merging with their surroundings, mainly being just walls in the background as in Woodman's photographs, they are simple with the model being the only actual subject.
Woodman's photographs can be portrayed in many different ways and has received a lot of critical attention particularly after she committed suicide in 1981 at the age of 22. Woodman's work doesn't operate as normal self portraits despite the fact that she features in most of her work. Instead, she used her own self to work as an exploration of the representation of gender and the 'relation of the body to its environment'. Different interpretations increased after Woodman's death as people learnt that there was a deeper and greater projection on the meaning of her images. During research on Woodman's career, I saw that some critics thought that with the style of her images and the subject in the photographs being obscured by the long exposure, it meant that she felt isolated and wanted to escape from her mental health issues.
I enjoy the way that her work is black and white as the effectiveness of the long exposure is increased and feels more effective than coloured long exposure would. The use of black and white photographs could've been because done by choice or because of the time she shot these photographs as she was alive from 1958-1981. The positiveness of having black and white images meant that each detail of her images can be highlighted as well as contrasting with the different effects in the image for example the highlights and the shadows within the frame - the subject (model) is highlighted with light tones and the shadow of the girl creates a dark shadow in the background which makes the model the main focus of the photo. This has inspired me to shoot my response in black and white. When shooting, I know I have to have my camera on a tripod as when I set it to long exposure times, it is important that the camera doesn't shake or move as then the model won't be the only blurred subject within the frame.
Development Strand :
Limitations of the mind
Freedom and Limitations of the Youth
As I chose to develop my strand 'Limitations of the mind' I chose to focus on both the freedoms and limitations of the youth as this allows me to experiment and expand more with my ideas as it is a wider title and not as vague. I have chosen to do several developments that will fall under the category of either Freedoms of the Youth or Limitations of the youth, and even both in one.
To come up with different ideas, I created a mind map in order to come up with many different ways that I could explore the Freedom and Limitations of the youth.
Chosen categories:
Limitation of the mind - Mental Attitudes
Limitation of the mind - Insecurities
Freedom of the youth - Collage of reflection
To come up with different ideas, I created a mind map in order to come up with many different ways that I could explore the Freedom and Limitations of the youth.
Chosen categories:
Limitation of the mind - Mental Attitudes
Limitation of the mind - Insecurities
Freedom of the youth - Collage of reflection
OUTCOME OF THE MINDMAP:
After creating the mind map, I found that I came up with many different ways in how I could explore the limitations within the youth today, however, I found only a few ways to explore the freedom of the youth which shows that there are more limitations in modern day society than there is freedom.
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Development 1:
Mental Attitudes
(Limitation of the mind)
Bill Armstrong
PLAN :
- Photograph model up close and from a far, close up images on face, each side of shoulders + arms, waist, legs, feet.
- Put these photos into a collage electronically and also make a free hand physical copy.
- MAYBE - Insert 3-5 words from model that they feel describes themselves best
- Print photos on to acetate and bring into darkroom - scratch and use bleach on their face and/or above head - “Destroying Identity”
For this development, I put out a message on my social media asking if anyone that has suffered with their mental health would mind me taking photographs of them and asking them some questions. I figured that putting this on my social media would attract people who feel strongly about informing people on mental health to raise awareness.
I asked my models to write 4-6 sentences desribing their own personal experience with their mental health problems along with a few words that they feel describes themselves best and 5 quotes expressing their thoughts that they usually get. I plan to experiment with the writing so I have created a mind map (below) displaying different ideas of how I can explore presenting these pieces of writing.
Before starting my shoot, I knew there was a struggle that I was going to face which was one of the models wanting to remain anonymous with the writing as they didn't feel comfortable with people knowing their feelings.
I asked my models to write 4-6 sentences desribing their own personal experience with their mental health problems along with a few words that they feel describes themselves best and 5 quotes expressing their thoughts that they usually get. I plan to experiment with the writing so I have created a mind map (below) displaying different ideas of how I can explore presenting these pieces of writing.
Before starting my shoot, I knew there was a struggle that I was going to face which was one of the models wanting to remain anonymous with the writing as they didn't feel comfortable with people knowing their feelings.
Robyn, 16, 5ft 7”
Experience:
Hi my names Robyn and I have suffered with my mental health for about 4 years now. I think I’m coming through the other end of depression, anxiety and PTSD and I have already battled through my eating disorder and drinking problems. I know where I want to go in life now and my mental health problems have been extremely hard but it’s shaped me and helped me become the person I am today. I’m still here and in the future I want to help people like me facing the difficulties especially at this confusing time of life when we teenagers are finding out who we are.
Quotes:
Why the fuck are they staring at me?
Why am I so ugly?
I give up, I don’t care anymore
What’s the point?
Why me?
Words she feels best describe her:
Funny
Empathetic
Fragile
Emotional
Kind
Caring
Messy
Lost
Crazy
Hannah, 18, 5ft 9“
Experience:
Having a mental illness is hard because it’s not visible which means other people can’t really comprehend what’s going on. But also I don’t always know what’s going on because it’s not like I can see my brain either. So sometimes I don’t know to what extent my behaviour is dictated by my illness and to what extent I’m just being a dick.
Quotes:
“My head is against me.”
“I’m numb.”
“How much of this is me?”
“Fuck this.”
“I keep fucking up.”
Words she feels best describe her:
Introverted
Sarcastic
Awkward
Eccentric
Sensitive
Sexy
Experience:
Hi my names Robyn and I have suffered with my mental health for about 4 years now. I think I’m coming through the other end of depression, anxiety and PTSD and I have already battled through my eating disorder and drinking problems. I know where I want to go in life now and my mental health problems have been extremely hard but it’s shaped me and helped me become the person I am today. I’m still here and in the future I want to help people like me facing the difficulties especially at this confusing time of life when we teenagers are finding out who we are.
Quotes:
Why the fuck are they staring at me?
Why am I so ugly?
I give up, I don’t care anymore
What’s the point?
Why me?
Words she feels best describe her:
Funny
Empathetic
Fragile
Emotional
Kind
Caring
Messy
Lost
Crazy
Hannah, 18, 5ft 9“
Experience:
Having a mental illness is hard because it’s not visible which means other people can’t really comprehend what’s going on. But also I don’t always know what’s going on because it’s not like I can see my brain either. So sometimes I don’t know to what extent my behaviour is dictated by my illness and to what extent I’m just being a dick.
Quotes:
“My head is against me.”
“I’m numb.”
“How much of this is me?”
“Fuck this.”
“I keep fucking up.”
Words she feels best describe her:
Introverted
Sarcastic
Awkward
Eccentric
Sensitive
Sexy
Development 2:
Collage of Reflection
(Freedom of the youth)
Artist Influence: Chloe Sheppard
For this response, I asked people three questions which were
'What are your two favourite songs?',
'What is your favourite brand/high street shop?'
What is your postcode?'.
The purpose of asking these three same questions to each person was to draw out any similarities or differences within their taste.
Stevie:
Sitting by the dock of the bay by Otis Reading
Poetic Justice by Kendrick Lamar
Carhartt
N10
Chloe:
Japanese Denim by Daniel Caeser
One Kiss by Dua Lipa
Polo Sport
N10
'What are your two favourite songs?',
'What is your favourite brand/high street shop?'
What is your postcode?'.
The purpose of asking these three same questions to each person was to draw out any similarities or differences within their taste.
Stevie:
Sitting by the dock of the bay by Otis Reading
Poetic Justice by Kendrick Lamar
Carhartt
N10
Chloe:
Japanese Denim by Daniel Caeser
One Kiss by Dua Lipa
Polo Sport
N10
Development 3:
Destroying Identity - Darkroom
Development 1 : Bleach
Development 2: Painting with Bleach
Development 3:
Using masking tape to keep areas of the photo unaffected
Development 4:
Experimenting with destroying features
Recipe 1:
Domestos Bleach
1/2 Lemon Slice
Nivea moisturiser
Domestos Bleach
1/2 Lemon Slice
Nivea moisturiser
Recipe 2:
Bleach
1/2 Lemon slice
Vegetable Oil
Paintbrush (used to smother the photograph in oil and then bleached in certain parts)
Recipe 3:
1/2 tsp of bleech
Lemon juice
Knife to scratch image
Recipe 4:
1/2 lemon slice
Washing detergent
After photo dries - red ink on paintbrush ran over photo
Development 5: Bleaching and Scratching
Recipe 5:
1/2 lemon slice over the bottom half and top right corner multiple times (this was to boost the reaction when the bleach was inserted onto the picture)
Bleach
Vaseline
Recipe 6:
Bleach (splattered onto photo using paintbrush)
1/2 lemon slice
Small cup of bleach poured on edges of lemon (came off lemon by accident and took away the models full body in image)
Recipe 7:
Red food colouring
Bleach
Lemon juice
Then scratched into the photo along the chemicals on the image
Development 6: Using Paint
Recipe 8:
Vaseline
Washing detergent
Bleach
1/2 lemon slice X2
Red paint
Artist Influence: Seung-Hwan Oh
Sueng-Hwan Oh is an artist from Seoul who went to Hunter College in New York to study film and photography. His work was inspired by the different thoughts towards 'disciplinary thoughts and ideas, from philosophy to sciences'. His new series 'Impermanence' is a project that consists of portraits who drenches his films in fungus mushrooms. The bacteria from these mushrooms ruins the film in a beautiful way as it creates an abstract look as it destroys the image.
FLOW CHART
After developing all of my ideas for my final piece development I realised that experimenting with film prints was successful however destroying the models' identities was a struggle as when I bleached the photo it would spread over places I wanted to keep clean. To try to overcome this, I placed masking tape along the areas I wanted to keep clear of chemicals. This was successful in some ways but for some photos it wasn't.
To create a successful approach in destroying identities, I decided to ruin the actual negatives with chemicals and then run them through a negative scanner as I thought that this would be more effective and clearer.
To create a successful approach in destroying identities, I decided to ruin the actual negatives with chemicals and then run them through a negative scanner as I thought that this would be more effective and clearer.
For my first response to
Destroying Identities using chemicals, I poured bleach onto the photograph. As it was my first attempt I didn't know the right amount to pour or how long I was to keep the bleach on the photo for. Not knowing this meant that the photo got wiped out completely due to me using too much bleach. I then wanted to destroy more of the models identity
and experiment with different chemical reactions other than just using bleach on its own. To achieve this look, I cut a lemon slice, placed it in the area in which I wanted to be affected and then poured bleach on it leaving it for 8 seconds. I like this outcome as it creates a fiery look and could represent the models thoughts being isolating and/or i then decided to see what it would look like if I used creams on the base and then splattered lemon juice mixed with cooking oil and bleach.
ARTIST INFLUENCE: SEUNG HWAN OH
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Development 7: Destroying Negatives
(EXAM PIECE)
Method: Dipping the negative in bleach
Time periods: 2 seconds, 1 minute, 15 minutes, 1 hour, 15 hours.
FINAL PIECE
Final Piece ideas intentions justified:
My idea for my final piece came after making my flow chart. When I looked back on all of my developments and evaluated the successfulness of each of the outcomes, I decided to further my experimentation with damaging the film prints and instead damage the negatives from when I printed my photos. This meant that when I scanned the negatives through a negative scanner they were already destroyed and the effect of the chemicals would be more effective and successful than the experiments on photographic paper. I have chosen to present the twenty images as my final piece and print them out onto A3 Poster Paper Print.
My overall intentions for my final piece was to present the elimination of identity and use my skills learnt from my previous developments to successfully complete and improve my attempts at destroying the images.
My overall intentions for my final piece was to present the elimination of identity and use my skills learnt from my previous developments to successfully complete and improve my attempts at destroying the images.