experiment 6

Here I have done similar to what i did with my last experiment including other elements into the scene at different points however this time i have simplified it and added a lot less into the scenes as to make the changes more subtle and potentially more realistic! 

5th experiment on photoshop

After last weeks feedback session it was suggested that i look at altering other things within the picture to tighten the idea that this is a project that has been composed by revisiting the spot many times over a long period of time. in that sense not everything in the frame would alway remain the same.

I have used photoshop to include other elements, this is a lengthy process as cutting out the elements and ensuring they are of the correct perspective and scale and that the tonal values and lighting and shadows all match that of the image they are being added to.

I am aware that if i was to continue developing this idea for my final series i would have to pay more attention to the scale of the items and also consider what would still be visible from one frame to the next.

Some initial layout ideas

playing with video/sound

Guy Laramée

Guy Laramée

Interdisciplinary artist Guy Laramée carves amazing miniature landscapes out of stacks of old books. His objects originates from the very idea that "ultimate knowledge could very well be an erosion instead of an accumulation." The erosion of cultures – and of “culture” as a whole - is the theme that runs through the last 25 years of Guy's artistic practice.

I love this project and the whole ideas surrounding it, that humans will one day destroy themselves as with knowledge we strive to make life better/easier/more convenient/more fruitful and essentially we are running out of resources and destroying our natural environment.

Francois Delfosse - Antarctica

Transforming ordinary materials into an ambitious series of photographs, Belgian architect Francois Delfosse created these Arctic landscapes using only light and a plastic bag. The end result is pretty impressive, i can't find much information about them online other than what I have already stated. I personally find the work to be an ironic statement about recycling and global warming. Plastic bags live for many years whereas Antarctica and other ice caps are rapidly disappearing.

 

Asphalt Archeology - Mike Mishin

Mike Mission

Mike Mission's "Asphalt Archeology" is a series of photographs of found objects embedded into asphalt in New York City. Mike explorations are an attempt to expose the beauty in the ordinary, in the everyday surroundings and objects that are so often overlooked in our daily lives.

I love these images, in some ways they remind me of a project I did myself whilst on a weekend trip to southport last year where i concentrated on looking at and photographing the unnatural objects which were washed up on shore.