So, I went and did my first shoot, and here are the contact sheets!
Contact Sheet 1
Contact Sheet 2
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
DSDN 144 Project 1: Precedents
So for my Photographics, I have to have a look at some precedents, some inspiring artists who inspire the project I'm planning to do.
My first precedent, my first inspiration is Mark Power, a British photographer who has a knack for capturing spaces as they appear. They don't tend to give off too many connotations usually, although a lot of his images speak about the urban environment we inhabit. He is regularly commissioned in the industrial sector.
His shots convey in my opinion a sense of the true space, as well as its textures and facets. I love the way he uses the space to illustrate the urbanisation of the area. The photos he takes, in particular these two, lack any colour or significant markers for a style or moment in history for when the photo was taken. They feel oddly timeless.
My next precedent is J Bennett Fitts. He presents the ides of space through various places, and conveys the sense of loneliness well through his composition, lighting, and location.
He also relies on how he presents perspective to convey what is actually in the image. Some of his shots are so bare they almost seem alien. The simplicity of the photos is truly beautiful, and aides greatly in terms of presenting the space itself.
His way of presenting the everyday and making it that little bit more special is remarkable. The using the "Orange Machine" as a focal point for the rest of the composition to revolve around is fantastic. The simplicity of the building almost seems wrong. It seems "too new" and "too clean" to belong in our dirty industrial world. And yet this strangeness still breeds familiarity. It feels "special".
My third precedent is Andrew Moore, a photographer who has done a lot of travelling and explored a large amount of different settings and moods. Some of his work conveys desolation, and some of his chosen spaces are all about the secrecy and privacy of tucked-away sites. Some of his photos are about the people in said spaces, but mostly the spaces speak for themselves.
The colours of the shot from Cuba convey that sense of hidden life in an unknown, unheard of city. He almost conveys the ideals created by the original travelling Victorian photographers; namely showing those back home what life is like in other countries. In a way, him doing this makes some of his work feel very vintage, but also very artistic. The harmony created in the above image speaks of the old still living in sight of the new, but the emptiness speaks of an odd sadness.
These precedents all take fantastic photos, and I will endeavour to convey as much meaning through my project, my following of Anonymous' final journey through the spaces on his/her path.
Photos from:
DSDN 144 Project 1: Proposal
In
my first project for photography, SPACE, I want to investigate a journey. Not
just an ordinary journey to work or to school, but the last journey an unknown
person ever made.
The
person in question is not someone I knew. They are, in essence, someone I heard
about, who committed suicide. They jumped off the side of a car park in
Courtney Place. I want to investigate the spaces they would have encountered on
their final journey to where they ultimately jumped and ended their life. In my
mind, it presents a very dark journey, but ultimately one that would have been
very significant and special to the person concerned.
The
mood I want to convey in the series of images is mostly the mood the spaces
along the way conveyed to the person on their journey. I want to examine why
the spaces are scary, why they are dark, but also why they are special. Why is
there a serenity to be found in the persons last moments before they jumped?
I
want to examine the most interesting spaces that were on this dark and ultimately
lonely path. I want to find the special places in this area, and I want to
capture why they are special.
I
don't want to convey the sense of "Don't jump!", and I don't want to
understand the person’s motivations, I just want to follow a path and see why
its spaces are special and dark.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Design Personae
Well hello there, my name is Sebastien Voerman. However,
most of my friends like to call me “Bas”.
I’ve just recently moved to Wellington from Nelson, and I love it here.
I’ve travelled all over the world with my family due to my
father’s job, and I’ve had the opportunity to experience a mass of cultures and
countries. I think this lends me a broader perspective on the world. I’ve been
exposed to the many different styles and uses of design in all these places,
and I’d like to say it has impacted my inherent design abilities. However, I
think it’s more given me the ability to develop my work from a more diverse
range of memories and experiences. That’s probably the best part about having
travelled. Memories last a lifetime. Memories give strength. Memories grant
inspiration.
But, seeing a lot of what the world has to offer hasn’t
diminished my desire to compete in the world of Design. I think that the reason
I always loved design was due to my fixation on why things were constructed the
way they were, as well as creating things. (Lego was a key inspiration.) I had
a certain knack for taking things apart, much to the displeasure of my parents,
as well as a fascination for the natural and man-made world.
My current aspirations (they have a tendency for fickleness)
are towards Industrial and Media Design, as well as photography, which is a
hobby of mine. Some of my graphic design work for Year 13 stemmed from a
modernist style, lending itself towards the Bauhaus, as well as a more abstract
style that was inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s work, as well as other Russian
Constructivism, a style I think I want to explore in more detail.
I
can’t wait to start creating!
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