Domestic Objects
David Hockney - Photo joiners
David Hockney is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He was an important contributor to the 1960s pop art movement, and is considered as one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. In the 1980s he began making photograph collages, he used to call them joiners. He would use polaroid photos and also 35mm prints in colour.
First response
I used Photoshop to make my own collage of a chair inspired by David Hockney.
Step 1- I opened Photoshop and selected File, Automate, Photomontage
Step 2- I selected collage, then deselected blend images, and then selected all the photos I wanted to use
Step 3- Once all of my images had shown up on the page I moved them around into the shape of the chair
Step 1- I opened Photoshop and selected File, Automate, Photomontage
Step 2- I selected collage, then deselected blend images, and then selected all the photos I wanted to use
Step 3- Once all of my images had shown up on the page I moved them around into the shape of the chair
Second Response
Third Response
Home Response
I took multiple pictures of different objects in my home, making sure that I had enough different angles of each object. Then I made the photos into a collage on Photoshop, piecing them together until they fit the way I wanted them to.
Paul Eis - Simplified Architectural Images
Paul Eis is a German student who was born in Berlin in 1998. After finishing school in 2016 he moved to Austria to study architecture at the University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz. He was interested in architecture since he was young and since discovering photography he got even more into architecture and the built environment around. In 2015 he started up and Instagram page to share his photography but soon realised that his photos were colourless and plain. It was at this point that he decided to start adding colours to his images using Photoshop to give each of them a 'happy' appearance. The whole motive of his unique style of photography was to show people that 'normal' buildings could be interesting and varied with the use of colour.
1. Choose an image have already taken and open it in Photoshop > File > Open > Chosen image
2. Click on the lasso tool in Photoshop and select the Polygonal Lasso Tool
3. Highlight your chosen shape by clicking the tool around the shape and then return to the point that you started at. When you have done this the shape will show as being highlighted.
4. When you have selected the shape. Click on Filter > Blur > Average
5. Work your way around the picture selecting all the different shapes
6. When you have completed the picture save the image. File > Save As
2. Click on the lasso tool in Photoshop and select the Polygonal Lasso Tool
3. Highlight your chosen shape by clicking the tool around the shape and then return to the point that you started at. When you have done this the shape will show as being highlighted.
4. When you have selected the shape. Click on Filter > Blur > Average
5. Work your way around the picture selecting all the different shapes
6. When you have completed the picture save the image. File > Save As
André Kertész - Form over function
André Kertész is a widely known photographer, born in Hungary on the 2nd of July 1894. He's known for his contribution to photographic composition and photo-essay. In 1925 he moved to Paris in an attempt to become a professional photographer. In 1936 he emigrated to New York where he began his association with magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Coronet. During his time in NYC he developed his fascination for capturing images of people reading, particularly in outside spaces such as parks, window ledges and balconies. Throughout his later life his work was featured in many exhibitions through Europe and America. However despite all of this he still felt unsuccessful and unrecognised by critics and the general art community. Regardless of this, his work is now fully appreciated and his legacy remains.
First Response
In this task we took photos of a fork/forks with their shadows in different shapes. We shone a torch on the fork while in a dark room and this was what created the shadow. These photos are inspired by the work of Andre Kertesz and I think that they replicate them quite well.
WWW: The shadows were created well and the torch was held in the correct place enabling this.
EBI: Some-most of the photos are blurry so in my second response I need to make sure that I am holding the camera completely still.
These are my three favourite photos because I think they turned out really well and the shadows are in unique shapes. The lighting is on point and the pictures are taken from the right angle to show the shadows compared to the actual forks.
EBI: Some-most of the photos are blurry so in my second response I need to make sure that I am holding the camera completely still.
These are my three favourite photos because I think they turned out really well and the shadows are in unique shapes. The lighting is on point and the pictures are taken from the right angle to show the shadows compared to the actual forks.
Second Response
In my second response I think I improved and fulfilled my EBI's since most of the pictured were in focus as I made sure to hold the camera very still.
My three best photos
I think that these are my three best images because the shadows from the objects are very clear and sharp. I think the lighting on each one is particularly good and since I used objects that reflect light it made them even better.
Edward Weston - Ordinary to Extrodinary
Edward Henry Weston was a 20th-century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers..." and "one of the masters of 20th century photography." He was born in Highland Park, Illinois and he began to make photographs in Chicago parks in 1902. His work was first exhibited in 1903 at the Art Institute of Chicago. He pioneered a modernist style characterised by the use of a large format-camera to create sharply focused and richly detailed black-and-white photographs.
My response
I created a set of images that were inspired by Edward Weston's work. I used a range of objects including vegetables, fruit and shells. I used natural lighting and a plain black background.
B&W images
I turned some of my best images into black and white using Photoshop.
Jan Groover - Kitchen still life
Jan Groover was an American photographer. She received numerous one-person shows, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which holds some of her work in its permanent collection. Groover produced several different bodies of work during her career, working in landscape, still life, and portraiture genres, and was as curious with her subjects as she was with her mediums, working with 35mm, view, and Polaroid cameras.
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Sink Homework
In this task I used objects from home and placed them in my sink and then took photos of them from lots of different angles,. I made sure to use a variety of colours and different arrangements of the objects.
Lauren Marek - Different views of a person
Lauren Marek is a photographer who lives in Houston, Texas. Her love of still images blossomed in college and since she has produced lots of impressive work while collaborating with some of the most high profile brands. She said ' I bought my first camera, a Nikon d40, in college about 6 years ago. That’s when things changed. I had always wanted to be a filmmaker growing up and that passion for storytelling transferred to photography and the challenge of telling a story in one image.'
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My Response
In this task I took photos of specific details on the face/body of a model. I made them into a collage inspired by Lauren Marek's work.
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Sharon Radisch - Lockdown sculpture
Sharon Radisch is a NYC and Paris based photographer, art director and artist. In response to lockdown and the COVID-19 emergency she created a series of still life images using found objects around her home and neighbourhood. This new body of work is a variation to her usual approach , with a different and compelling subject matter. "During my quarantine- almost 6 weeks now- I have been exploring my work and what it means to create during this time with limited resources", Radisch tells us.
Alberto Sevaso - Fireworks in a jar
Alberto Sevaso is a self-taught Italian graphic artist and illustrator who was first inspired by artwork on skate decks and music album artwork. His unique pieces have been featured on the covers of magazines and CDs around the world, and he's collaborated with big names such as The Temper Trap, amongst many others.
First Response
In this task I took a series of photos of water, oil and ink in a cup together, inspired by Alberto Sevaso.
GIF edit
WWW- I think the blue ink images turned out well because they show the change of position of the ink and the GIF is a good speed and flows very well.
EBI- I think the angle of which I take the images needs to change because you can slightly see the background instead of just the white paper
EBI- I think the angle of which I take the images needs to change because you can slightly see the background instead of just the white paper
Second Response
I took more photos of ink in water however this time I used no oil and I think I got a better result. The background is just the white paper and the images are a lot clearer.
GIF edit
Edits using the burn tool
I used photoshop to edit one of my images so I could make parts of it darker and part of it lighter. 1. I used adjustments > levels to make the image lighter 2. I cropped the image using the crop tool so that the background wasn't there and only the ink was shown 3. Then I wanted to darken the blue ink in the photo so I used the burn tool making sure the range was in shadow mode. WWW: I think that darkening the blue ink was successful because it turned out well and the final result was neat. EBI: I think that I should have contrasted the yellow ink to the blue ink so made the yellow much brighter |
Luke Stephenson - Lockdown sequence
Luke was born on New Years day, 1983 in Darlington, North East England.Life in Britain and the British psyche are at the core of Lukes work. He photographs what to many epitomises the eccentricity of Britain. Often humorous in their outlook, his series range from prize budgerigars to the World Beard and Moustache Championships. Whether animate or inanimate objects, Stephenson creates affectionate portraits of his subjects and documents worlds often hidden from the mainstream.
He graduated in 2005 and has worked as a freelance photographer since. The same year he was awarded the Jerwood Photography Prize and in 2006 was selected as one of ten photographers to showcase their work at the International Festival of Fashion and Photography at Hyeres, France.
He graduated in 2005 and has worked as a freelance photographer since. The same year he was awarded the Jerwood Photography Prize and in 2006 was selected as one of ten photographers to showcase their work at the International Festival of Fashion and Photography at Hyeres, France.
First Response
I took a series of images using a biscuit inspired by Luke Stephenson. I took 9 images, starting with a whole biscuit, and each time I broke off a piece. I then added each image to a collage together.
GIF edit
WWW- The lighting on all the images is equal and a good balance.
EBI- Make sure my camera is still while i'm taking each picture and be careful that the biscuit is in the same place each time.
EBI- Make sure my camera is still while i'm taking each picture and be careful that the biscuit is in the same place each time.
Second Response
GIF edit
Suzanne Saroff - Distortion
Suzanne Saroff is a New York based photographer who was born in Montana. She said he passion for distortion began when she saw a single orange sitting on her kitchen counter behind a glass of water and she loved the way it danced as she moved. However her love for photography as a whole developed by simply picking up a disposable camera and taking pictures on there. She has a series called 'Perspective' in which she creates fractured and skewed images of common foods as seen through glass objects filled with water. The images play with concepts of light and shadow resulting in distorted still life images appearing almost like a digital glitch.
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