Category: Triptych

Brief 2

Triptych: Final Image

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In my final Image, I decided to place each item on the bag I found them in. I knew from the beginning I wanted to create an eery mood with each image, and so altered the contrast, faded the edges into a darker border, and made sure the textured background was visible. I also altered the colour to make the images cooler, hiding the artificial lighting’s warmer tone.

Keith Arnatt has inspired me to take unwanted objects and give them a new life, where they would otherwise be disposed of and never seen by more than a couple of people, if that. Luckily, I had a situation where this concept would work perfectly. As a student, me and my friends take it upon ourselves to try and relax during the weekend, and our favourite thing to do is drink alcohol and visit the on campus club “Propaganda”. After a couple of nights out, I have found random objects in my bag that I have no recollection of finding or receiving, and have begun a small collection of such items. These things will have either been given to me, found in a club or enroute, or accidentally taken from friends flats. As these items have not been missed, and their being seems rather unimportant, I have never had an opportunity to return them, and therefore they have become unwanted by their original owners.

Portrait & Triptych Research: ‘Triptychs of Strangers’

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ADDE ADESOKAN

“Triptychs of Strangers is a continuing series by Adde Adesokan, where the goal is to “meet total strangers – get to know them - take three personality-matching body shots - make them one.”

All encounters took place in cities such as Hamburg, Paris, London, Berlin, Hongkong, Sapa and Ho Chi Minh City and comes always with a story, so make sure you are reading those too.” –  Adde Adesokan, Street Photography

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Adesokan presents his work with narrative and order. He takes pictures of members of the public he finds interesting, and focuses on three particular points- their face, their hands, and their feet. The strangers tell him certain facts about themselves, let him take three photos, and from these images, he and anyone who sees them take the overlall picture and attempt to decipher their personalities, with so little to go by. I find his idea of searching for interesting people, as well as ‘normal’ everyday members of the public, and making them each a part of a huge and beautiful project.

Reference:

Adesokan, A. (2004) Triptychs of Strangers – Adde Adesokan Street photography. Hamburg, Germany. Available from http://www.adde-adesokan.de/albums/triptychs-of-strangers/ [accessed 14 April 2016]

Triptych: Development

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In order to ensure I got the best shot of my chosen items, I originally experimented with both a light and dark backdrop. The dark backdrop was rather difficult to work with, and because I wanted a textured background for the item to be sat on, the lighting became difficult for me to alter for the larger item.

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With the lighter background, the lighting became easier to alter. Because the background was rather faded, It had a negative effect on the item, making them darker and losing a lot of the detail.

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I wanted to make sure The final images I took were as high a quality as I could possibly get, and so spent a good few minutes altering the ISO and exposure, but as I had to use artificial light to gain the result I was looking for, It was hard to get a decent result. I moved the lamp multiple times, holding it closer, further away and making it direct.

It was then I decided to use different backgrounds for each item. I noticed that one of the items looked better with a brighter coloured background, where the others stood out on a darker one.

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Triptych Research: Found Object Photography

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ROGER CULLMAN

“Roger Cullman is a Toronto-based independent photojournalist. Roger is currently booking editorial, portrait, wedding and corporate event photography for Autumn/Winter 2015 and beyond.

Having first discovered photography as a child at art camp, I grew up with a rich visual palette and vivid imagination. When digital photography came along, I was among the first to embrace it, igniting my passion for visual storytelling.”

– Roger Cullman’s Website

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What struck me about Roger Cullman’s work was how relatable the images are. We have all either lost something, or spotted something on the floor and thought nothing of it, and that makes these lost item’s rather beautiful. Without touching or snooping, Cullman has made old and unwanted items into something many people admire as an art form. The natural backgrounds match the worn down items, and as each item is photographed, it is clear that whether or not the objects return to their owner is irrelevant, as this gallery has taken something disgruntled and made it admirable. Without searching far and wide, I feel these images would be easy to replicate with my own findings.

 

References:

Cullman, R. (2004) Roger Cullman Photography. Toronto, Canada. Available from http://http://rogercullman.com [accessed 13 April 2016]

Triptych Research: ‘Pictures From A Rubbish Tip’

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Keith Arnatt

“Pictures from a Rubbish Tip 1988–9 is a series of five large colour photographs by the British artist Keith Arnatt featuring close-up shots of rubbish that has been dumped at a local tip. In each photograph, the lens focuses upon select pieces of discarded food – such as bread, chicken bones and vegetables – that lie on clear and pale-coloured plastic bags. … Each is presented at an apparently fixed distance from the camera and this, as well as the similar lighting effects used across the five works, creates a sense of cohesion in the series…

In this way, the discarded, mouldy food items can be seen as objects of beauty when presented in a different setting, especially when using framing techniques, colour and lighting and that enhance the visual appeal of the images… In a similar way, by focusing on food items that have been discarded en masse, Pictures from a Rubbish Tip presents the wastage and excess that characterise modern consumption, although Arnatt shows these objects in a manner that simultaneously emphasises both their beauty and their decay.” – Tate Exhibit Summary

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Looking at his work, Arnatt focuses on taking discarded and unwanted items and changes their meaning. Items many people would ignore have been made into something new, changing their context and making them into a piece of art. Although the idea of deliberately visiting a dumping ground its less than ideal, his dedication to showing off certain foods that have been discarded enhances the effort that has gone into both the production of the photo, and the editing. Some of his other work focuses on objects rather than decaying food.

References:

Arnatt, K. (2009) ‘Pictures from a Rubbish Tip’, Keith Arnatt | Tate. London, England. Available from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/arnatt-pictures-from-a-rubbish-tip-t13171 [accessed 13 April 2016]