Nadav Kanders images are immediately shocking, they immediately show the reality of Chernobyl for people who would have never understood the damage. This image in particular caught my attention because I feel as though it has a really strong contrast within it. You have the painting on the back wall filled with colour that contrasts heavily with the broken down surroundings. I think this colour in the images highlights each and every crack even more, the cracks and peeling paper gives the image a very sinister feel yet it still shows the vibrancy of life before. The images overall show how once people are removed from society everything else too becomes lifeless.
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I really like this image because I think the light in the background helps to highlight all the shapes within the bag creating an artic landscape. The light in the back of the image creates more depth as the front of the image looks further away than it actually is. I think Delfosse wanted to show how an everyday object can seem like something so surreal and interesting. His images have a very peaceful and untouched atmosphere which represent the natural beauty of Antartica and the magical shapes the ice caves create naturally untouched my human life. I think his work shows how beautiful natural life is and shows a contrast with how now we can find natural beauty In even our everyday items.
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This is an image from Francois Delfosse's work ' Antarctica in a bag'. He uses a plastic bag and photographs the inside to create this interesting image which replicates the setting of Antarctica. His images start of lighter around the edges but get darker as the image gets deeper which makes the images look more realistic as Antarctica.
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This is my take on Francois' work, I wanted to use coloured bags to create a different feel for my images. I used a lower exposure to make my images darker so you can see all the shapes in the plastic. I think my image shows how I was inspired by his work to create my own style of his concept as I tried to play around with different materials and colours to create varied effects.
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This image is one of my favourites because of the symmetry, at a first look it seems as though the image has been mirrored because each side is almost identical. Phipps calls his work 'brute beauty' and I think this is a perfect description for his work as the structures he uses aren't usually described as beautiful as they have such harsh lines. However his images make them seem interesting and give them a lot more character. I think Phipp's work show how human creations should be appreciated and that we ignore some of the work and effort put into brutalist architecture. Phipps allows the viewer to once appreciate the building no matter of its background.
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Considering the time in which Mybridge took his photos they were really influential in the photography technology. This image is laid out so you can see each movement of the horse, his image not only was good photography but allowed people to learn more about animals in motion, something which our eyes can't do by themselves. He also created his images into gifs alongside the stills to show how the movement was captured.
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I think this image is one of his most effective ones. I like the way the string and hand are completely still whilst the balloon is popping. This image is really eye-catching because it is something impossible to capture with our own eyes. I also think the contrast between the water and the green background makes the shape of the water clearer. Horsford really captured a split second in an image and it is quite surreal for people to look at as for our eyes the image would be impossible to see.
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This image I think captures the aftermath of food really well, its not something that many artists choose to photograph as it isn't seen as very 'asthecially pleasing" . However I think Letinsky manages to make her images intriguing. The light colours of the background and wall help to make the orange peel stand out more and become the focal point of the image. I think this is a common theme that runs throughout her images where she keeps a very plain background which allows the food in the image to become the focus. |
This image again really stands out for me as I think it is a good representation of a twist on still life images. I think the way she has arranged her objects seem natural. However at further glance you notice the cup leaning on the side and then the dirty table cloth. I feel that her images at first seem very normal but when you look deeper there is much more to the image. |
This was probably my favourite image from the whole exhibition as I feel as though the context around the image was just as intriguing as the image itself. The photo captures a giant picnic along the Mexican border, on one side people are at a table whereas on the other they are sitting on the floor. This is because this project was actually illegal on the US side so they couldn't have a proper table. I think the most striking this is that everyone in this image is drinking the same water, sharing the same food and enjoying the same music. The image captures how the wall was forgotten about for a moment in time and that every body should be treated as equals.
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I really like this image of Kevins because I think it captures a really interesting movement. The different shapes of the divers body are captured clearly and when put together I think creates a flowing image. The way he manages to capture each movement perfectly makes his images more interesting and allows the purpose of this images, for athletes to analyse their performance, to shine through.
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In this image Wadman creates a flow of movement of a dancer. The contrast between the bright red outfit and the dark background I think really makes the movement stand out even more. I really like how he layers the different stages of movement and still manages to create such a clear composition. Bill Wadman uses a slower shutter speed to create these waves created by the dancer. He uses similar techniques to light painters to create a similar effect but with people, I think he uses a strobe light with a continuous light source in a dark room so his images don't become to overexposed, this helps as without this light his images would have became to blurry and unrecognisable as a dancer movement. I think his images have a very abstract feel and really show how dancing can be projected in many different ways.
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