I though about distorting the way that we view the ads, by letterboxing them I feel that they it helps us see what a load of nonsense the idea of the perfect body is.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Skin Holes
Reading skin holes got me thinking about the distorted way body image is portrayed in the media and in advertising..... Sure there is talk about everyones body beeing different etc. but the same old "perfect body" types are still the most common image.
I though about distorting the way that we view the ads, by letterboxing them I feel that they it helps us see what a load of nonsense the idea of the perfect body is.
I though about distorting the way that we view the ads, by letterboxing them I feel that they it helps us see what a load of nonsense the idea of the perfect body is.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Shot (Exhibition 20)
Shot was fun, It was good to see the teachers work. As this isn't counting towards my exhibitions I can be full biased and say that Silvia's work was by far the best in show.
Leica CCP Awards (Exhibition 19)
The Leica awards would have to one of the best shows I've seen all year.... It ranged from simple to stunning.... everyday to extraordinary. 2 photographers work really stood out to me. Steven Siewert with his work on the racing pigeon club documented the lives of the people who race homing pigeons and opened a window to what seemed to be a fairly closed world ( I can't imgine ever going to a pigeon race). and Stephen Dupont who's work in Afghanistan was to me both pure photojournalism and humor mixed into 2 different works
Mate
Mate,
To me the story was about being or at least feeling like an outsider.... I would like to expand on the concept of shooting from outside windows into house and cars etc..... but that would be a fast track to being arrested so I will have to stick to shooting into friends and families windows.
To me the story was about being or at least feeling like an outsider.... I would like to expand on the concept of shooting from outside windows into house and cars etc..... but that would be a fast track to being arrested so I will have to stick to shooting into friends and families windows.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
See Luke fly
I worked in a group with Luke, Keegan and Dale
We took the portable lights into the squash courts and had a bit of fun jumping around.
Self Critique..... While all our shots turned out well, most of our shots were pretty much the same. also we should have done more the block out the highlights that come up on the polished wall but otherwise this was a lot of fun and we got good results
We took the portable lights into the squash courts and had a bit of fun jumping around.
Self Critique..... While all our shots turned out well, most of our shots were pretty much the same. also we should have done more the block out the highlights that come up on the polished wall but otherwise this was a lot of fun and we got good results
Monday, October 13, 2008
Social Commentary Folio Proposal
Social Commentary Folio Proposal
In Australia and in fact most of the world it is very hard to earn a living from art.
On average, artist income from art practice is low. Fifty per cent of all artists earn less than
$7,300 from their art in a year and less than $30,000 from all employment.
While some artists are able to make a living from their work, most artists support themselves
through work outside the arts and will continue to do so. Artists usually work two to three
jobs – their art practice, an arts related job such as teaching and a non-arts job in an area
such as hospitality. This makes the arts sector quite unique in that the majority of
professionals earn most of their income from other sectors. This in turn diminishes the
creative capacity of professional artists.
(http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/32519/2003_Throsby_changin
g_income.pdf)
When I first realised that all the people that I know who are practising artists all had day jobs
I got to thinking about the economic situation of artists in Australia
For my social commentary I am going to photograph a few different Canberra based artists in
their artistic environment (workshop etc.) and also in their work places (shops etc.)
juxtaposing the 2 different situations (work and art).
I have organised to photograph a silver smith who works as a fitter and turner, a fashion
designer who works in a book shop and an illustrator / visual artist who works in the public
service. I have also contacted an actor who works as a guest attendant at centre point tower
in Sydney and a composer / musician who works at a Big W store.
I intend to take portraits and also some candid shots to see what works best and then follow
the same formula for each different subject. I will shoot as many different subjects as I can
and choose the top 3 sets of 2 photos.
In Australia and in fact most of the world it is very hard to earn a living from art.
On average, artist income from art practice is low. Fifty per cent of all artists earn less than
$7,300 from their art in a year and less than $30,000 from all employment.
While some artists are able to make a living from their work, most artists support themselves
through work outside the arts and will continue to do so. Artists usually work two to three
jobs – their art practice, an arts related job such as teaching and a non-arts job in an area
such as hospitality. This makes the arts sector quite unique in that the majority of
professionals earn most of their income from other sectors. This in turn diminishes the
creative capacity of professional artists.
(http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/32519/2003_Throsby_changin
g_income.pdf)
When I first realised that all the people that I know who are practising artists all had day jobs
I got to thinking about the economic situation of artists in Australia
For my social commentary I am going to photograph a few different Canberra based artists in
their artistic environment (workshop etc.) and also in their work places (shops etc.)
juxtaposing the 2 different situations (work and art).
I have organised to photograph a silver smith who works as a fitter and turner, a fashion
designer who works in a book shop and an illustrator / visual artist who works in the public
service. I have also contacted an actor who works as a guest attendant at centre point tower
in Sydney and a composer / musician who works at a Big W store.
I intend to take portraits and also some candid shots to see what works best and then follow
the same formula for each different subject. I will shoot as many different subjects as I can
and choose the top 3 sets of 2 photos.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Tintype process
Tintype was first described (used) Adolphe-Alexandre Martin in France in 1853 and was patented in the United States in 1856 by Hamilton Smith. The tintype (or ferrotype) process uses a thin sheet of metal (iron rater than tin as the name implies) coated in a photo-sensitive emulsion (collodion). The tintype process is a wet type process meaning that it would the plate would be exposed then processed straight away. The image that was produce was reversed that the image produced by a mirror. Like daguerreotype photographs the process was one shot meaning that image would be produced directly onto the plate (no negative meant that the images couldn't be easily reproduced).
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/tintype.htm
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_early/1_early_photography_-_processes_-_tintype.htm
http://www.heartlandscience.org/comm/pdf/tintype.pdf
http://www.strever.org/Unknown/Unknown-Picts.html
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/tintype.htm
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_early/1_early_photography_-_processes_-_tintype.htm
http://www.heartlandscience.org/comm/pdf/tintype.pdf
http://www.strever.org/Unknown/Unknown-Picts.html
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