Animation Isolation

Looking through articles and asking a couple of people about their experiences dealing with the Stereotypes around Mental illness and disorders. The main theme of isolation fear, abandonment was brought up.  The areas around where I live are perfect for taking the images that I want to take. Scratched and scraped, run down and left to their own destruction. The first images I experimented with Studio work.

It's all about your perception.

I had a song in my head called 'There's Hope' by India Arie. there's a part in the song that goes, "It's all about your perception" and that lead me on to a conversation with myself about the way you perceive photography. With my pathway project I obviously have my own views on the pictures I take and the meanings behind them, and  then people will also have their own interpretations as well.

To self: Always take into consideration how others will interpret your work.

Another note to self: listen to more of India's songs. They carry a good message.

Also, before I forget:

You wanted to look into film. Way to connect your images (through metaphors? things with a double meaning?). Make them flow. And to tell a story.

Ooh, I just thought of contact sheets! You could do contact sheets. Who was that photographer who discovered moving images?

Examples of film:

Edit: found new video


Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

Do not forget the word Vignette!!

In an article taken from the eight magazine, there was a photographer called Kousuke Okahara- images of his work- who seemed to use this 'vignette' technique (or that is what it looks like to me) to draw attention to these girls and the issues they face. These images were more about the fact that we are looking through a type of view finder. The images

Yesterday I took some images in the studio and altered them using faded black edges, burring techniques and I also altered the saturation using GIMP (I really have alot of trouble with photoshop):

I wish I tried wrapping the rope around this image. I'm unsure as to whether I should have blurred this image or not. I wanted to be softer, but I probably should have left it the way it was.

By the way, i'm starting to like colour, but I still love B&W.

Rodney Smith

http://rodneysmith.com/blog/

An interesting photographer. His blog has a lot of indepth info into his photographs.

A good example of reflecting on experiences and lead ups towards his work.

Submersion 2

2010

A place to escape 3

2010

Faces of Fear 1, 2, 3 and 4

2010

2010

2010

2010

Fear changes people in various ways. These images are about the transformation I go through when fear takes  over me.

Wait till the dust settles

2010

The things that bind us

2010

Hear my cry

2010

A place to escape 1&2

2010

2010

These images are about the feeling of wanting to search for a safe place hide away as a child.

submersion 1

2010

This image is about diving in to your subconscious and the perceptions you have in your mind.

Night Traveller

2010

My Nan has been an important figure in my life to help guide me through difficult times.

Creation 1& 2

2010

2010

These images are about the creation of self and identity that forms in your mind.

Pathway Project Ideas

-Opposites

-freedom

-rebirth/reinvention

-Stigma and Ignorance. Probably do something around disability, maybe Mental Health.

-Experimenting with surrealism would suit the stigma and ignorance idea.


"To be a surrealist . . . means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been." —Rene Magritte
“Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.” —Salvador Dali


- I want to do some experimenting with multiple exposures.

-I'm going to stick with the conceptual route my photos are taking.

-I'm not too sure whether I should steer away from portraiture.

-I also need to be more confident in my abilities to shoot in colour. I don't know why it seems like such a daunting task when i'm able to see in colour every day, however, when I take pictures in colour it's like some kind of sensory overload and my mind can not cope.

-I looked at some of the work by Edward Weston and thought photographing nudes would be a path I could take (It's just an option at the moment). It seem odd, but after looking more into the story surrounding Aron Ralston, the man who had his arm crushed by a bolder for 6 days, I thought it was fascinating how he went on such a meaning full journey over such a short amount of time. It was obviously an emotional roller-coaster for him and during that time he was able to develop a great emotional perspective on his life. I think he also said that he was "reborn" after he freed himself .

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The Chain-Ingrid Michaelson Images to Music project

A must watch youtube video. Really beautiful way to tell a story.

Trip to Shropshire

Some of the digital images I took when we went om a trip to Shropshire. I was panicking because I thought my other photo that I took on the film and medium format camera would not come out. So these images are not that great, really rushed, because these were taking on our way back to the coach.

I eddied this one down in photo shop. Increased the saturation, changed the hue and contrast to bring out the detail. Becaise I took this in a rush I also tried to reduce the blur.