Many photographers and artists have used circles or curves to produce imaginative and powerful work. Josef Sudek photographed shells, eggs, glasses, and balls chosen for their distinctive shapes and forms, in his series of still-life arrangements. Round hats, mirrors and lenses act as frames or focal point in the portraits of Vivian Maier. Yayoi Kusama has used complex and intense patterns of dots and spots to produce starting installations. Produce your own response, making reference to appropriate work by others. `
Definitions:
- Imaginative - having or showing creativity or inventiveness.
- Still-life - a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.
- Focal point - a point of interest
- Installations - an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that often are site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space
1) Josef Sudek
Is a Czech photographer who was born in March of 1896. He is best known for his black and white images of still life. He explains his work, ' so that a seemingly dead object comes to life through light or by its surroundings.'
The first photo is part of the ' Bread, eggs and glass' series taken in the 1950's - 1960's. In this photo i like how the curves of the glass are being used to along with the water to distort the object behind it. The curvature of the egg in front helps create contrast and also makes your eyes go between the two trying to work out if the object behind is also an egg.
This photo is titled 'Egg on plate' and was taken in 1955. I really like the simplistic photo and how it shows the zone system formulated by Ansel Adams who i researched in my component 1 tone. The way the light has been used to cast a shadow brings to life the 3D shape instead of it looking 2D like the photo itself.
This last piece is titled the glass labyrinths, 1968. This is the piece i like the most due to the different shapes and how the big curling handle pulls you in and really stands out. It almost makes you focous on that bit and then you slowly pull out taking in more of the image. This could imply how people should open there mind.
2) Vivian Maier
Is a American photographer born in New York 1926 and took compulsive photos. I looked at her series of self portraits where she catches her reflection in mirrors experimenting with reflections and composition, shadow and shape.
In this first photo the circle is used to frame to photo being taken with everything of interest with in the mirrored frame. I like how direct the photo is, its almost saying look here. Its focused on one thing and isn't cluttered with lots of information.
This photo has her reflection in the chrome plate and is placed almost dead centre of the photo. Even though the reflection is dead centre you almost glance over but because of the composition and the contrast you are drawn to the refection. With her being in the centre of rings and rings of circles.
The last photo is from later in the series were she started taking photos in colour. I really like how she has blurred the back ground and a little of the foreground. Along with this she has again put herself in the centre of the photo forcing the viewers eye to look at the reflection in the cars wing mirror.
3) Yayoi Kusama
She is a Japanese contemporary artist born in March 1929 Tokyo. She uses the Japanese culture of colour and also uses repeating dot patterns in her work to try and share her psychological trauma. She uses mirrors to make a space look infant and uses circles to create amazing breath taking spaces.
The first photo is taken from the series ' Filled with the Brilliance of Life' and uses small LED lights to create light in a otherwise dark room. Then she used mirrors and a shallow pool of water on the floor to make the lights reflect endlessly like you are in endless space. I think its like a city that has multi coloured lights on at night. Reminding me a little of a big city at night, eg London or New York.
In this photo the use of mirrors and circles creates this feeling of an inescapable, hectic space. However at the same time its immersive and intriguing, making you feel like you could let your mind wonder in the space and not get lost.
The last photo is from the series ' the moving movement when i went to the universe'. The use of mirrors in the simple box structure makes the room expand like the universe and the hanging polka dot lanterns remind me of planets and stars in the universe. I really like this repeating, hectic, disorienting work and it really sparks my interest.
04 Sky
Observations of clouds and skylines have proved inspirational for many photographers and filmmakers. Stephen Shore and Edward Steichen photographed clouds at various times of the day. In the film ' Mistaken Memories of Medieval Manhattan, Brian Eno produced a time-lapse sequence of New York filmed in vertical format, with buildings silhouetted against a drifting atmospheric sky. In the photo book ' Solitude of Ravens', Masahisa Fukase produced evocative images of birds in flight against dramatic skies. Produce your own response, making reference to appropriate work by others.
Definitions:
- Skyline - an outline of land and buildings defined against the sky.
- Silhouette - the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a brighter background.
- Evocative - bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.
1) Stephen Shore
Is an American photographer born in New York, October 1947. He took most of his photos while on road trips around the USA. He focused on anonymous suburban architecture and landscapes. He aimed to take the everyday towns and develop a unexpected magic for them. I took all the photo from his series called ' Uncommon Places'.
In the first photo i like how the photo is split equally with the sky stretching as far as the eye can see. The use of the coloured cars making your eyes move into the photo. Its makes you feel like you could join in the travel by stepping into the image.
In this photo he took it in Amarillo, Texas through the passenger's window. What i really like is the long expanse of nothing where you can see as far as the land goes. I really like that you can see where the land meets the sky, the clouds really help pull you into the picture.
The last photo i really like his use colour and lighting and how the colours all work together. I really like how he came across the little church and took the photo to show the architecture against the landscape.
In the first photo i like how the photo is split equally with the sky stretching as far as the eye can see. The use of the coloured cars making your eyes move into the photo. Its makes you feel like you could join in the travel by stepping into the image.
In this photo he took it in Amarillo, Texas through the passenger's window. What i really like is the long expanse of nothing where you can see as far as the land goes. I really like that you can see where the land meets the sky, the clouds really help pull you into the picture.
The last photo i really like his use colour and lighting and how the colours all work together. I really like how he came across the little church and took the photo to show the architecture against the landscape.
2) Edward Steichen
He was a Luxembourgish American photographer, born in March 1973 in Luxembourg.
The first image is titled 'clouds' taken in 1930 and printed in 1984. I really like the fact that the photo is in black and white because it makes the detail in the clouds standout. It makes the viewer feel like they are flying through the sky.
In this photo you can see where the sea meets to sky. There is a foreground of the jetty, mid ground of the sea meeting the background of the sky. The clouds in the sky also act as the fore, mid and background. This allows the viewer to feel like they can step into the image.
3) Masahisa Fukase
He is a Japanese photographer and his series 'Ravens' was taken between 1975 and 1982 in wake of his divorce. His narrative for the series is the anthropomorphic form of the raven and to use the the image of the raven ( harbinger of dark times ). In order to show the aftermath of WW2.
In the first image it shows ravens taking flight implying that the dark times are now leaving. I really like that you can see how the wings move when a raven takes off by looking at the different ravens who are all in different stages.
In the second image the mass of ravens in sky make the already gloomy grey sky look darker. This implies that the dark times japan is suffering from may also take a long time to clear as there are many things that are wrong. Which each raven almost representing a problem.
For my Component 2 i am going to choose 02) Circles and Curves. I have chosen this option because i have quite a few ideas and there are many different ways i can progress the ideas that i have. As well as this i have at least one inspirational photographer that relates to the ideas that i have.
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