Amy Friend
Amy Friend created this piece of work using some photos that are personal to her from family albums and others that she bought online from anonymous persons. She grew up in Canada, Ontario. The photo is from a series called Dare alla Luce. I have decided to analyse this enhanced photograph as landscapes is my chosen theme and i think it relates well. The work was exhibited at Sean O'Sullivan Gallery. I chose to analyse this piece of work because i have found it really inspiring and i definitely want to use this technique in my photos as i find it really beautiful.
This is a link to amy friends website http://amyfriend.ca/section/282356_Dar_alla_Luc.html
Here is an article about Amy. http://www.madeinslant.com/2012/09/amy-friend-brings-new-light-into-vintage-photos/
I believe the main theme of the photos is portraits but they contain a wide variety of landscapes, i can tell just by looking at the series, The title doesn't inform u directly because it is in a different language, but once translated from italian it means "to give birth". This is what the artist describes she was doing with her work as she gave birth to light through her photos by pinning holes through them.
She talks about how the series came about and says light is what makes a photograph possible hence why she done these clever interventions with her photos.
She used photos either found or taken, pinned holes through the relevant parts with a small pin and then held it up to a light for the desired effect. The majority of her photos from this series are contrasting she pins the holes cleverly against the darker shades but with a few of them she does this with the lighter colours such as white and cream. It works well, it gives the images a small glow, in a way it reminds me of snowflakes because of the use of colours.
It is quite a personal project as she uses some images from her own family photo albums but on the other hand she did purchase pictures from out of her family. The tone and colour is key in this work as it is a black and white photo and the use of light shining through adds great contrast and brings more colour into the photo.
I chose to look as this photo as it really caught my eye, it reminds me of a photo i took for my as-a2 coursework and i thought her technique of using deliberate interventions works so well i wanted to try it. All the little lights remind me of loads of tiny fireflies, i think its really breathtaking. I haven't seen anything similar and i love the fact that its so simple but unique.
Leslie David
Leslie David is a Paris based graphic designer, art director and illustrator from Montelimar now called Nougat in France. She studied there until the end of high school, she was always certain that she wanted to study in a creative field. She applied to go to art school in Lyon called Ecole des Beaux Arts, she soon found that it wasn't her cup of tea and she wanted to study a more applied type of art which lead her too take entrance examinations for a different school of arts, she passed and got into Strasbourg uni where she studied graphic design for four years. Souvenirs de Paris is the name of the work, it is a painting on a photograph and has been designed to sell as a postcard for colette an online store. I have decided this would be a good piece to analyse as the landscape theme of her photos taken in the 1940s along with the blend of paints makes it much more hands on, i like painting and the colours she uses compliment each other really well. I like the thickness of the paint it is brilliant how she only works into part of the photo with the paints, i thought it was odd at first but after looking at the series i think it works really well.
I looked at an interview held by Lea Munsch from international interview magazine Freunde von Freunden. I learned that she "doesn't claim a concept associated with her creations", this i find understandable as i don't believe you always need a concept to create a successful piece of work. I would definitely relate her work with Landscape, the title of it translates to memories of paris which means the work is about the city. Seeing as the work will be sold as a postcard i take it the photos in the picture are areas that she has visited and she holds memories of the places.
The use of acrylic paints and black and white photos is highly contrasting, i think she used a screen to press the paints across the images, her hands is also a possibility to create extra texture with the paints. She uses bright colours that compliment each other really well, the work is small and i think this works really well, if it was done on a large scale i don't think i would like it as much. The splashes of colour would be to much i think it is cute as a postcard. Colour, line and tone are the main formal elements used by Leslie , the line in the architecture and the tone from the shadows such as under the bridge adds more depth to the image.
I looked at this photo as the use of colour grabbed my attention, I thought to myself what does that mean? why has she used those colours? I like everything about the image because it is a new turn on an old image, its breaths new life into an old photo, Nina Chakrabati does a similar style of work were she paints patterns on images of peoples faces but she doesn't use a variety of colours like Leslie David. The detail she puts into the patterns are so precise and neat that it makes the final piece really excellent. This work has inspired me to think out of the box and that to create a photographic experiment i do not always have to used a picture that i took i could use something from the past.
Florian Imgrund
Florian Imgrunds work pulled me in because he creates these beautiful multiple exposures using only a camera, i first thought he made them using photoshop but further research revealed the extent of his skill after only having a film camera for 2years. He originates from Germany and is currently writing his doctoral thesis meanwhile working as an assistant professor.
"I don't think i've been this impressed with double exposure work since first discovering Dan Mountford" This quote was on colossal and i think it is very fitting, i have also looked at Dan Mountfords work which is very similar and i think he is really talented too, i do favour Florians images though, they seem so effortlessly amazing. Florians work consists of Landscape and human subject, the images are so delicate but the exposures together create such a powerful and breath taking scene i am just in love with them. I think the theme of this work is the connection between the earth and humans, i think its clever how he presents the world inside a human which in theory couldn't happen but it looks so good, the image is quite surreal and i thnk the main subject of the photo is the landscape because the girl is just looking down, i am not drawn to look at her i see through her in a way because she seems timid and not interesting to look at.
He develops the images himself and uses the darkroom and his camera. The multiple exposures are created with the use of a multiple winding camera. The work is untitled but i think this is fine as he wants you to focus on the images more then the title itself. Tone and texture is vital in this photo as it gives it more depth and makes it a much stronger image, i love that it is in black and white, this gives it a more delicate and treasurable feel. I have created my own multiple exposure before using photoshop but this has definitely pushed me in the direction of wanting to try and create a multiple exposure using my camera.
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