Gaming  ‘Exposed’  

By  Shaun  Haney  

Gaming  For  this  project  I  want  to  capture  the  idea  that  people  who  take  part  in  gaming  have  a  dependency  with  certain  sorts  of  items  of  food  and  drink.  They  do  this  with  the  intenDon  of  remaining  in  the  game  or  gaining  the  upper  hand  on  the  game  (strategy  guides  and  other  sources  of  informaDon),  and  in  some  cases  

staying  up  really  late  without  sleep.  In  some  cases  this  situaDon  causes  the  individuals  stress  levels  to  rise  dramaDcally  or  in  

contrast,  falling  asleep  mid-­‐game;  these  are  idea’s  that  I  wish  to  capture  photographically.  

Irving  Penn  

on  first  glance,  anyone  could  think  that  this  has  been  staged  put  together  in  front  of  the  camera,  However  when  you  think  about  how  it  was  done  they  would  have  to  look  into  the  camera  and  place  each  item  how  they  want.  though  to  understand  this  photograph  more,  you  would  need  to  know  why  Irving  Penn  did  this.  ‘ANer-­‐Dinner  games’  is  one  photograph  in  a  series  of  called  ‘SDll  life’  that  Irving  started  in  1947.  in  this  series,  he  works  with  mainly  everyday  objects  to  create  different  pieces  of  composiDon  within  the  frame  including  balancing  different  objects  onto  or  on  each  other.  Irving  then  sets  about  creaDng  different  layouts  of  objects  and  photographs  from  varying  angles  also.  Although  this  photograph  on  its  own  isn’t  very  important  in  itself  I  believe  however  that  the  enDre  series  of  ‘SDll  life’  is  very  important  because  it  provides  the  viewer  with  the  opportunity  to  think  about  how  they  layout  there  pieces  in  a  different  way.  normally  anyone  would  just  place  the  objects  then  take  the  picture  but  to  get  what  you  want  the  camera  to  see  in  focus  and  what  is  not  in  focus  you  have  to  look  into  the  view  finder  and  place  the  objects  whilst  looking  through  the  view  finder  of  the  camera.    

Stephen  Gill  

On  first  look  people  may  have  though  that  this  truck  had  spilt  its  cargo  but  on  closer  inspecDon  it  has  been  laid  on  top  of  the  photograph  print  to  give  the  illusion  that  this  truck  has  really  spilt  its  cargo  like  it  has.  ‘UnDtled’  is  a  photograph  which  is  part  of  a  series  called  ‘Hackney  Flowers’  that  Stephen  has  created.  In  this  series  he  works  with  his  own  photographs  which  he  has  taken  and  has  laid  on  top  of  the  photo  flowers,  petals  and  leaves.  Stephen  also  tries  placing  the  flowers  in  specific  places  within  the  photo  to  give  the  illusion  of  different  ideas  like  a  truck  unloading  its  cargo.  I  think  this  arDst  is  important  to  me  because  I  would  like  to  work  toward  this  style  of  art,  by  laying  different  objects  on  top  of  my  previous  images  and  then  experimenDng  with  different  posiDons  and  ideas  on  where  to  place  them  within  the  frame.  

Chris  Arnade  

MarcX  

Melanie  Pullen  

Name:  ‘UnDtled’    series:  ‘Faces  of  addicDon’  Why  was  the  photo  taken  in  this  way?  

Name:  Half  Prada  Series:  Hanging  What  made  the  photographer  chose  this  ou_it  for  the  model?  

Name:  Game  Over  Series:  unknown  Is  the  subject  living  or  dead?  

Robbie  Cooper   MarDn  Parr  

Cory  Arcangel  

Name:  Unknown  Series:  ‘Game  face’  What  sort  of  game  is  the  subject  playing?  

Name:  ‘Irish  cola’  Series:  Unknown  Would  a  gamer  drink  this  for  energy?  

Name:  Unknown  Series:  ‘Self  playing  bowling  games’  Are  the  games  these  people  stand  in  front  of  actually  the  games  that  ‘Gamers’  play?  

First  set  of  photos  

EvaluaDon  of  First  set  In  this  set,  I  experimented  with  the  consumable  items  that  a  ‘Gamer’  would  use  to  stay  in  the  game,  so  I  was  photographing  food  wrappers/packets  and  drink  bobles/cans.  With  these  items  I  was  creaDng  a  composiDon  out  of  these  items  to  make  them  visually  eye  catching.  However  I  was  selecDng  parts  of  these  photographs  to  be  in  colour  and  the  rest  in  black  and  white.  And  I  like  the  results  here,  but  I  want  to  explore  other  aspects  of  a  ‘Gamer’.  So  what  I  propose  to  do  next  is  to  take  photos  of  their  main  item.  The  controller.