Landscape and City Presentation

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Landscape

and the CityDan Paul


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Introduction

The concept and idea behind my Landscape project is aboutthe natural environment and how man and industrialisation isgradually taking over making this beautiful, natural landscapedisappear with time.

This was too obvious. So, from one of my test shoots came theidea that stuck for me, which was spaces or gaps inwooded areas that have obviously been destroyed to makeway for man made structures.

For my City, I wanted to fill that space with architecture. Butneglected architecture that is often overlooked because itsan older building.

Concept & Ideas-City & Landscape-


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Research

For my research, I looked at various photographersthat very heavily influenced me in ways such as theway they photographed and the concept behindthe image.

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John Davies-Landscape-

I looked at JohnDavies purely for hisset of photographsof landscapes in the

British Isles. He photographed

these with aconcept to show thepicturesquelandscape beingtaken over byindustrialisation.

He created these very

large scaled

landscapes which sowtraces of man, he has

photographed these

in a very picturesque

way.

Showing the flowing

landscape with the

horizon clear in thebackground. Like

Davies I wanted to

show the interruption

of nature but in a lessobvious way.


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Edward Burtynsky-Landscape-

I decided to look at Burtynskys work becauseI liked the way he would photograph.

His shots are always very straight, aligned andgeometric.

I particularly liked his series calledmanufactured landscapes where hephotographed massive landscapes but theywere always man-made andmanufactured.

The image on the left stood out for me

because it almost follows the same visualchoices with the space between the tires.


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Robert Adams-Landscape-

I looked at Robert Adams series called Turning Back. It was aseries of photographs of a rain forest that was being cut down inOregon.

He photographed it as the trees and land was being demolished.He would often change the composition ranging from close-up tovast landscapes either showing up-rooting or the landscape of trees

gradually disappearing.


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Eugene Atget-City-

I looked at Atget for my city project

from his series of photographs in Paris.

The way he photographed the miss-

shaped architecture creates a sense of

negligence and abandonment.


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Andreas Gursky-Landscape & City-

I looked at Gursky for both the city and landscape. I was very interested in the way he photographed. His work is very geometric and the lines present in his images are

always straight. Work is often divided equally.


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Initial Visual Ideas-Landscape-

This was my first test shoot after I knew what

I wanted but this is when I was exploringthe landscape overlooking theindustrialisation

I created this photo stitched image bytaking three images and placing thistogether. From this I wanted to show thevast scale of the factories.

From the one image on the right came myidea about the spaces in the trees.


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Contact Sheets-Landscape-

After knowing what Iwanted I went out and

shot at various locations

where they were pulling

down the trees.

I photographed various

gaps in the trees andfrom these contact sheets

I chose my final 3 images.


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Finals Images-Landscape-

After choosing my final images I went to the darkroom and printed.

I have decided to display them in this order as it almost shows a graduation of the amountthat is disappearing. When printing and shooting I took into account those of Andreas Gursky and the Bechers

and made sure all of my lines were straight and aligned. This was very important to me as Iwanted my images to stand out and be easy to read in a visual way

I shot all of these images on a very overcast day so that the space between the trees wasjust space and added to this emptiness.

When printing these images I wanted it to be quite contrasty so the blacks really stood out

and the space between the trees really contrasted with the blacks

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Contact Sheets-City-

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These are the contact sheets that I chose my finalimages from for my City project.

I chose these particular images because for methey were visually stronger then the rest andcertain elements such as tone and alignmenthelped me choose.


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Finals Images-City-

These are my 3 final images for my City project.

I chose these 3 particular buildings because they are all neglected buildings that have beenoverlooked for many years and have often been shadowed by those of newer design.

These are all iconic buildings in my hometown of Sheerness and at one time all had significance. But now they stand there, boarded up and forgotten. My favorite image out of the 3 is the middle image. I very much like the straight lines and divide

between the ground and sky. I l ike that the building is slightly darker then the foreground andbackground because it shows that it Is just lying there, in the shadows forgotten.

When printing all of these images I used rulers to measure distance between certain elements so thatmy images were aligned perfectly


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Evaluation-Landscape & City-

I am very happy with what I have achieved visually for both projects.However certain things need tweaking as in my City finals, the lastprint does not match the rest which is a problem for me.

The sky is a bright blue colour when really I would want it a slightlyovercast blue to match the other two prints.

I think both sets of prints accompany my idea well showing the

space and the neglection of architecture. This is all represented bycertain elements in the images that for me portray these ideas.

For example in the city images there are shadows that are beingcasting over the buildings, this represents the fact that these buildingsare being forgotten and pushed into the dark corner.

The landscape has the space; between the trees and the overcast

sky which helps to show the emptiness that is present. If I was to put these images in a context then I would print them large

and the images would go in a specific order, especially for mylandscape where it shows gradual change in the size of the space.

I decided to shoot these gaps to show the human interferencewithout actually showing human presence. These spaces are there for

a reason and are not created by nature.


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Evaluation-Landscape & City-

For the city, I decided to shoot the obvious. By doing this I have created asmall typology of neglected buildings very close to one another. I wanted to

show the buildings looking very tall dominating most of the image but then

show the neglect within the architecture.

I have managed my studies quite well however I think for my city project, I

could have gone out and shot more tests and then have a wider variety of

shots to chose from. However I am still pleased with the outcome of my prints.

I think that when it comes to shooting I would reflect upon the location inwhich I am shooting. At times it was hard to focus as the locations I was

shooting at was often very wet and muddy. This often made me rush the shoot

not getting the perfect images that I wanted.

My main challenge for these projects were the city. I focused a lot of my time

on the landscape and then when it came to it realised I did not have a lot of

time left for the city then causing me to rush the shooting process.

I also think that my research could be a lot stronger analysing the images in

more depth.

Prior to the hand-in, I will tweak my research and make it a lot stronger

interrogating the images more and really diving into the meaning behind the

image.

Over all I am happy with how my images have come out but there a small

aspects that have let me down.

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