Monday, 1 March 2010
Film
Experimentation with different mediums. A more natural approach taken with film. Bringing a large DSLR into the squat seems to be obtrusive, people notice and change their body language. It does not depict a natural show of the squat. Looking at using Mcginley's tone to recreate the mood and rough second hand feeling of the images.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Test Images
Inspired by David Hilliards series of triptychs, I chose to create a similar panoramic triptych effect. This images are fairly sporadic of the moment and preparation was not given.
The effect is interesting and has become an on going process of experimentalism.
To create a pleasing triptych next time i will mount on a tripod & will not use a wide angle lens.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
360 degrees lens attachment.
I am currently exploring options in experimenting with equipment to capture the locations & their atmosphere.
This lens attachment can capture a full 360 degree view of a room in one image.
Tattooed Tears documentary.
Exploring the realm of documentary film. I recently viewed a Nick Broomfield piece following 4 young American prisoners, circa 1978. Initially i was apprehensive to watch the film, considering the production date & whether it would have any relevancy to my work.
Alas, i went ahead to find a style of documentary film that felt so fresh & authentic, a style that has somehow been forgotten in the past 30 years.
I was gladly proved wrong from my previous judgement of a potentially biased film, the story involves both points of view from prisoner to prison guard. The editing is raw, which somewhat compliments the story.
Inspired by this piece of low budget documentary i am compelled to create a moving image of the squat and its day to day highs & lows of the members.
The Devils Playground.
The most influential photo book i have viewed in the whole of this process. Previously I have only seen Goldin's first published 'The Ballad of Sexual Dependency' & other selected famous works. The book is an eye opening view on insights to family family life.
Monday, 22 February 2010
Exhibition: Irving Penn
Today I took a stroll though the NPG to find the recently opened Irving Penn portrait collection. Previously i found his commissions for Vogue inspiring but the collection shown today does not give Penn his creative justice. Focusing primarily on his portraiture from early works to final works. Unaware or how relevant his work is on my project i researched into his earlier work that was not shown in the gallery. 
Squat 69
A film by Nikolaj Vijborg following a group of squatters defending their squatted youth social center in copenhagen.
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Inspiration: Ryan Mcginley
“It’s really a world–you have to remember that. People look at photographs and believe them as truth and they always will. People look at my photographs and think this is real–this life exists. Even if they know that it doesn’t” - Ryan Mcginley
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Inspiration: David Hilliard
“Photography became a vehicle through which i could navigate and maintain a kind of control. i could order events, categorize friends and places...edit my world. Photography made everything around me look better. it made life clearer. As a boy i felt as though i had very little control over my life. Photography was an antidote. It was my escape”
– David Hilliard
Inspiration: Nan Goldin
“I used to think I couldn’t lose anyone if I photographed them enough . . . In fact, they show me how much I’ve lost.”
– Nan Goldin
Friday, 19 February 2010
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