This is one of my favourite photos from Goudal, i think it perfectly encapsulates her style and atmosphere. Firstly the colour scheme being constantly gloomy and muted to a certain extent, is used here, secondly the contrasting settings and objects conjoined in one photograph is in almost all her photographs from this collection, and in this case ,is very beautiful and effectively communicates her message of abusing the environment until we and up living in regret of what. we once had. To me despite being similar to her other photographs , what makes this photo so special and unique to me is the clever use of framing the photo in such a way that the subject appear to be a separate photograph surrounded by a miserable frame of rubble and desolation. The faded and appearance of the photo reminds us that in the end the beauty and longevity of nature will triumph over the fabricated nonsense that humans spend their lives working to buy.
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This photo by Vionnet stands out to me , i think is gloomy and more moody atmosphere contrasts with the other busy and vibrant photographs on her website. I find this photo very peaceful, and i think that because of the muted colour-scheme and, more importantly the lack of strong structure and Vionnets unique process of layering photos lining them up at a central focal point, however in this image the harsh central point of focus is unclear and blurry, leaving a beautiful murky stillness.
Additionally the use of light and shadow is a key feature in this photo, for example the strong darkness of the bottom left hand side where the cliff meets the water creates a mystery and simultaneously pulls your eyes to the soft light greens of the cliff edge and the glistening and crashing waves in the centre of the photo where there is a stronger clarity and the viewer can see the wrinkled texture of the sea. |
Playing with shapes and dimensionsWhen experimenting with shapes and dimensions , it was very important of me to have used the same photograph and edit them in two very different waysThis was the photograph i use, i chose it because i felt its very ambiguous and there are two very distinct colours for contrast..
Image 1 : For my first photograph i wanted to experiment with dimension and a strong transformation, i first cut the photographs into ling rectangular strips and then i layered them on-top of paper in a gradual circle, i think that being able to recognise some of the features like clouds in this image makes the image every interesting. If i was to recreate this image i think that i would have used more rectangular strips and made a complete circle and gone around a couple of times using translucent plastic paper so that you can see down into all the layers. Image 2: For my second image i wanted to experiment with shapes and mainly contrast, i used my scalpel and made random cuts across the image, i tried to make the shapes have a sense of flow and organisation , so i layered them on-top of a piece of paper and stuck them down folding and sliding them on-top of each-other until i liked the result, i wanted to place contrasting images next or opposite each-other so that the shapes become very clear and distinct. If i was to remake this image i would make more shapes with more colours , additionally i would also use a form of see through paper with my images instead.
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