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Triptychs – Found

Triptychs are a fantastic way of presenting work, this takes the viewer on a journey with you the photographer. It can tell a story, or it can just be three images that have relation to one another. A definition I found on The National Gallery website defines a triptych as: “A triptych is a painting made up of three sections. Such constructions are usually made of two ‘wings’ or ‘shutters’ attached to either side of a central panel.

Sometimes the panels are hinged so that the wings can be closed to protect the major image painted in the middle.” (Nationalgallery.org.uk, 2016)

Triptychs were originally used for religious paintings or important paintings. The ‘wings’ on either side were meant to protect the middle painting and be decorative on each side so even when closed to still looked aesthetically pleasing.

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In most houses today, you will see a triptych but not in the form of hinged paintings, you’ll see it as mirrors or photography. The latter being one image split into three sections and spread across a wall.

In my personal work outside of University I have experimented with this form before, I have done it with an image of my niece on her birthday with much success, the image was of my niece eating her birthday cake, I feel that this image helps to capture emotion and the feeling of a birthday when the child is young.

Em Tryptic

 

 

Sources:

Nationalgallery.org.uk, (2016). Triptych | Glossary | The National Gallery, London. [online] Available at: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/triptych [Accessed 11 Feb. 2016].

found
faʊnd/
adjective
adjective: found
1.
having been discovered by chance or unexpectedly.
(of an object or sound) collected in its natural state and presented in a new context as part of a work of art or piece of music.
“collages of found photos”
(of art) comprising or making use of found objects.

 

 

I really don’t know where to start with this brief, it seems to normal to just take pictures of rubbish found on the street, so a quick google search always helps me visualise what I could possibly do for this brief, I came across an article on The Guardian website  (http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/camera-club-blog/2012/mar/02/photography)

This article reflects on images sent in by the public on a certain brief for the month, this was really interesting as it showcases really interesting concepts and really sparked my creative flow.

Chair

I found this image particularly interesting as it was taken with a blackberry phone, which points out that you don’t need a crazy good camera system to take decent images, just an eye for photography. the image of the chair on the beach this reminded me of an image I shot last April back home for a college brief.Own Image warkworth

 

This image I took back home has the sofa cushion in the corner which is bad for the river and wildlife, I instantly made the connection between this image and the one above. Also thinking of the brief.

“I am always looking for interesting objects in odd places, I suppose it comes from being a photographer cooped-up in an office five days a week!” ( http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/camera-club-blog/2012/mar/02/photography )

 

I feel the start if this quote really reflects what this brief is really about,  finding something interesting in the ordinary and taking the context. ∞

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Appropriation Final Images

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Final images for brief 1: Appropriation

 

These images explore the theme of Surrealism, and psychedelia these three images started off as fashion photography and I decided that I wanted to go down this track with the images. I feel that they represent the different stylings in this area of photography and have been thoroughly appropriated from their original meanings. they also show a wide range of tools from photoshop and demonstrate what I can do with a short period of time for a brief, if I was to do these again I would probably go and photograph flowers or scan them to get more detail and realism into the surreal, paint on the top image and burn the middle image and scan into photoshop to get a destroyed effect which would work quite well.

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Appropriation

When I first heard about the brief I thought about doing something on fashion, creating an image of the person repeated over and over to show that fashion isn’t individual anymore. With everyone copying off of each other, stealing designs and creating the same thing with a different label. This idea seemed to work quite well but, I didn’t think this showed much of what I could do or have a high enough level for this brief or university in general.

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I scrapped that idea after that one image I edited, I went on to google different techniques such as overpainting, and surrealism, the latter of which ended up being what these pieces are based upon. I feel that the pieces I have presented in this collection are really strong, and show the theme of surrealism really well.  Using my skills in Photoshop I have created the three images the first being made with a collage of flowers and the liquefy tool to blend the layers together, I made two different versions, one which is more elongated on the flowers and has more shadows, whereas the other a lighter and more simplified version of the image which I do not prefer.

 

Flowers 1

 

Flowers 2

Upon feedback in week 2 off of Adam, it made me look at the image I had created and think about a meaning behind it deeper than just surrealism in photography, this made me think of all the imagery of acid trips on the internet and how that has affected the person or the way we see the drug in public, because of the vivid colours in the piece, I thought that it would be a good idea to explore this topic further in this brief. This could also be linked to psychedelia which is also another topic that is really interesting.

 

After this, I decided to experiment with different tools in Photoshop and came up with my final 2 images which I am pretty pleased with their outcomes.