Evidence |
Evidence is defined in the as "the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. " Photography has been a very valuable source of evidence. This is due to it being able to capture a moment in time which can be looked back on.
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'Evidence'- photo book |
'Evidence' the book is one of the most significant photobooks ever created. The photobook 'Evidence' was created by artists Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel in 1977. The two artists created the book by the collection of photos that were found in the archives of American industrial organisations the photos had been used for the document of tests and technological experiments. Then put them in order with any information that they had about them. However mostly they did not have any information on the pictures so they had to make the book on the fact of what they look like and such.
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Experimenting- photograph of a photograph
We are experimenting taking photographs of a photographs
We were given a photograph from a industrial archive or purchased by our teacher on eBay and we were instructed to- take pictures of the photograph that we were given so that light is reflected on its surface, partly obscuring the subject- Photograph the photograph with someone else’s hand holding, pointing, obscuring etc.- Photograph the photograph in an unusual place- Photograph the photograph inside a book. - Consider the relationship between the photograph and the adjacent text/images- Photocopy the photograph. we could do this in any way we wanted. -Disrupt/obscure (don’t damage) the photograph in some way. Photograph the disrupted/obscured photograph.
We were given a photograph from a industrial archive or purchased by our teacher on eBay and we were instructed to- take pictures of the photograph that we were given so that light is reflected on its surface, partly obscuring the subject- Photograph the photograph with someone else’s hand holding, pointing, obscuring etc.- Photograph the photograph in an unusual place- Photograph the photograph inside a book. - Consider the relationship between the photograph and the adjacent text/images- Photocopy the photograph. we could do this in any way we wanted. -Disrupt/obscure (don’t damage) the photograph in some way. Photograph the disrupted/obscured photograph.
Experiment 1
Beyond Evidence
In a 2015 exhibition of this work was presented
The meaning of evidence in the exhibition title tells a story of what the picture might have been used for before.
This created a new type of working with photography and with that also creating new narratives by taking away the discretion of the images from archives that have no real disruption of where the picture came from.
The artists had to go over 100 places and went through 2 million images to get to a finale 59 images that ended up being in the book
This created a sequence of double-pages which enabled them to really show what Mandel has made.
They did this by transforming found images into their own work.
Sara-Lena Maierhofer in her work she explored the life of a con man she tried to show this in her work. She believed that photography has many different ways of beauty and she tried to show that photo can be explored in different ways.
Each picture in the book 'evidence' do not tell us about each picture and they is no there is no exact story behind each individual picture.
The meaning of evidence in the exhibition title tells a story of what the picture might have been used for before.
This created a new type of working with photography and with that also creating new narratives by taking away the discretion of the images from archives that have no real disruption of where the picture came from.
The artists had to go over 100 places and went through 2 million images to get to a finale 59 images that ended up being in the book
This created a sequence of double-pages which enabled them to really show what Mandel has made.
They did this by transforming found images into their own work.
Sara-Lena Maierhofer in her work she explored the life of a con man she tried to show this in her work. She believed that photography has many different ways of beauty and she tried to show that photo can be explored in different ways.
Each picture in the book 'evidence' do not tell us about each picture and they is no there is no exact story behind each individual picture.
Homework- Journey
In this piece of work I documented my journey from my house to the shops, this shows the different terrains of a 10 minute walk.
Left to right.
Gray area
We are less trustful of photographs now at this point in time because of the technology that is open to nearly everyone in the world.
This is challenging as the point of they photos that they are taking are meant to one in which people are seeing real things that they are meant to learn something or see fact in picture form. The grey area is interesting as it can show a different side to photograph that is not explored all the time. During the process of making these pictures I made some mistakes which led to my pictures being completely black. Which meant I had to edit each one so that you can see them. When taking the pictures I had the exposure incorrectly which is what lead the pictures to being black.
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My grey area pictures
These images depict a more peaceful aspect of London while also displaying common sights and objects that are in use every day. With the pictures being in black it brings your attention to the object instead of the colours. I made these picture black and white because I wanted to explore the concept of the grey area by stripping away the saturation and leaving only the brutal tones of the urban community in London. On the public transport of London you can find the grey area everywhere in and out. As it takes you through nice and not so nice areas on London.
Jack Latham: Sugar Paper Theories
In this image it gives the viewer a lot to think about. For example the setting as we can see that the picture was taken somewhere cold as they is snow on the floor which makes us think about what country they are in. This also makes us think about the person in the picture and what they are wearing as in the weather that they are in most people would not wear those type of clothes as they would get cold. Which makes us as the viewer think about what the man is doing in the picture. The numbers on the floor makes the picture look like it is a crime scene. This also is makes this picture a propped form of evidence. Which means that this could be a murder but the picture leaves us with the thought on who died and why then also why the man is standing there.
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Jirō Takamatsu
Jirō Takamatsu (20 February 1936 – 25 June 1998) was one of the most important post war Japanese artists. Takamatsu used photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, and performance to fundamentally investigate the philosophical and material conditions of art. His work is all about how the viewer is viewing the picture and how they feel looking at it. He interstress the view by his use of perception and the way the picture can be viewed as 3-D even if it is not 3-D.
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Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa is a Ugandan-born British photographer, writer, and educator, living in the USA. His series One Wall a Web has been shown in a solo exhibition at Light Work in New York and the book of the work won the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Award's First Photobook Award. He is 43 years old. His work is about the story it tells and how it can affect the viewer. He does this by not showing everything like the picture on right you can't see the persons face which makes us as the viewer think about who it is. However he gives us the dog and where the person is. Which is by train tracks.
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Clocks for seeing
Environmental portrait
Homework
Film camera
Trip documentation
I have visited this gallery before for a different exhibition. So I already knew my way around and knew where to go. I enjoyed the last one very much so I was expecting good things for Daido Moriyama work. And I was not disappointed as I thought that his work was very interesting I enjoyed the mix between bright, vibrant colours and his black and white work.
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto's work in this extradition it has a lot of light incorporation within it. This is why I enjoyed walking around and seeing all his work as light interest me and I try to incorporate it into my own work.
Clocks for seeing
In this photo shoot I tried to find light that gives the photo a little interruption or a different view point for the viewer.