You know when you see something and you have to stop and capture it? Well coming back from the Google offices this morning I took a highly risky moment. Having no idea where I was going, I took the exit off the freeway to take this shot. I would love to go back, same lighting conditions with a fine art concept.
I love walking around the city and ‘finding’ things. It’s also strange that I love to photograph in cloudy weather when if you know me, you’ll know how much I love the sun!
This project is focused on wasted land. There is so much of it around. The muted colours work perfectly with the bleakness of the settings. I’m going to keep searching as I really enjoyed the time I spent on this.
It’s been a while since my last update. Apologies. In between Christmas and New Year, plus a visit from my mum it has been a busy time. Also I had finals. Class is over for now, it was a very very good semester. Here’s a share from my Photo History and Concepts class.
The idea was to re-create images from the past in the style of a chosen photographer. One of the categories focused on war photography. My re-creation is of Robert Capa’s D Day landing images. I used toy soldiers, sand from the beach and a wonderful assistant!
Capa took 4 rolls of film but in a rush to develop them for publication in Life Magazine all but twelve images were ruined. I have attached the most famous shot from the collection. Robert Capa’s influence on photography is unquestionable and the twelve images captured are precious.
Questions have always been raised over the accuracy of a photograph. For me too I question how one can read any truth into the capture of a single moment in time. Then I look at the work of photographers such as Robert Capa and although that doubt will always remain without their images I would have nothing to question.
Not the greatest editor in the world but I enjoyed coming across this image. I had to do this assignment twice for two different classes. This was my second interpretation of isolation.
Just a bit of fun one day at the hostel.
No, not the year I was born. It was way before that. It’s the name of my photo animation project. I hope you enjoy.
