2013 | From the Physical to the Digital

Final Project Proposal

For my final project I wish to make large scale panoramic prints of the fields by my home. Living just outside of Wooster, I would like to take my pictures at dawn in the hopes of capturing images of the fog over the Funk swamps. After digitally stitching my images to make these panoramas I want to create three-dimensional geometric forms on the image made from digitally altered areas of my panoramas. In this way I would be combining my altered and unaltered photo in a way that can only be appreciated in person.

The Photograph as an Art Object summary

In this article by Felicity Cole, the concept of the photograph as a three-dimensional art object is discussed. Using various artists such as John Stezaker, Julie Cockburn, Aliki Braine and Darren Harvey-Regan as examples, the author explains how their altering of their images challenges the categorization of their works. They combine a photograph with another media making the physical nature of their works more apparent. In this digital age, this is very important as photographs can be easily viewed on the internet. The physical nature of these artists works makes it so that for one to appreciate the full effect of their work, they must see it in person. This is extremely evident in Nathalie Hambro's artists books which can really only be fully appreciated when one is holding and turning the pages of her works.

First Snow

Our last performance

If I could put a song to this post it would be this one.

Project #5

Appropriated Video Source


Appropriated Still Images


Viral gif of popular musical pantomime group Steam Powered Giraffe

Gif will be uploaded to tumblr in an attempt to have it go viral

Cinemagraph

Sailor V pounding it at Fanime 2013

Video by Acksonl

Saturday Night Lights

Halloween Dance

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Gif Making

The Bug Zoo

Kyle J. Thompson

Surrealist Photographer Takes Out of This World Self-Portraits

Photography by Kyle Thompson – Talent in the suburbs of Chicago

In-Class HDRI Composite

White people like _______.

Inspiration

Brassai

Brassai was a Hungarian-born French photographer, poet, draughtsman, and sculptor, known primarily for his dramatic photographs of Paris at night.

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Stieglitz

Equivalents is a series of photographs of clouds taken by Alfred Stieglitz from 1925 to 1934. They are generally recognized as the first photographs intended to free the subject matter from literal interpretation, and, as such, are some of the first completely abstract photographic works of art.
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^{Project #4 took a total shift in direction for me when I found that my indoor pictures were not turning out as nicely as I wanted them to. I just couldn't nail the lighting for it! Knowing that I wanted try out night photography as well, I decided to take my camera out this past weekend to take some long exposures. I had recently checked out a book of works by Stieglitz, a personal favorite of mine, so I drew from him and Brassai as well for inspiration for my diptychs. I played around with the scenes of the sky and buildings, blurring the border in some places while clearly separating the two in others.}

Project 4

Jaycee

Chapter Summary

Chapters 2 &3 introduced two different kinds of photography: storytelling photography and deadpan photography. Chapter 2, titled "Once Upon a Time," discussed the use of narrative in contemporary photography to create a powerful image. Cotton discussed how a single, well constructed image can communicate a story that may otherwise be told with multiple images. She used numerous examples to discuss storytelling in photography such as Wall's "Insomnia" - an image which depicts a man laying on his kitchen floor, under the table.

In chapter 3, titled "Deadpan," Cotton describes the genre of photography that presents an image without drama, but is rather detached. The artist's emotions are absent from this kind of photography and instead the image relies on clarity and pure aesthetic. Landscape & architectural photography can fall under this category. Wrapping up the chapter is photographer Thomas Ruff who was very influential in this genre. He is particularly well known for his series of deadpan portraits that depict expressionless individuals from the shoulders up similar to a passport photo.

Strange Tides

Project 4 Proposal

For my 4th digital imaging project, I would like to do a seamless composite image. For this image I am very interested in trying out new effects in Photoshop such as adding textures, drawing in elements and adding in "special effects." I would like to recreate a domestic scene but have something be a little off about the image - fog rolling through the kitchen, the children watching television but nothing is on the tv but static, etc. I think I could create some very interesting lighting situations as well to make an interesting image.