An Indian Summer

A selection of photographs from my trip to South India  using a Pentax SLR 

and boots disposable camera. 

Inside outside - Inspired by Nottingham

 Nottingham Incinerator

 

The Final Exhibition!

Before the photographs were added

Testing out what the photos would look like without the frames as instructed by tutor.

I didn't like the effect because the photos look really detached from the pieces.

I included pictures of the test piece becasue I wanted to show that this method and idea can be put into many different forms, not just the ones shown.  I thought that having the same person modelling in all the photos would look too repetitive so I  added some variation.

Maurizio Anzeri

Round Midnight

2009

Embroidery on print

Penny

2009

Embroidery on found photograph

This artist does amazing intricate work with stitch, I have seen his work last year in the Jerwood Space for the Drawing Competition and recently  in the Saatchi Gallery part 2 of the Newspeak exhibition. 

Again like John Stezaker he uses found photographs then adds elements to make the most beautiful images.  Maurizo Azuri looks like he could be a milliner or designer as it looks like he is designing extraordinary hats and these works are the very beginning stages of his work, his initial ideas. 




PUT IN MY BIG PHOTO EXPERIMENTS!!!

photos from the blog : http://lindsay-usich.com/

The images above were taken by Lindsay Usich captions of her everyday life.  They are not only images that I admire but some of them reminded me of what I had already experienced in my project so far.  For example the chandeliers reminded me of the ones in the design museum.  The form and crushed effect of the bed sheet reminds me of the work by Cathy De Moncheaux and my experiments.

My new idea has some gaps in it- Would I have to make a chair?  What kind of chair would I use?  What will it be made out of ?

Talking with my tutor has helped me fill in these gaps.  Making a chair would require a whole new project, there is no way I would be able to make one successfully in the time allowed for the project so I thought about using an already existing chair.  As I using leather I wouldn't want to used a material like plastic or metal, like the ones in college, because there is too much of a contrast with the materials. I didn't like the effect when I did the piece with the metal backing. Wood is the best option, the natural with natural would make a nice effect and wooden chairs are the most popular, so would be easy to source.  

Japanese Photo books from the 1960's and 70's

Really nice woven collar to used for protection again the snow 

The shape of the protective pieces is really unusual.

Hiroshi Hamaya - Snow Land

Ikko Narahara - Europe

Ken Domon - The Children on the Chikuho

Kikuji Kawada - The Map

Yutaka Takanashi - Towards the City (Volume 1)

After looking at the Japanese armour, I came across this book which catalogued photos books from the 1970's and 60's I really like how the photos are put together and the interesting textures and landscapes, very playful with the contrast and repeating a photo for more impact.