Portraits

Original photograph, with filter 5 on for 6 seconds.

I cropped the image to make it portrait:

I scanned the image into photoshop and used the plaster tool to clean up the image:

David Bailey Analysis

Jack Nickleson

This photograph was taken in 2011 by David Bailey of Jack Nickleson. David Bailey was born in 1938 and is known as one of the best british photographers. He has previously worked for John Cole's Studio five and as a fashion photographer for Vogue magazine. Most of his photograph's are of celebrities or models.

It is a close up portrait and the subject of the picture is Jack Nickleson, he is one of the biggest actors alive and is known as an american hell raiser. The image portrays the actors character through the facial expression and the dramatic lighting used. The strong shadow on the right side of his face could suggest he has a dark side, this effect is made using the front light. The background of the image is kept white so the subject stands out.
The photograph has been planned out to capture emotion and express the character of Jack Nickleson, in a studio. David Bailey has most likely cropped the image in the darkroom to get a close up image of the subjects face. He has also used contrast filters to get the strong black and white shades in this picture.
The mood of the photograph is anger, to show what the actor is like, the artist likes to bring out peoples emotions or characteristics within his photographs.

Another example of David Bailey's work:

Still life

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Andre Kertesz Analysis

This photograph was taken by Andre Kertesz. A Hungarian photographer born in 1894 and died in 1985, he was most known for his photojournalism. The name of photograph is 'The fork', this is because the subject of the piece is a fork. It is a realistic photograph as it is clear and hasn't been exaggerated in anyway. 

It is a close up image of a fork resting on the side of a bowl, they have been placed under a light to get a clear shadow below the objects. This gives a strong contrast between the objects that are light shades and the shadows which are black.

The artist has used a black and white film camera to take the photograph and used filters in the darkroom to create more contrast when developing the image. 

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Light brief

Andre Kertesz- Hungarian photographer born in 1894-1985. He used an SLR film camera to photograph everyday still life and household objects. He uses light to create dramatic shadows and get strong contrasts of tones.

Edgar Martins- Portugese photographer that works in britain, born in 1977. He photographs night life, daylight and sunrises.

David bailey- British photographer born in 1938, most of his work was done in the 60's. He photographs portraits of celebrities in black and white, for vogue magazine. He focuses light on the face to get dramatic, clear pictures, all of his work is down in a studio to help get this effect.

Picasso- Spanish artist from 1881-1973, inspired by Gjon Mili to create light graffiti photographs.

Evaluation

I am happy with my final prints overall although a couple of them are slightly out of focus. I think they worked well and also linked in with the theme of everyday. 

At the beginning of the project I was finding it difficult to get a decent print using an SLR film camera and the darkroom, which was quite frustrating. After a few attempts I got the hang of it and found it fairly easy to get some good pictures, using the black and white negative and filters to get a clear photograph with strong contrast.

I enjoyed all of the experiments and techniques apart from the pinhole camera's which I didn't feel was very successful as it was so hard and time consuming to get a decent print. My favourites were creating the photograms in the darkroom with our personal objects and using the film camera's to take pictures of everyday life.

My final prints link to the theme of everyday life by showing peoples feet in different situations that would happen on a daily basis in a students life. As they show pictures of relaxing in bed, walking into college/class, working at a computer and socializing with friends. I chose to use this idea as I felt it was quite unique and gives and different angle on everyday life.

If I could go back I would re-shoot some more pictures making sure they were all in focus when taking them as some of my prints are out of focus, therefore losing the quality of the image. I would also experiment with a few more different ideas to give me a broader range to look at and choose from for my final outcome.

The Bjork Vespertine album artwork inspired my outcome the most, as I really liked the detail and surreal effect it gave the image.

Overall I enjoyed the project as I learnt a lot of new techniques and skills that I can use in the future but I also found it quite challenging and frustrating at times.

Filters

I decided to add a filter, number 5, when creating my photographs as it adds contrast to the picture. Where as my original picture that looked very grey, this makes the dark colours darker and the light colours lighter.

Drawings over photographs

I chose to use the Bjork Vespertine inspired effect, of drawing over my photographs on tracing paper for my final outcome:

Photograph edits

cooling filter:

Dry brush effect:

Posterize: 

Warming filters: 

Original Photographs

When taking my photographs I decided to look at everyday life in view of peoples feet:

Entering class/college:

working on the computer:

Socialising:

At home relaxing:

Digital photographs

Moodboard

1. slow shutter speed- captures the movement in the picture

  2. music- still life photograph of objects used in everyday life

 3. Rain- people travelling by foot in the rain with umbrellas

  4. Bicycles- photograph of people travelling on bikes, from an unusual angle as the camera was placed on the floor.

 5. Feet- view on life with people's feet in the picture

 6. Shower-an object used in everyday life, captures movement of the water running.

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