…I like the simplicity of it being an object from nature, but yet there is so much to see.” I personally took this photo because i was inspired by one of renger-Patschz depictions directly. he took an eerie shot of some monochromatic trees which filled out to the edge of the page. This is why i also made my image black and white. I find the way that the trees spiral in rather satisfying." |
In my exhibition I used photographs I had taken around in school in the style of Albert Renger-Patszch. I arranged them in collections of colour and tone, for example blue tones, black and white and brown beige tones (as seen to the left).
The person who viewed my photographs had some interesting thoughts about them; “My favourite photo is the black and white photo of the tree trunks. It is taken from an unexpected angle and the photo makes you stop, and look and think about the photographers thought processes behind taking the image. It is interesting to see how the trunks fill out the outer edges of the picture and you can see that the white coloured bark is smooth, whereas the dark texture is rough. It makes me want to reach into the frame and touch the tree… |
The viewer of my exhibition looked in detail at my other photographs and concluded that his second favourite photograph is of the foil. His reasons were; “It is interesting to see the different colours and the way that the white light bounces off the highest points and creates an extraterrestrial vision of silver, blue and white tones.”
He continued to describe the mood of the image and said, “The photo makes me think of a never-ending, mountainous snowy scene. Blue is also one of my favourite colours so the reflection from the bright sky is calming for me personally.” I personally find this image one of my favourites as well. This is because the reflections of light create little geometric patterns. I think that it could represent the sea in an abstract way because of the patch of harsh light (which could symbolise the sun glistening off the sea surface), also because of it’ uneven ‘wavy’ surface. |
Subject described all the images as a whole; “I would say simplistic yet effective, an interesting view of the world around us close up. They are thought provoking- when you look at the pavement slab you can see the tiny bumps on the surface. It makes me wonder if all the pavement slabs look like that or have I just not ever noticed? Is it made deliberately like that ro give it some grip?”
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