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I have chosen the word ‘Division’ for my photography project.

Photography word: Division

Keywords:

Math (multiplying and subtracting)
Math (tracing images and flipping)

Idea:

Adding things to an image or area
Multiple items in an image (close-ups)

28504590_10215853750802599_2035234137_o — Multiplying the same object. Could be used in a similar method of building structures

28504864_10215853849445065_410207136_o — Working with Depth of Field

28548377_10215853886846000_243700461_o — Working with focusing and making an image look satisfying. My idea of how I could bring this look into my work would be maybe looking at multiplication within people walking around in built-up area (towns and city centers) and finding the right focus point.

Photographer influences

Eugène Atget

Atget worked on a serious based on places in France that had been left behind. Empty and forgotten he photographed these places to show what would have been once busy and full of life.

– I want to take inspiration from this by looking into the division between time. So, I thoughts for some of the image in my final project would be in a busy city center to show multiplication between people, another image would show the same place but subtract the people from the image. The buildings will still be the same but the feeling of emptiness will feel more real, just like Atget’s view on his images. I will not be using photoshop, I will be waiting for the hours of the day in which the city will be empty (after 5pm and before 7am)

Peter Bialobrzeski

peter B

Nick Hedges

Berenice Abbott

Final images linking to Division (Math) words

Architecture between humans and man-made objects. showing that once we take ourselves away from city structures they lose character. All 6 images will be around buildings and society (people) and the change humans have.

The words to each image will be the link between division. for example 1. Busy City: Multiply the link between people and buildings, where’as people are constantly moving, buildings only go up and down, the next image 2. Empty City: Subtract will show what happens/ whats left after we are gone.

Busy City: Multiply
Empty older location: Subtract (decreasing numbers)
Cut off point: Divide
perfectly structured building: Equals
Flat area (more to this area): Plus
Uneven landscape: Minus

Each picture overlook:

Bringing character and movement
Lack of character
An old building that is divided by the constant improvement we put into life, leaving the divide between new and old. New= needed, Old= not (left to crumble without sustainability)
A perfect and untouched environment showing the contrast between image 3 to 4. image 3 will relate to old and image 4 will show new.
6: contrast between different landscapaes

Test Images (untouched):

Mimicking what I’m looking to do with image 1 (Multiply). The movement created by adjusting the shutter speed really helps to how the busy built-up environment. I need to find somewhere with more hight to really show the moment of people in a similar area.

Slightly edited by cropping and colour changing, working with symmetry on building Structure’s

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