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Typologies

We had a lecture on photographic Typologies today which reminded me of a few artists who are doing work relevant to mine.

Bernd and Hilli Becher - I have already put a link to their work on this blog

Thomas Struth - JPEGs - large format photos which are really pixelated and as you get closer to them you lose all definition.

Jason Salavon - Playboy centrefolds. This is a series of works where he has taken centrefolds of every issue of playboy magazine of each decade (60's, 70's, 80's, 90's) and layered them digitally and using some kind of mathematical sequence which results in a faint abstract image that you can barely makeout. He is commenting on the digital media and the set formalities of photography.

From 'Playboy Centrefolds' series

City (westward)

http://salavon.com/

Hiroshi Sugimoto - Seascapes

from Sugimoto's 'Seascapes' series.

http://shpcontemporary.com/Sugimoto?gclid=CN3J6Y-Au5wCFRBbagodDny0mw

Sze Tsung Leong

"Site" Space

The time has come to find out spaces for site! We need to write down our 3 first choices for spaces. Heres a map of the art school with my possible spaces

Stereoscopes

Some notes and a picture from out resent technical seminar visit to the Otago Settlers Museum.

Aaron Hobson - Cinemascapes

Awesome images with a strong cinematic quality. Interesting that Aaron Hobson is the model in his photographs. http://www.aaronhobson.com/ Hobson featured in the 2008 Juxtapoz Magazine photography issue which is an epic mag and very influential. /www.juztapoz.com

'a decisive moment'

'Subterranean encounter'

Not overly related to my work but I really like the images.

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Technical stuff

I am in the process of experimenting with a range of technical processes to help me on my way with my project. The 3D idea I'd like to play with somehow. If I could somehow create the effect of a work that you can look at and experience and feel as though you don't have to experience (whats in the image) in real life. Creating a comment on the way things are changing with technology, travel and comodification.

Yves Medam

Yves Medam's photographs show an interesting way to create a 3d effect in photographs. He uses a similar technique to the style of taking panoramic photographs and stitching them so that you can still see the separate photos. They are taken in public places i.e the Eiffel Tower, with people all around. He joins them all up so that you can see a sort of narrative in the photographs with movement and 3 dimensional warped perspectives. http://www.yvesmedam.com/. I want to try a similar thing with Iconic places in Dunedin like the famous Train Station.


Recherche personnelle
Cathédrale Notre Dame (Paris)




Recherche personnelle
Musée du Louvre (Paris)

ReCap

Its been ages since I updated my 4th year 'work' blogs, I have been blogging on my more personal blog however, showing some of my rescent winter adventures. Influence wise I have been looking at a bunch of photographers: http://www.chrisorwig.com/ http://www.royarden.com/ to name a few and looking into the more comercial side of photography, magazines and various publications trying to figure out what direction I want to take after I graduate this year.

I have a good selection of fresh photos from a snowboarding trip that I am in the process of getting out there to magazines, websites etc. to see if they are interested in publishing any. Before my latest snowboarding trip to Temple Basin with 9 friends I purchased an infrared flash slave trigger set with 2 receivers so I can now take photos and place flashes where ever I want (within 30 metres). Its alot of fun I tried it on a few snowboarding jumps, heres a preview of what can be acheived:

This is a photo of Phil Dominick and with assistaince from Riley Elliott (holding the flash) I stood back from the jump and took the photo at about 1/30 of a second to get some of the mountains in the background. I like this photo because it has 3 different light sources: 1) the flash pointing at the snowboarder. 2) the light coming out of the Hut to the left 3) the last remaining natural light from beyond the mountains in the distance. It isn't exactly a huge knarly jump but it is styley and unique. I think another flash to the right of Phil would have made it a bit better, and a tripod would have helped, it was quite a rushed shot.




This was my first attempt with the flash on a low light day where I wanted to bring out the skiier (Mark Von Roy) from the background. It worked well but I definitly should have had the flash more hidden maybe behind the saw horse. Its all part of the learning.