The mood board below shows some more specific targets and ideas that I would be focusing on for my final project. The specific styles I would be focusing on would be the different movements of people in one frame.
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Mind Map-Movement
The mind map below, separated into three layers, shows the brainstorming process for the focus of my final set of photos.
Artist research-Movement and time
Frank Machalowski：
Frank Machalowski, a German photographic artist who majors on the city and the countryside type of photography, is known for his work that explores themes of urban life, architecture, and the interplay between light and shadow. His style typically combines elements of documentary photography and unique composition, capturing the beauty of urban urban environments. In the series above, Machaowski focuses on the movement of people, targeting to communicate the passage of time. Frank Machalowski aims to emphasize the connection between people and time by using a long exposure time to capture the movement of people. The four photographs above come from Frank Machalowski’s ‘Monster’ series, which targets the blurred movement of crowds of people. In this series, he uses multiple exposures of the buildings photographed from several positions on one frame. The different positions and fields of view distorts the structures, creating a vibrating effect of the subject. Moreover, the crowds of people also show evident contrast with the background behind them. When the shade of the crowd of people appears to be dark, the background is bright, and when the background is dark, the crowd of people would be lighter. This contrast between the background and the subject guides the viewer’s attention towards the central idea of the photograph.
Specifically for the first photograph, Frank Machalowski took the shot from a high level above the ground. He turned his camera settings into a very low shutter speed and then left the camera sitting still. In this photograph, the main focus of the photo would be the passing crowd of people. The light-shaded crowd contrasts boldly with the dark background, which helps catch the viewers attention and drag their view towards the subject (moving crowd of people) in the photograph. Furthermore, the pathway that the crowd is moving to creates strong leading lines that lead the viewer’s eye through the frame.
Jim and Betsy Wilson:
Jim and Betsy Wilson are two photographers that specialize in photographing landscapes, wildlife, and natural habitats. Their work often showcases the intricate details of the natural world, emphasizing the beauty and fragility of ecosystems. In this specific photo series, they worked together and experimented with long-exposure time and multi-flash to express the movement of people. The main message of this photo series emphasizes the movement of people. They set up a camera and changes the camera settings into a lower shutter speed. Then, they would have the model move around with different postures in order to have the effect of multiple movements in one shot. This technique creates a sense of movement, which makes the audience feel like the model in the photo is moving. The shots of different postures overlap and has a lower opacity, creating a ghostly effect. The two photographers utilizes a contrast between the subject and the black background to highlight the different positions of the model. The lighting of the photos are two lights placed on the left and right sides of the model to create a contour with the shades of the subject.
Specifically, the multiple layers overlapping in the fourth photo creates a ghostly effect, adding a sense of depth and dimensionality to the photograph. The stark contrast between the dark background and the ethereal white figures creates a dramatic chiaroscuro effect, emphasizing the play of light and shadow. Additionally, the repeated, undulating forms of the different postured models figures creates a rhythmic visual pattern. The models’ movements put together creates a visual effect of the model gradually reaching out with her arm to the top left corner of the frame.
Citations:
https://www.letscapturethemoment.com/photo-fun/motion-photography/long-exposure-multi-flash/nggallery/thumbnails
Echoing Waters
I am deeply inspired by Nick Fancher’s ‘This is water’ photo series, where he focused on the reflection of people’s faces and the ripples of water. The photos’ center of attention is focused on the details of water ripples and the facial features of different people. The water ripples on top of the faces create an underwater effect, adding texture to the appearance of the photos. The bold contrast of black and white shades evidently illustrates the photo’s texture.
For my final photos, I chose three, each referring to a different age group with a diverse identity. My photographs aim to evoke a sense of self-reflection, making the viewers reflect on their identity. By arranging the photos from youngest to oldest, the message of the passage of time is displayed. The message of the passage of time is displayed by arranging the photos from youngest to oldest, which allows the audience reflect on the different stages in their lives. Expanding specifically on the photo in the middle, the bubbles and the water ripples appear to cover the subject’s eyes, demonstrating a unique composition and juxtaposition. This corresponds with the intended theme, representing the process of finding identity and promoting further reflection within the viewers.
To successfully reach the intent that I want, I first printed out portraits of different people that I took. Before printing the photos, I photoshopped them to convert the background into black, making the subject stand out more. Then, I placed the portraits in a tray of water. When shooting the photos, I used a light angled at 45 degrees to clearly capture the water ripples’ shades. The photos were then photoshopped and cropped to make the subject fill the entire frame, which allows the audience’s attention to be focused on the major elements of the photos. While taking the photos, I used a higher ISO and faster shutter speed. This was to ensure that the photos would not be blurred and that the water ripples could be captured clearly as I took the photos in the studio with the lights closed. Some areas of improvement to focus on would be to add plastic covers to the photographs to prevent the paper from soaking. Since the photos were printed with no protective covers, the paper were fragile in water, resulting in some pieces of paper floating in the tray of water.
Red photos
The artist that inspired my work is Bruce Gilden. Bruce Gilden, a street photographer who focuses on direct shots of strangers walking by, applies dramatic light and dark contrasts to his photographs. The sharp facial expressions of the people inspired my vision for this set of photograph. The three red photographs that I selected all share the element of light and dark contrasts and faces that fills the frame.
The photo that I chose to evaluate is the photograph in the middle of the old woman. Same as the other two photos, I applied the technique of getting close to the subject in around one arm length distance. The most appealing element must be the facial expression of the old woman and the shadow of a person on the upper left corner. Additionally, the black and white color of this photograph reveals the light and dark contrast between shades evidently, making the texture of the woman’s skin stand out. The darkest part of this photograph, the shadow at the back, fills up the diagonal corner of the frame, which is what I really like about.
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Elements Blog 5
Taken by Aaron Siskind
In this photo, Aaron Siskind could be interested in capturing the rectangular shapes, the texture of the wall, and the supplement of straight photography.
If I was Aaron Siskind, I would name this photograph “Strokes”, since the element of rectangular shapes are bolded evidently, it looks like big strokes of paint applied to the “wall.”
In this photograph, Aaron Siskind utilized the elements of texture, shape, and shade. He captured the texture of the frame, which seems to be a cement wall with paint strokes on. In terms of shape, he displayed the feature of shapes, which are the boldly shown black rectangles in this photograph. Aaron Siskind also succeeded in value and tone. In this photo, the black and white contrast between the rectangular shapes and the tone variation of the wall are presented obviously. There are also stripes of darker shade that seems to flow down from the top of the photo to the bottom, which contrasts with the lighter background.
Annie journal french revolution
Step inside to discover the bloody and dark life of a peasant through his journal during the french revolution…
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AM I A HUMANIST?
AM I A HUMANIST by annie wang
Field trip to shimenshan
The field trip was really fun, but it was too cold. We went to the same place last last year in six grade, its quite interesting to see the same place but with a bit of difference. I hid a rock carved with my name on it, but i couldn’t find it anymore. I really liked how we used knives to make bamboo in to chopsticks, I also liked the food, it made me warm up in such a cold place. When we woke up in the tent that morning, there were even ice on the ground. Overall, I enjoyed the whole trip but it would be even better if we went earlier so it wasn’t that cold. 
The nondescript
From my enrichment, I had to create my own original alien. Meet the nondescript.
Kind: Aliens
Appearance: On a ball
Occupation: Plant flowers
Home: Planet 261Powers: walk on a ball, control plants.