Final Book Photos

Photo Book (Shoot #2)

For my second shoot, I went to another park. These photos still deal with each section of the playground, but also show the space as a whole. They still maintain the viewpoint of a child, who might be playing in the park without the actual presence of the child.

Photo Book (Shoot #1)

During my first shoot for the photo-book final assignment, I shot without a definite plan. I knew what I was interested in, which is line, symmetry, and balance. I also knew that I wanted to maintain the solitude of the park by not including people in my shot. The images I chose as my strongest images are based on their formal elements.  They focus on different sections of the playground rather than the playground as a whole. Although, I took some images of the park as a whole, I have not chosen them as my strongest images because they do not seem to fit within the set at this point in my experiments. I may try and take more pictures of the park as a whole to try and incorporate the previous images and to see how the inclusion expands my project.

Photo Book Review

Home & Other Stories: Photographs by Catherine Wagner

The series of photographs presented in the photo-book "Home & Other Stories: Photographs by Catherine Wagner" are a documentary set of images which feature home interiors as their subject. Each photograph features a domestic room or several items within the room. Although the spaces are without a human form they have a feel of inhabitance due to the personal items present. While some images are presented individually, others are placed alongside one another, which creates a dialogue between the two images. She also chose to present some images as a triptych which creates a narrative amongst the images. Each room, or object gives a sense of the person who we as a viewer would imagine lives (or lived) in the room.

Photography Book Proposal

For my final project/photography book I would like to photograph playgrounds. I was inspired by a fellow classmate, Rachel Scherer's playground pictures for her "Sense of Place" assignment. I liked the playground as a subject. I also like how some of the objects become portrait-like. The linear elements and symmetry also captured me. I am also attracted to the sense of emptiness, which is something I frequently like to incorporate in my own work.

Surrealist (Portraits)

Place/Panoramic

Street Photos

Illustrastion vs. Interpretation Diptych

The Haunted Image