final 20 images

Here are my 20 final images for my project from this semester. I have learned that I like the images where I force the viewer to question reality by merging two contrasting images together and changing variations of line thickness. I included images that vary in detail and contrast in order to make the viewer readily aware of the two images in some contexts, and to make the viewer really think about what they are looking at and what is being conveyed in others. I will continue to work on this idea and method for as final BFA thesis for my BFA show next semester. I am happy with my results and feel that I learned a lot this semester.

photoshop merging

This past week I have been merging photos together using PhotoShop, and I like the way the images I turning out.

I have continued using my method of turning one photograph gray scale and keeping the other one in color. I like how the contrast of the color with the black and white makes both images stand out more.

I found that using images that have shallow depth of field with a few main points of focus merged together make the clear parts of both images stand out and make for interesting images.

When I choose photographs to merge in the future I will choose less busy images so the viewer will more readily distinguish the photograph as two photographs and be able to see the meaning in the two photographs.

progress

This past week I made a couple more photos using the technique I first saw Isabel Martinez use:

 

While I feel that they are getting closer to what I want to do and convey, I feel I am not quite there yet but I am close. I like making one image black and white and keeping the other image in color, I feel it adds to the meaning of the images once they are merged together and makes the images more easily distinguishable. Now that I have this in mine, I am going to work on producing and finding images that I have already produce this semester to improve my work through this technique.

 I have started working with producing these images on Photoshop as well:

I am enjoying the control of the lines I get from this method, and I like being able to control and edit the color of both images after I have finished merging them together. I feel like I will continue making these images in Photoshop because I like how polished the end result looks.

more inspiration

This past week I have been researching more photo weaving artists. In my research I have found new techniques for photo weaving.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/2050177/Remnants

Greg Sand

Greg Sand chose three photos to put together in this photo weaving. Each photo is of one individual at a different time in their life. I find this method of approaching photo weaving to be interesting because of how the images mesh together and how they convey change and new meaning to each photograph.

Greg Sand

It is not easy to align photograph weavings together so this technique seems challenging, but I am eager to try weaving three images together. I believe the effect will be more striking than just too. I also would like to weaving photographs of different people to convey change and similarities/differences between individuals.

Tintin Cooper

I find this image to be interesting because of the fragmentation of the face. The meaning I get from this image is that the person is confused with their identity and is trying to figure their life out because their life is a mess. The fragmentation  of the soccer player in the next image, again by Tintin Cooper, is interesting because of the specific lines that are changed in the image. I would like to experiment with these two new ways of making photo weavings in the future.

more progress

 My most recent photo weaving was of my parents. I liked these two images because of the positions of the two peoples arms and how the heads are facing opposite directions. I used my inspiration from Dinh Q Le's works and decided to experiment with not weaving all of the strips together, and to try to make the hands more visible by doing so. Next time I do a similar technique I would like to use images that are less busy in the background.

I have also been experimenting more with gluing strips of photos on to another to create juxtapositions with people and places. I feel out of the two posted above the one on top is more interesting. As discussed in the last in progress critique, the verticals in the pillars of one picture and trees in the other are more interesting than the image of a waterfall and the woman standing. I feel the second image would have been more effective if I would have used more contrasting or fitting colors between the two images. I plan on working more with people I know and how they relate to places or spaces I am familiar with to create meaning in my photos.

Isabel Martinez

Isabel Martinez

research: Dinh Q Le

This week I have done more research on photo weaving. I researched Dinh Q Le. I find his work to be astonishing. The way he weaves his photographs together is different from anything I have seen before, and I find myself drawn to the image to decipher what is being conveyed. He does not weave all parts of the image together, he only weaves parts that appear to be more important together, then he skips some strips in less prominent areas.

Dinh Q Le

  Dinh Q Le
Dinh Q Le
Dinh Q Le

I have had a hard time narrowing down and pinpointing exactly what I want my images to mean. I ultimately would like to weave my perspectives together to create an image that portrays personal experiences and what I see in life in new ways, but this means that all images i've ever taken could be used. I could use people, places and things. The more I think about it, the more I am leaning towards just using portraits and landscapes in order to show my upbringing, my perspective, and my environment and how I react to it or how it has changed.

spring break progress

Dad Mom

Me Taylor

  Grand Ole Opry Broadway, Nashville

Fall Creek Falls

Fall Creek Falls

Over spring break I traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, Nashville, Tennessee, and Topeka, Kansas. I shot a lot of images while traveling with the idea of juxtaposition and comparison in mind. I think the idea of comparisons and differences in the images that I weave or combine together is something I want to explore with the remainder of this project. I enjoy noticing differences between environments that I encounter or live in, as well as people in my life. I am interested in shooting more portraits of people who are roommates and people who have been in long relationships to see similarities and differences between them.
I like the portraits I took of my mom and dad because they show more personality. I am most likely going to mirror one image so my parents are facing each other before I weave them together. I think I am going to weave people together and places panels on top of other photos for nature combinations.
I am leaning and finalizing my concept more as I shoot and combine more.