Final Major Project (Research Stages)

In my final project I am working with the theme zeitgeist. I am taking a series of portraits of subjects with their prized or most valued possessions. This shows what different people value most in current times. In my research phase I looked specifically at the work of James Mollison, Gabriele Galimberti and Brian Sokol. Gabriele Galimberti in particular influenced my shooting style for this project.

James Mollison

Gabriele Galimberti

Brian Sokol

Anomaly

In this project I attempted my first experiment with film photography. This was a challenge as it is a format I have never used before and it took away the security of shooting digital. I used a Lomography Fisheye 2 camera and Superia 200 film in this project.

I wanted to explore the different effects the Fisheye camera could create, so I tried to capture exposures of a wide range of landscapes, buildings and shapes. The closer to the subject it is, the more effective the skewed perspective of the Fisheye lens becomes.

I had a feeling that the film I was using would have too low an exposure, and when I got around to having my photographs developed I found that I was correct. This combined with generally overcast/dark weather meant my photographs were quite dark.

Though I was not as pleased with my prints as I would have liked, I enjoyed experimenting with a format completely new to me and felt that it fulfilled the brief.

Seven Deadly Sins

In this photographic project I had to create a series of images representing my interpretation of three of the seven deadly sins. I chose lust, greed and gluttony. Early on in this project I had the idea to photograph only hands, using them along with various props to represent each sin, a concept I stuck with throughout my project.

I shot these photos with studio lighting using the Canon 550D.

I think photographing only hands was effective as it kept my concept simple but effective. I did not want to overcomplicate my photographs in this project.

I knew during the shooting and editing process that typography was going to be an important part of my final pieces. I kept this in mind throughout. I feel that the typography brings this work together, especially when presented as a triptych.