Making art from photographs.
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About my process.
The first element of my work is salience, being aware of what I consider salient in any environment. What or who draws my attention. Then the background, what does the background say about the person Then how is it framed, what are the edges of the composition. Where is the shadow. Where is the light.…
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B&W picture a day, human rights week 4: OCT 22-28 2012
22 oct 2012 A man in a Russian pub in Jerusalem called “Putin” checks his emails and surfs the web. Unrestricted access to the internet is considered a basic Human Right by the United Nations; this means they think all adults in the world should be able to see the same internet. Internet censorship is…
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B&W picture a day, human rights week 3 OCT 15-21 2012
15 OCT 2012 East Jerusalem children walk through the ancient streets to school before the shops open. Without an Education economically and socially marginalised adults and children cannot lift themselves out of poverty and participate fully as citizens. The right to an education is a universal and also applies to adults who missed a basic…
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B&W picture a day, human rights week 2, OCT 8-15 2012
8 Oct 2012 A plain clothes security guard takes a call Taken during the “Round Tel Aviv” cycle ride which had 20,000 riders. There are 3 levels of security at events like this: armed semi military police, marked visible security guards and undercover plain clothes security operatives. They are delivering the right to be free…
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B&W picture a day, human rights week 1 Oct 1-7 2012
The Idea For this project I wanted to do something instant. Instagram inspired me, pictures taken and published the same day give a connection with the present. I wrote the paragraph below for my own guidance before starting the project. I will produce an image a day on the subject of human rights through the…
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Landscapes into art India
More images made from landscape pictures I have taken in India The featured picture above is the view from a hill station in Maharashtra. The same picture in black and white with filter adjustments to bring out the liear definition in the hills. The same picture cropped square with a silver film retro filter applied. The…
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Repeating and reflecting
Experiments using multiple copies of the same image to reveal a feeling within the digital information. The image above has been created using scans of Jersey Bank notes from different eras The image of the Queen is from notes of the 60’s, 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. Taking a strip of windows from Edinburgh here I…
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Playing with symmetry, repeats and variations.
To highlight the artificial pseudo sexuality of pole dancing I also ramped up the colours and contrast. This is a picture of a dummy used for the practice of floor work in Brazilian Ju Jitsu. I have turned it on its side and turned up the colours so it appears the dummy is standing fighting itself. This is a…
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Moscow March 19th to 24th 2012
The sky is grey and there is snow falling in Moscow. I walked the streets and looked out of windows in an effort to find an image to capture the spirit I felt. The snow falls all night through the brilliant lights and the city continues to breath and thrives despite the cold. The traffic is…
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Pairs of Pictures
Images that either say the same thing or the opposite thing, images that compliment or clash. These two pictures were taken from the same spot at the same time.. The woman in this picture is sleeping in the street next to a plastic bottle containing almost pure alcohol illegally distilled. Alcoholism is a very Christian…
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