Photoshoots + Development

After my crit I conducted a photo-shoot similar to the one I did previously for this project. The images that I produced visually convey the idea that came from my research on superstition and the solar eclipse in Mexico. I used the same set up as before however in order to convey the eclipse idea I crafted a simple stencil to shine light through. The thing that I like best about these photographs is the high contrast, which creates a lot of drama. I also think that the dark, negative space creates connotations with the night sky - linking back to the eclipse. In my opinion, these photographs are refined as well as interesting - both qualities that Oripeau are looking for. However, reflecting on them I feel that they do not have the right tone of voice for the poster project. Perhaps they remind me too much of Man Ray's black and white surrealist photography? In a sense, they are too clean, polished and shiny to be a contemporary poster. I want to hopefully move away from photography and more into design, which I attempted with my digital collages:

On a whole, I was not very happy with these outcomes. They began to confuse me as they blurred the lines between Icon and Index too much - they depict safety pins and so are suited to Icon, however they are so heavily abstracted that they also suit Index. They begin to add so much drama and shadows into the images that although they depict safety pins, all meaning is lost. These images do not portray the solar eclipse in mexico. Although I enjoy the twisted metal and abstract forms, there is little to discuss when it comes to the meaning of these designs.

Before moving away from photography I used the same set up to try out some different outcomes. These images visually communicate the idea of the large amount of safety pins that are ingested. I tried to convey this my layering up an x-ray with a thin sheet of plastic to create an interesting set for the pins to sit on. In conjunction with the high contrast they make for really interesting photographs - I am thinking about possibly picking out some of my favourites, cropping the most interesting parts, and considering them as final outcomes for Icon. I like this because the pin can be shown in an interesting way - such as an x-ray or someones stomach. In my opinion this idea is visually interesting and I think that it would work well visually as an outcome. I really want to take this idea further for outcome, if I don't like the photographs as finals then I may play around with collage.