TADO CERN
Tado Cern was born in Lithuania in August 1983 and currently lives and works in Vilnius. He received both his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in Vilnius Lithuania, finally graduating in 2009. After a year of working as a freelance architect, Tado decided to pursue a new occupation: Photography.
He began with a series of “wind-swept portraits” called Blow Job, which was inspired by Van Gogh’s self-portrait. This he followed with a documentary photo project called Comfort Zone which featured beach sunbathers. Both these projects have received global recognition and have been exhibited in the U.K., the United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and France and have received awards in various international competitions, such as the 1st Prize at the “Fine Art Photography Awards.”
Tadao has worked on the advertising campaigns of international brands such as Samsung, BMW, the New Yorker, Mentos and Chupa Chups. Today he’s focusing on Contemporary Art and his current project, Black Baloons.
He began with a series of “wind-swept portraits” called Blow Job, which was inspired by Van Gogh’s self-portrait. This he followed with a documentary photo project called Comfort Zone which featured beach sunbathers. Both these projects have received global recognition and have been exhibited in the U.K., the United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and France and have received awards in various international competitions, such as the 1st Prize at the “Fine Art Photography Awards.”
Tadao has worked on the advertising campaigns of international brands such as Samsung, BMW, the New Yorker, Mentos and Chupa Chups. Today he’s focusing on Contemporary Art and his current project, Black Baloons.
Bill Viola
Bill Viola (b.1951) is internationally recognized as one of today’s leading artists. He has been instrumental in the establishment of video as a vital form of contemporary art, and in so doing has helped to greatly expand its scope in terms of technology, content, and historical reach. For 40 years he has created videotapes, architectural video installations, sound environments, electronic music performances, flat panel video pieces, and works for television broadcast. Viola’s video installations—total environments that envelop the viewer in image and sound—employ state-of-the-art technologies and are distinguished by their precision and direct simplicity. They are shown in museums and galleries worldwide and are found in many distinguished collections. His single channel videotapes have been widely broadcast and presented cinematically, while his writings have been extensively published, and translated for international readers. Viola uses video to explore the phenomena of sense perception as an avenue to self-knowledge. His works focus on universal human experiences—birth, death, the unfolding of consciousness—and have roots in both Eastern and Western art as well as spiritual traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism. Using the inner language of subjective thoughts and collective memories, his videos communicate to a wide audience, allowing viewers to experience the work directly, and in their own personal way.
Tim Tadder
TadoTim Tadder is an internationally acclaimed photographic artist. Most recognized for his highly inventive conceptual advertising photography Tadder has been ranked in the top 200 photographers worldwide by the prestigious Luezer Archive Magazine 8 years running. In 2015 Epson, the world leader in photographic printing technology recognized Tadder as one of the top influential photographers, producing a TV commercial and worldwide ad campaign featuring Tadder and his work. Furthermore, Tim Tadder
Nadav Kander
Reactor No.4 at Chernobyl’s Nuclear Power Station exploded in 1986 leaving the surrounding area uninhabitable for many hundreds of years to come. It happened to be the 20th Anniversary since the explosion when I gained access as an artist to visit Chernobyl, photographing the deserted spaces in what was once a model Soviet City.
Kander creates images in Chernobyl which shows plants overcoming man made structures and taking over our abandoned creations
He does this by capturing these photos in derelict buildings of a place that has had a cataphoric incident
He wanted us to consider how the force of nature will always overpower human's creations
Kander creates images in Chernobyl which shows plants overcoming man made structures and taking over our abandoned creations
He does this by capturing these photos in derelict buildings of a place that has had a cataphoric incident
He wanted us to consider how the force of nature will always overpower human's creations
Force of Nature
- In this task I was required to recreate Nadav Kander's Half Life series however taking photos in a school environment
- This task links to the theme, half life as it shows that nature always wins and takes over our creations
Second Response
I managed to get some varied images and used the school environment to the best I could. However I would like to get photos outside of school using my own camera and then being able to get some better edits
Formal Elements: In many of the photos, there is texture involved. This is shown when plants are against a fence
Formal Elements: In many of the photos, there is texture involved. This is shown when plants are against a fence
HOMEWORK - FORCE OF NATURE
For this shoot I was in a rural area of France, I decided to go out and shoot some of the nature in the local area. It was quite interesting to see how it contrasted to the nature in school and England. The idea was to mostly see how nature interacts with manmade objects so I took photos of plants on walls, fences and wood. This shoot came under the formal element of nature.
Force of Architecture
Simon Phipps
The term Brutalism was derived from the French ‘Béton brut’, or raw concrete, was a term coined for the futurist architecture being created by Le Corbusier and others like him. From this label the term Brutalism was created as a way to classify this style of architecture.The expression became associated with a movement emerging in postwar British architectural offices. The architecture itself is characterized by the large size of the buildings and the use of raw unfinished concrete. Brutalist buildings also make use of geometric forms in a way to attempt to communicate the buildings function and what the rooms behind the slabs of concrete are used for
The photography by Simon Phipps provides a unique perspective and portrays Brutalist architecture in a sensitive, realistic and distinctive manner. Phipps has spent the last 15 years photographing and documenting Brutalist and buildings in the UK, creating a survey of photographic images that demonstrate the breadth of this contentious architectural style.
The photography by Simon Phipps provides a unique perspective and portrays Brutalist architecture in a sensitive, realistic and distinctive manner. Phipps has spent the last 15 years photographing and documenting Brutalist and buildings in the UK, creating a survey of photographic images that demonstrate the breadth of this contentious architectural style.
In this task, I was required to take photos based on Simon Phipps' Series of "brutalism", I was also supposed to be looking at architecture and the different shapes and patterns it had. These photos involved a lot of negative space with clouds and the sky. The shots came out well with nice reflections and patterns from the buildings and clouds. It's good to see all the interesting architecture around school and photograph it. However next time I would try get some different angles and try and take some better photos.
WWW: I got a good range of photos including the formal element "negative" space
EBI: Get some more varied shots
WWW: I got a good range of photos including the formal element "negative" space
EBI: Get some more varied shots
Second Response
In this shoot I went to Stratford in Newham and looked at the different buildings and architectural objects such as the spiral. Since the regeneration of the Olympic Park and East Village, there have been a lot of modern buildings and structures with interesting shapes and designs. None of these are brutalist buildings however they were all very unusual shapes which contrasts with the classic brutalist photographs.
Overall I think the shoot went well and I got a chance to capture the main interesting buildings there, I really like how the edited images came out because the atmosphere is quite dark and gloomy which goes quite well with the typical London landmark. I think the photos would've come out better if I'd gotten closer and gotten some shots looking up from beneath. These photos do have a lot of negative space in them which is one of the formal elements.
Reflection and Flipping
Shinichi Higashi
Shinichi has mainly focused his shots on the light coming from cars and other motor vehicles that have gone past the overpass that the photographer is standing on throughout the night, which has made these beautiful bright trails of light. He also decided that instead of just having one bend in the road he would make an exact copy to make the photograph symmetrical which for me makes the photo more futuristic and a Sci-fi sort of feel.
The I reason I chose this photographer was because i just liked the way they used the slow shutter speed technique to capture light from the headlights and tail lights of the cars that were passing under the overpass. The fact Shinichi has edited the photograph to make the light stand out a lot more than what it would have done in the first place and given the white light from the headlights more blue than white.
The I reason I chose this photographer was because i just liked the way they used the slow shutter speed technique to capture light from the headlights and tail lights of the cars that were passing under the overpass. The fact Shinichi has edited the photograph to make the light stand out a lot more than what it would have done in the first place and given the white light from the headlights more blue than white.
First Response
Applied Force
Francois Delfosse
FRANÇOISE DELFOSSE born in Namur, Belgium is a respected architect and photographer who is best known for his series of work 'Antartica in a bag' where he used plastic bags to replicate the setting of Antarica. He says that the images were taken in a “glacier cave just North of the South Pole”, before adding that they are “viewed from the inside of a plastic bag”. The following examples below are examples of Delfosse's work:
FRANÇOISE DELFOSSE born in Namur, Belgium is a respected architect and photographer who is best known for his series of work 'Antartica in a bag' where he used plastic bags to replicate the setting of Antarica. He says that the images were taken in a “glacier cave just North of the South Pole”, before adding that they are “viewed from the inside of a plastic bag”. The following examples below are examples of Delfosse's work:
My Response
In this task I was required to choose a range of different media and materials and experiment using a range of different forces on them. Considering such actions as pressing, crushing, pushing, pulling, prising or stretching.
White Paper Test
Brendan Austin
Austin's series "Paper Mountains" features landscapes made up of crumpled pieces of paper. He examines what we mean by nature and the way in which humans have impacted this. His photographs depict the thousands of details within one singular focal point through his technique. He does this by manipulating with perspective so that when viewing his Paper Mountain collection we feel as though the paper is a mountain because of the scale Austin achieves. Furthermore, texture is another key detail in his work, this is accomplished through the obvious focus on detail within the paper/mountain. The high contrast of the photographs emphasises these bold details in his pictures.
My Response
In the task I was required to take photographs of a piece of paper, I could rip, fold or scrunch pieces of paper and here is the result. The shoot was inspired by Austin's 'paper mountains' series.
FORCE OF MOVEMENT
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English-American photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge, believing it to be similarly archaic.
Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English-American photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge, believing it to be similarly archaic.
Three Strands
Force of Colour
Ignacio Torres
Ignacio Torres was born in the US/Mexico border in El Paso, Texas and received a B.F.A. magna cum laude from the University of North Texas. Currently, Torres lives and works in New York City and is known for his cyanotype portraiture of Latinxs, which have a distinctly cyan blue color. Torres attributes his practice to his border upbringing and the Chicano culture he grew up in.
His work involves the use of alternative photographic processes that require extensive manual work. The principal concern of his work investigates identity, othering, migration and the physical or invisible borders that we vacillate between. Torres's use of botany serves as a symbol to the threat of plant life created by man made borders and references the historical use the cyanotype process. His work was recently exhibited as part of a group show held by JW Anderson in London.
Ignacio Torres was born in the US/Mexico border in El Paso, Texas and received a B.F.A. magna cum laude from the University of North Texas. Currently, Torres lives and works in New York City and is known for his cyanotype portraiture of Latinxs, which have a distinctly cyan blue color. Torres attributes his practice to his border upbringing and the Chicano culture he grew up in.
His work involves the use of alternative photographic processes that require extensive manual work. The principal concern of his work investigates identity, othering, migration and the physical or invisible borders that we vacillate between. Torres's use of botany serves as a symbol to the threat of plant life created by man made borders and references the historical use the cyanotype process. His work was recently exhibited as part of a group show held by JW Anderson in London.
MY RESPONSE
In the task, I used coloured smoke grenades to create an interesting effect with them. I found the use of the red smoke grenade was a lot easier to get a good picture. The reason I used these is to take Torres' work and change it into my own and I thought it would be cool to create different patterns and then edit it to change the colours
Self Evaluation: With the red/pink grenades, the shoot turned out much better. I think this was because the yellow smoke grenade was our first attempt and we had to get the right exposure as well as shutter speed with the iso. Because we needed a higher shutter speed to capture the smoke clearly, we had to heighten the iso but still keep the image nice and not grainy.
Edited Images
WWW: I really like how the edited images came out and how I could colour grade them to look how they did. The light shining in the background goes really well with the smoke and subject in the foreground. I think I had a good location for the shoot as well in the forest and the bridge really adds some variation to the shot
EBI: I think I would go to some abandoned places next time and use spray paint in the background to have an interesting contrast and maybe used powdered paint as well to change the type of shoot and needing to change the settings to have a higher shutter speed.
EBI: I think I would go to some abandoned places next time and use spray paint in the background to have an interesting contrast and maybe used powdered paint as well to change the type of shoot and needing to change the settings to have a higher shutter speed.
Force of Movement
Kevin Batangan
In this shoot inspired by Kevin Batangan I went into London to take part in a parkour event, I decided to take some photos for FORCE OF MOVEMENT. I tried to get some unique shots. I think parkour is an amazing sport that brings people together and needs more recognition which is why I chose it as my movement strand. The force of how the body works and gets you to places and does incredible things is really important. I think a lot of people don't know how to explore this range of movement which parkour often gets people to do
I think this shoot turned out quite well and shows what a range of movement the body than make with its environment. I edited the photos to make some minor adjustments but I think even without the editing the message would be the same. I also shot at different locations within Waterloo and Stratford with some of the best UK athletes. It was an amazing experience. However next time I would spend more time taking photos around different locations to get more varied shots
Force of Darkness
A lot of people are afraid of the dark but for me I think it's a really good opportunity to go out and take photos of my surroundings. For these shoots I was in France for a bit and there was a massive forest fire which was really scary as people in the village next to ours were being evacuated. But I also went to rivers and took photos of the sky. I think one of the hardest parts about shooting in low light is getting the right manual focus as well as the right shutter speed.
For these photos I took pictures of the city at night and day and then masked the sky with another type of sky. I think the second one worked much better than the first partly due to I knew what I was doing and had more practice with trial and error as well as the horizon being a lot easier to mask. However next time I would take more photos and use my own sky photos to mask in.
Second Response
For this shoot I was in London and went to my local station to get some photos at night because of all the lights and the environment thats there to photograph. I think because of all the ambient light there you really notice the contrast between that and the sky which has a sense of darkness being quite overwhelming and scary but there's a light to it as well and its not bad. However I also took it metaphorically and I guess if you're mentally in a dark place, there is light eventually and you will come out being ok.
Interim Final Piece
Well done Nicky you have been working hard the unit is coming together but can you please follow the points below to continue to improve.
1) make sure to introduce each section clearly stating your intentions for the shoot
2) Move over movement giffs and from your movement unit to improve this section
3) Upload your other two strands and make sure to have a link artist for each strand
4) Decide which strand you want to develop further.
5) Make referenc eto the formal element you have used in each shoot you have created.
1) make sure to introduce each section clearly stating your intentions for the shoot
2) Move over movement giffs and from your movement unit to improve this section
3) Upload your other two strands and make sure to have a link artist for each strand
4) Decide which strand you want to develop further.
5) Make referenc eto the formal element you have used in each shoot you have created.