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week 12, Enter

 

Week 12 has been the most challenging yet.  I have been experimenting and taking photos, but I haven’t produce enough. I tried taking street candid photos, but I met challenges. First, taking the photos in broad daylight to highlight my concept does not help when the sun overshadows the digital screens. Taking the photos at night solves the problem, but then another problem is that trying to sync together the studio photos and real-life concept is very tricky. Aside from the aesthetic difference, I can not figure any way to link the two photos. So after talking to Brian again, I decided to drop the street photos. I feel like I could focus more on formulating my message If I use the TV show as a source of Inspiration. I found a couple of websites that could help me construct the message & style. Another thing I need to improve is the variety of subjects. I did many self-portraits to say I am also ‘in the problem’ but I think with more people i can give a powerful message in the picture.

Looking back over the past 11 weeks I’ve seen my use of photography growing and changing. I have better understanding of my own style and I understand better how to direct my own project. Looking forward in seeing how this turn out

A visit to National Gallery of Victoria

On Tuesday week 7 the class visited the National Gallery of Victoria to visit some of the photography exhibition to see talented works of art and hopefully get inspired by them. I saw many incredible and intriguing photos, from Bill Henson, William Eggleston, to an Indonesian contemporary photographer Edwin Roseno, the Exhilarating photos of Amusement parks by Carsten Holler, and incredibly minimalistic yet beautiful landscape by the artist born from the same land as Brian, Derek Henderson. It is very inspiring to see very different works inspired by various circumstances. Seeing all the creative works reminds me a quote from Paul Schrader that “True creativity comes from restrictions and limitations” and watching a video of Anna Akana (Youtuber) talking to an artist. Creativity comes from playing and tweaking your capability in the limited boundaries you have. That’s what makes creativity.

An big room is dedicated to William Eggleston. He is credited for introducing color photographs in the photography world. One of his first colour photograph , the guy holding the trolleys, is one of my favorite. He likes to take candid photographs, not necessarily street photographs, but it represents the culture he was in.

The Indonesian Photographer Edwin Roseno uses product packages as pots for plants, showing the direct relation between nature-then-processed result. In his description “Green Hypermarket” is Edwin’s way of how consumable packages have been a utilized in Indonesian homes. After serving it’s commercial purpose, the packages are then used by Indonesian people for plants, changing its value to preserve life.

All of the photographers in NGV inspired me to pursue my own creative style. All of their dedication in their work deserved respect. Below are some of the Picture I took in the exhibition

 

 

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