Evaluation

The work i produced for my final consist of Polaroid frame and large scale images. My images reflect a fine art approach and reflect on the photographers state of mind while constructing images that reflect on the body language and framing of the subject matter, all while keeping the subject matters identity anonymous as its irrelevant to the theme and concept of the project. The concept is diverse and is made up from a various aspects as in influential artists as well as personal experiences.

I think the work I have produced has had an exceedingly positive outcome and has been and experimental process throughout in which my work constantly developed and progressed. I found using Polaroid’s became a personal journey in which experimenting with changing the contrasting colours with the use of  distorting the flash gave me the technical ability I looked forward to re shooting Polaroid now that I obtained this new found technique. I think that I successfully expanded on my minor project and was able to take it in a new direction and explore other techniques other than darkroom.

However I did run into some difficulties throughout my project. As I shot using Polaroid film this became really expensive as it is so hard to get hold of. The reason this became a problem was because I was restricting myself and possibly missing great shots because I didn't want to waste film. This wouldn't have been a problem if I was to shoot digital. However the outcomes weren't the same and digital images just didn't possess the same qualities as Polaroid’s. It was also not easy going and enjoyable some aspects where difficult when I felt images where printing exceptionally light with a bland image. But after many attempts and becoming comfortable in the use of using Polaroid’s I felt it became apparent that this genre and style of work was really something that I had adapted as my own technique.

Looking back there a few things I may have done a little differently and that would have been to explore and document more images using different techniques so I could really access different styles photography as research while progressing in using Polaroid’s. Other things that I would consider changing is how I format my work in terms of how I intend to display my work.

Overall I think my major project has some exceedingly memorable break through on a personal level and I feel that this is something I would continue in the future so it a project that’s finished yet can be picked up and continued in the future. I believe I exceeded everything I had hoped to have achieved and believe that the personal journey has been put across and displayed in a manor that’s understandable yet still has aspects of other genres of photography portraying throughout. 

Final major images

Andy Warhols use of polaroid

Andy Warhol is a prime example of photographers who use Polaroid as a form of platform for exhibition work and a excellent example of how Polaroids are one of kind and something everyone should try with the above photos recently been sold for a substantially about of money.


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How images reflect can reflect a photographers state of mind

If you don’t know what is wrong with you, how do you know how to fix it? For me, actually being diagnosed with Anxiety and Panic Disorder came as a relief! It meant that I wasn't imagining the awful symptoms I’d been experiencing.

Panic disorder

If you experience panic attacks that seem completely unpredictable and you can’t identify what triggers them, you might be given a diagnosis of panic disorder.

Experiencing panic disorder can mean that you feel constantly afraid of having another panic attack, to the point that this fear itself can trigger your panic attacks.

Never knowing when I was going to get a panic attack was the worst feeling in the world.

This is a personal post that reflects on how a photographer state of mine can subconsciously have an effect on the work you produce.For example i think  that the work i produce is a reflective on the way i process thoughts and self trauma.Suffering from anxiety i think is a common factor in the majority of people that in the sense everyone experiences it at some point.Yet more with people who have a creative nature like my self.I believe this is reflected in my current series of images using Polaroids in which all the subject matters that have taken place are unidentifiable and have the theme of distorted and isolation.I think this links in with the feeling of anxiety.

 http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/anxiety-disorders/#.VVX8CvlVhBc

Christopher Makos: Polaroids

This you tube video shows the photographer Christopher Makos displaying his Polaroid work and discussing the meaning it behind it .This is relevant to my major because of the way the photographer display his work.

analysis on primary images

   

 I think the image above is a strikingly strong photo in the terms on composition and lighting yet this image doesn't quite fit into the category  of the images i propose to exhibit as final pieces.As i have created a series of work that has consistent with no model identity which i believe is what makes the images more asthmatically pleasing to view.

Analysis of continuing work

         The way i structure and use composition is important in my images because shooting the structure and body language of the subject matter is important,the space that divides the subject from the foreground is used correctly .Prime example  is the two above images of my own work.The above image i personally think that the composition is used wisely with barely no background making the subject matter both foreground and background and nothing that diverts the attention of the viewer.