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.
