Fragments
Anastasia Savinova Sun Ji
Sweden-based artist Anastasia Savinova found herself traveling through cities across different countries, looking closely at the architecture of the culture that inhabits them. ‘I take pictures of buildings, look into windows sneakily, go to local shops, flea markets and bars, watch everyday life — all this helps to build the feeling of the place,’ savinova says. in identifying the key differences and similarities between the habitable spaces, savinova uses the collected visual material as the foundation for a series of large-scale collages, which integrate several images with dozens of associations into a single amalgamated architectural representation.
Sun Ji, a Shanghai-born artist whose photo collages suggest a nuanced view of the city’s past and present. A curator says the 29-year-old artist’s two-part “Memory City” series is “part cubist collage and part hyperreal landscape.” In one work from his “Memory City I” series, Sun juxtaposes black-and-white photographs of factories, smokestacks, and industrial errata. Glimpsed from across an art gallery, the kitchen-window-sized collage resembles a real photograph. But move closer, and the skewed lines of perspective and improbably dense arrangement of buildings reveal a whimsical critique of China’s late-twentieth-century economic “miracle.”
Fragments of the city
I have taken multiple photos of fragmented parts of the city which have come in different structures. Each image has its own features and patterns but overall are all fragmented. I have taken most of my shots in the day time because its easier to spot and photo fragmented structures.
This building has many windows which acts as fragments. If we look even closer the bricks that have been used to build this building are all fragments as their are multiple.
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This photo is effective because not only was the London eye fragmented by its multiple metal structures, but the tree that was captured in front of it. The tree has many branches pointing outward due to the weather conditions causing the leaves to fall off.
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In this photo it is easy to spot the fragmented holes in the metal.
Taking this photo at the right time of day is key as in the day time the light can shine through the holes compared to night time as no light will shine through and will not be as effective. |
Here is a metal fence with multiple bended metal structures each lined up in rows. Balance was a key factor in taking this photo as I had not tripod and ha dot have a still hand a focus.
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A series of buildings t on opposite sides are all fragmented in their own way as in the materials they are made out of. the people in the middle can be seen as fragments as their are many of them.
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This photo is very effective and eye capturing. The multiple glass blocks as well as the reflection of another building makes it stand out as it is not only showing fragments of this building but the other one too.
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This building has multiple large windows and similar triangular points. This really stands out making the building look unreal. The black window compared to the grey metal helps with the contrast.
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Fragments of the windows are portrayed in this image a length and width of the building increase this capacity.
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My response
I have gotten all my fragments of the city and placed them into on fragmented structure to create a city of its own. Each building structure is placed somewhere on the picture as I try to make it look as realistic as possible.
Patrick Cornillet
In this series, elements of architecture were taken out of their environment and reconstituted in the form of objects on a white background. The infinite nuances of concrete, make us aware of the wealth of the material and of the remains left by the humans and by Time passing by. Even if the architectures seem austere, spaces seeming uninhabited, dehumanised, Cornillet creates a particular poetry and a mesmerising mysticism.
In this series, elements of architecture were taken out of their environment and reconstituted in the form of objects on a white background. The infinite nuances of concrete, make us aware of the wealth of the material and of the remains left by the humans and by Time passing by. Even if the architectures seem austere, spaces seeming uninhabited, dehumanised, Cornillet creates a particular poetry and a mesmerising mysticism.
On each image taken I have used photoshop to change the natural background to a white background. This creates a sense of isolation on each images but also a sense of focus on each one. By doing this it highlights the more hidden parts of architecture you may not necessarily focus on such as the small cracks and scratches on the concrete. Furthermore isolating each image can portray the age or ageing of each architectural structure.
Dan Toben Smith
English artist and photographer Dan Tobin Smith created and photographed a series of powder installations for Paris-based Exhibition Magazine’s ‘Powder’ issue. Working with set designer Barry Cox to configure muted rooms in which colored powder was then released, Tobin Smith succeeded in realizing the potential of the underrated substance. The results are ethereal, dream-like and pleasing to the eye. Tobin Smith specializes in installation art, and counts the likes of Acne Paper, Wallpaper*, Louis Vuitton and Alexander McQueen amongst his clients.
Fragments Of Man Made Objects
In each photo I have taken in this section I have isolated and object behind a white background with a close range shot and a further away one. This is to show the differences in the same image from different distances.Taking a photograph of an image further away sometimes hides key features in that image. Taking closer range photos has a better effect on picking up small details that can't be seen by the human eye easily .Different objects have different features that is why I have taken photographs of different ones. The importance of this is to see how objects differentiate in terms of the range of the photo.
Fragments Of Nature
Myoung Ho Lee
Myoung Ho Lee, a young artist from South Korea, has produced an elaborate series of photographs that pose some unusual questions about representation, reality, art, environment and seeing. Simple in concept, complex in execution, he makes us look at a tree in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature by presenting it on an immense white ground, as one would see a painting or photograph on a billboard.
I was able to take 2 photographs of each image, one that was further away and a close up which really emphasises the difference between the same image. What I have realised from this piece of work is that their is alot more to nature than what just the eye catches. Furthermore I have used not only natural objects but had found a living bug that I was able to catch a shot of.
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Andreus Gursky
Andreas Gursky is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often employing a high point of view born January 15, 1955, Leipzig, East Germany. German photographer known for his monumental digitally manipulated photographs that examine consumer culture and the busyness of contemporary life. His unique compositional strategies result in dramatic images that walk the line between representation and abstraction.
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Fragments of a Person
Kaylynn Devney
When Albert Hastings was eighty-five years old, photographer KayLynn Deveney moved near his small flat in Wales. KayLynn took notice of the small rituals and routines gardening, laundry, grocery shopping that made up Bert's life. A friendship slowly developed as KayLynn began photographing fragments of Bert's day. The two developed a simple yet effective method of storytelling with KayLynn's images and Albert's handwritten text and the project evolved into "The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings" a poignant and profound chronicle of aging, living alone, and the small things that make up our daily lives. Containing seventy-eight photographs along with poems written by Bert, his clock drawings, and personal family photographs, "The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings" gives the reader a glimpse into one man's life. We can only imagine what stories are left untold.
My response
I believe I have successfully copied the link artist technique and effectively been creative on capturing photos of the model in this photo doing different things. I have tried to capture images of a humans life doing general things humans do such as drinking water, eating, playing video games etc
Erwin Blumenfield
Erwin Blumenfeld was an American photographer of German origin. He was born in Berlin, and in 1941 emigrated to the United States, where he soon became a successful and well-paid fashion photographer, working as a free-lancer for Harper's Bazaar, Lifeand American Vogue. His personal photographic work showed the influence of Dadaism and Surrealism; his two main areas of interest were death and women. He was expert in laboratory work, and experimented with photographic techniques such as distortion, multiple exposure, photo-montage and solarisation.
In this image I used a glass screen and smudge it with vaseline to create a lack of focus on the model. I used different colours with the same smudged screen which created a contrast between the pictures.The colour on the model creates a different atmosphere in each photo which gives of different vibes
3 Strands
Mikkel Rahr Mortenson
In this section I have gotten objects with similar characteristics and put them into a specific order or pattern in terms of colour, size and shape. Each image has been taken on a white background so it can stand out more.
Todd Mc Lellan
Todd McLellan’s evolution as a photographer. At age 7 he borrowed his parents’ camera. “I just remember my parents yelling at me for wasting film,” he said. “They ended up giving me a hand-me-down 110.”
Things Come Apart GalleryView Todd McLellan's stunning images of gear.
He took that on some school field trips but never really thought of photography as anything more than pictures you took on trips. After high school, he majored in graphic design at the Alberta College of Art and Design. His mother was an electronics technician. His father was a carpenter. They didn’t quite see the point. “They were like, ‘Well, why wouldn’t you just keep doing what you’re doing?’” said McLellan. “Which was just retail work.”
Things Come Apart GalleryView Todd McLellan's stunning images of gear.
He took that on some school field trips but never really thought of photography as anything more than pictures you took on trips. After high school, he majored in graphic design at the Alberta College of Art and Design. His mother was an electronics technician. His father was a carpenter. They didn’t quite see the point. “They were like, ‘Well, why wouldn’t you just keep doing what you’re doing?’” said McLellan. “Which was just retail work.”
In this section I have broken different objects to make them fragmented into pieces.
Ursus Wehril
Ursus Wehrli, a Swiss comedian and experimental artist, shows us how modern art should really look like. In his “Tidying Up Art” series, he deconstructs famous paintings, stacking up their elements by size, color or form, or by otherwise sorting out the unbearable mess of modern art.
On each photo I have taken I have categorised each item into colour codes to create a powerful sense of focus on each image. I collected items that had different shades of the same colour to create effect and suggests the differences between the same colours.
What I had noticed when doing this task is that their are many varieties of colours all around us but is sometimes not recognised by the mix up of each particular one. Furthermore I have used the link artist idea of arranging food into colour codes and created my own.
What I had noticed when doing this task is that their are many varieties of colours all around us but is sometimes not recognised by the mix up of each particular one. Furthermore I have used the link artist idea of arranging food into colour codes and created my own.
The colour pink is a bright colour but I was suprised to find a variation of different ones
Emily Blincoe
Born and raised in austin, texas. i find inspiration in faces, new places, shapes, colors, light and quiet little moments. most days you can find me wandering in the tall grass somewhere between austin and nashville with my dog, eleanor.
Enrico Becker
Enrico Becker is a German Multidisciplinary Design Student raised in Leipzig & currently living in Sydney. He believes in the transformation of ideas and that brands tell great stories. His work development is based on the desire to combine his German heritage and the Sydney lifestyle, to build bold conceptual stories and design solutions.
Enrico’s focus is on branding, packaging and editorial design, while his other experience include photography.
Final Piece
The contrast with the purple and the green back ground really makes the fruit stand out bringing a sense of focus on the illusion of the fruit being a different colour to its original colour. The apple is a mix between purple and green as the original colour of the apple was red and yellow.
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I have made the inside of the banana green. This suggests the contrast between the the yellow peel, the green and the blue swell as the pink background as a variety of colours occur in one photo.
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I have changed the colour of the orange to purple and red. In my opinion,both oranges have a very realistic perspective compared to the bananas where although I have tried my best to make as realistic as possible its has to come out as effective as the banana. Furthermore, every little aspect of the coloured changed oranges have adapted to the colour its has been changed to, for example the white parts have been slightly shaded with a red or green colour but still remain white.