I received a new brief today titled 'In The City', and have done some research to help me begin my ideasflow!
Eugene Atget is a historical reference when looking at how people photographed the city. Here is a quote off an art historian that my lecturer found in the briefing:
‘Despite Atget’s limited background in the visual arts, he saw photography as a good source of income, selling his photographs to artists in the nearby town of Montparnasse. He advertised his photographs as “documents for artists.” It was common practice at the time for painters to paint scenes from photographs…’
Although not the type of photography I want to do in my project, I thought looking at Eugene Atget's work was influenctial in looking at the history of the cityscape and where it all started.
 |
| Philip Lorca diCorcia |
Philip Lorca di Corcia
“What is the city but the people?” – William Shakespeare, Coriolanus
Philip Lorca diCorcia used candid photography as part of some of his work, and this is something I want to try out. I love the way the beauty of these photographs stems from the fact the person is unaware that there photograph is being taken. I want to capture this as part of my research into this project, to see if it is something I could take further into my final idea.
 |
| Jan Staller |
 |
| Jan Staller |
I like the work of Jan Staller, photographed in New York, because of the slow shutter speeds that have captured the city at night. I think it would be nice to go into Manchester at night and photograph the lights and people who hang about at night to see what happens and if I can get some good photographs from the experience!
I think that photographing candid shots of people in the city would be a good idea to start me off on my journey of photographing city life, as I have not done this before and would feel quite uncomfortable without the experience.
No comments:
Post a Comment