2. SAM JAVANROUH:
I have chosen this specific photograph by
Sam Javanrouh as it inspires me to create
representations of time in such a vast way.
The cityscape is a perfect way to show the
beauty in both day and night as the lights
can be seen to gradually flicker on in one
photograph and we can see how the
crowd and traffic thins throughout the
day.
I think the main message of this
photograph is how easily it can be shown
that the city can always be bursting with
life and activity at anytime, just in different
ways.
This work was made by keeping a camera
in the same place all day and using timelapse photography to set the camera to
take a photo every so often. Then these
individual photograph have been put
together most likely using Photoshop, to
easily display the gradual contrast. I may
attempt to capture a different landscape
with this same technique, instead of a
cityscape. I plan to go to spots in the
countryside where, on a clear day, you
can see along to Whitby and at night the
lights stretch across the horizon.
3. HAROLD EDGERTON
This image, taken in 1957, was an attempt at a
decisive moment photograph by Edgerton. He felt
that as well as being a photograph it’s a wonder of
science because of what the fast shutter speed
captured at a ‘stand still’.
The inclusion of the bright coloured paint that the
milk is being dropped into not only helps the centre
of the image stand out, but enhances the smallest
detail of the shape created – making the image
appear bold from what was something small and
delicate.
4. LINDA CONNOR
The star trails shown in these images are the
result of several hours of exposure that
allowed the camera to register the light.
One of the recurring subjects in the images
by Connor are light and illumination.
I think the artist links the aspects of the old
and the new through the inclusion of the
trees and rocks in the foreground of the
stellar activity that has been captured
through the passing of time and the
movement of the earth that is included in
the image.
5. HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
This image was taken over the space of ninety
minute – the average length of a feature film. It
was made with a 8 x 10 inch camera. Although
the cinema was completely full, neither the
audience or the film can be seen. This is the result
of time being captured to only show what is
sustained throughout the length of the image
being taken. Another effect of a slow shutter
speed.
6. HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
This image of the Ligurian Sea, Saviore was taken in
1982. I think the artist evokes a sense of calm and
yet – foreboding through the use of the light fading
into the dark, as the sky fades into the sea. The soft
use of focus is a result of the slow shutter speed,
which helps to create an extreme feeling of
definitive silence. I am drawn to the artist use of
the range of grey tones, which stops the image
from representing anything other than the water
and air – colourless.
7. HENRI CARTIER - BRESSON
Here a man is captured trying to leap over a large
puddle, one that his reflection can be seen in just
before he lands in. Because of this the image is seen
as a decisive moment image – an idea that Cartier
Bresson came up with himself.
The artist creates a sense of ‘living in the moment’ as
it is shown that this man took a chance and is forever
frozen in time at the point were his chance may
have went wrong. I like the way that the main
attention – the man – is silhouetted against
everything else that is shown in detail, as he is the
one in movement and he is the one that photo is
about.
8. RICHARD BILLINGHAM
This image captures Billingham’s parents
in a documentary style. His tactic was to
get in close so that the viewer felt
involved as he acknowledged his parents
in their own living space as they got on
with their lives.
I felt it would be good to look at this artist
and his documentary styled work for if I
ever decided to look away from the
technical side of Time Based Studies, and
tried capturing time with people instead.
