Shooting plan 2.

This is my second shooting plan for the film I am planning to shot. I'm hoping to shot these photographs on a 35mm black and white film.

Contact sheets 1.

This is my first planned photo shoot. I planned to take these photographs for my first 35mm black and white film.

Objects.

Below are a few of my photographs I took to be added to my instillation by hanging them from the string that I plan to use to form the structure of my instillation. These objects will relate to chosen people that I also plan to use in my instillation I then plan to use different coloured string to show different people.

I used a Digital SLR to take these pictures with the flash setting on. I also decided that I wanted to use a plan white background that would allow my objects to stand out and also show some shadowing from the objects. 

I used object belong to people of all ages and both male and female. I think from looking at the objects you can sort of understand how I am trying to make connections within my own work. 

Large outdoor installations.

Here are a few digital photographs I took as part of my experimentation further into this final exam project. Theses were inspired by Catherine Ulitsky. I have looked at Catherine's work before to produce large instillations around man mad areas like buildings. This time I decided I would reproduce a large scale instillation outdoors amongst a small tree. I used black coloured string but if I was to redo this experiment I might try using different coloured string to see what stands out best and maybe even a different location. 

I then set about adding photographs in amongst the string and branches. I like this outcome. By using a digital SLR you are unable to select the area that is in focus. This image shows the photograph in the background is more in focus then the small buds in the foreground. 

These two photographs in the photographs are black and white which is different two the others I took. I do not think the effect that is show look as good as the ones with the coloured photographs. This is because the dark branches and the shadowing produce by the rest of its surroundings seems to make the whole image dark and gloomy. This is not something that would normally catch my attention as part of the audience. 

The photograph in this image is not in focus, I like that it means you can't see the identity of the person in the photograph. This is great as it also helped me when looking for more inspiration. I enjoyed being able to climb the tree to hang photographs and twist string. I think by having fun it change the who project.

Exam review.

To start this project I was to choose a theme that would influence me throughout the rest of this final project. I started by choosing two themes that would let me experiment to start with until I chose 'Inner Character'. This lead to me experimenting with transgender and cross-dressing. I asked a male friend to model for me in women's clothing. These photographs were great to look at as the model was very uncomfortable doing this but the backgrounds were not neat enough. I was unsure on this theme as it was slightly hard to be original with my own ideas instead of following other photographers work.

My second theme was 'Space'. I researched a few artists/photographers that experimented with space. I liked the work of Alban Grosdidier. He gets models to lay in a tank/bath of water and photographs them and their expressions. The idea behind this is that they are limited with the amount of space they have and the volume of water makes the space more confined almost as if they are experimented myself with doing this but again it had no uniqueness to it. 

I decided to go with my second theme of space. With this I continued to look at other artists work. I came across ......   She using large amounts of string and connects multiple points in a room so that there is a connection. I experimented with using stairs to connect the parallel lines of the stairs to the structure of the banister and the surrounding space. This was great fun as well as the outcome look something similar to a spider web. I then experimented with the water photographers and using pins and thread I connected the points together again making a flat image into something 3 dimensional. 

I wish to experiment further with the use of string connected different areas. I am planning on connecting tree branches to each other with brightly coloured string so that the dullness of the tree bark will make the string stand out. I will photograph this as evidence using both film and digital camera. I will then gather small man made objects and hang them from the tree and string I hope that this will lead to another level of developments. Finally using the string still I intend to get a model to get in amongst the string as if they are confined to small movements and they are stuck their against their will. I also hope that facial expressions with help give a narrative.

For inspiration I looked at the work of Alban Grosdidier as well as Cindy Sherman and Diane Arbus. I have also come across the work of Dryden Goodwin, Lucy Dobinson and Maurizo Anzeri who will inspire me when experimented a little bit more.

Within the last two weeks of preparation before the exam I intend to process and develop the photographs I have taken of the string with both objects and people in. I then hope to be able to start an installation piece with the photographs I have taken and printed will be hanging from areas of the string with further string connecting the people to their belongs or maps of places.

In-depth analysis of Lucy Dobinson.

I researched the work of Lucy Dobinson. Lucy is a Fashion Photography student studying at The London College of Fashion. Within Lucy's portfolio of work she created a project called 'Claustrophobia'. This was a video put together from still images of female models being positioned in small, box-like spaces. 

These models were simply wearing tights that had been cut and positioned over their breast and genatels as well as cut and placed over the models faces. The different coloured tights can show the difference within the spaces that they are positioned in. The darker tights are used in the darker images and smaller space. In the second photograph there is more lighting and the natural coloured tights help depict this. I think the difference in colour works well in the sense that it adds another texture to images. The material also hides the identity of the person modelling within Lucy's work. 

The title of these pieces tells you exactly what you need to know about what the project is depicting. I think that this work could be related to a personal experience possibly Lucy herself could suffer from anxiety attacks caused by feeling claustrophobia. I believe that this work could be classed as portraiture in the sense that it face is the main focus of the photograph as this is what your drawn to because it is covered with material. However, this could also be seen as shock art as this is not normally something that you would imagine to see which is why I believe that this work got such a great reaction.

I think that there is a deeper meaning behind the work that shows that there are many people that suffer from claustrophobia and that is almost 'normal' to experience these feelings and emotions in day to day life. This is what leads me to think that Lucy may suffer from anxiety attacks herself.

The use of material gives another dimension to the image. I think this leaves the audience wanting to see who this female might be. I also think that it adds to the emotions that someone that suffers from attacks would experience because by adding further aspects to the image that would normally effect them it makes them see that this feeling is shared.

I chose to look at Lucy's project 'claustrophobia' as it helped me to see another side to claustrophobia that is a little more dramatic and exaggerated to a level that is more understandable, this then helped me to work on my own series of images and outcomes that revolve around claustrophobia. My personal opinion on this work is that I love that the images seem simple to create yet they are extremely effective. This has inspired me to produce a large scale installation that would be surrounded by photographic portraits and experiments of the people belongings. 

Entrapment & Claustrophobia.

As part of this project I decided that I would look a the feeling of being trapped or even claustrophobic. I decided to add this research to my project as I decided that I wanted to show this within my work but I needed to gain a better understating first.

Claustrophobia is the fear of not being able to escape or being within a confined space. It is known as an anxiety disorder and can often lead to a panic attack. Sometimes even being in a with no windows or wearing tight necked clothing can cause these panic attacks.
Typically there are a few symptoms being the fear of restriction and a fear of suffocation. Being within a small room, a car, train, tunnel, elevators, crash washes or again even clothing can trigger the fear. In the world there is between 5% and 7% of the population that suffers from cases of claustrophobia.
Its not necessarily the fear of the space itself but more the fear of what could happen within the space. Claustrophobia often lead to the feeling of suffocation.

Many claustrophobics remove clothing during attacks, believing it will relieve the symptoms. However most claustrophobics do everything in their power to avoid these situations.

I have decided to take a series of photographs related to this fear of being claustrophobic and the fear of the un-known that could possibly lead to a panic attack.