Exercise 5.7: Prepare your artist statement.
Before starting Assignment Five I looked at what others had done in the field of photographing the ugly and unsightly. Keith Arnett in I'm a Real Photographer and Fay Godwin in Our Forbidden Land both gave me leads.
In my work I like to direct the viewer's eye to the not often seen or ironic. In the image Welcome to Dover I have attempted to make Dover look mean and miserable with the juxtaposition of the Welcome to Dover sign and the buildings. Likewise by photographing the gas holder through the broken fencing I have endowed the image with a degree of desolation that it may not otherwise have had.
The more seriously I take my photography the fewer photographs I take. There are times when a scene must be recorded regardless of the light, framing or equipment. Given the opportunity I will return and improve a shot. While there is always Cartier Bresson's Decisive Moment and the time when the light is perfect I would rather have any shot than none.
In Assignment Five I have used, with one exception, black and white so that the viewer's eye is not distracted. This is a technique I have not often used in recent times but will use it more often.
In my work I like to direct the viewer's eye to the not often seen or ironic. In the image Welcome to Dover I have attempted to make Dover look mean and miserable with the juxtaposition of the Welcome to Dover sign and the buildings. Likewise by photographing the gas holder through the broken fencing I have endowed the image with a degree of desolation that it may not otherwise have had.
The more seriously I take my photography the fewer photographs I take. There are times when a scene must be recorded regardless of the light, framing or equipment. Given the opportunity I will return and improve a shot. While there is always Cartier Bresson's Decisive Moment and the time when the light is perfect I would rather have any shot than none.
In Assignment Five I have used, with one exception, black and white so that the viewer's eye is not distracted. This is a technique I have not often used in recent times but will use it more often.
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