Photo1Q3.24: Photograms

I wanted to achieve an extremely minimal look that had at least some bit of personality in it, thus, the objects I chose were very small. Some a little too small. If you look at the Black Panther album cover art, that's the type of minimalist approach I wanted to go for. Like before, I used various sewing materials, ties, and objects overall that didn't have too much rotundity or transparency (though, in retrospect, they would've greatly improved my final product). I was looking for simpleness, so the objects that I could use were limitless, but I somehow could not stray away from the same sewing materials I used for the sunprint assignment.

Unfortunately the materials I used were vastly undersized in comparison to the large 8x10 canvas I used. Still, I used them as best I can. My final design is a piece resembling hierarchy and power. As one climbs up the "ladder" in society, one begins to realize at a certain point that they are liable to disconnection from the rest of society. One can interpret the exact middle however they like, though I simply wanted to use patterns and repetition to create this message (in all honesty all art is up to your interpretation, I'm simply attempting to drive it toward a general perspective).

Going throughout this entire photographic process, it's easy to critique it as someone might ask why students are doing this type of work instead of legitimate photography with a camera and building skills on there. I like to think of it as the way that Karate Kid was trained. Wax on, wax off. Not training, but rather, building fundamentals through a task somewhat unrelated but has clear translations into actual photography. It all builds up, and I think that both sunprints and photograms did that well.

I would definitely would want to use larger objects if I were to redo this project. I was satisfied partially with my composition, but if I used a much more diverse range of objects, I feel that I would've been able to communicate my message much more effectively.