Display and finals decision

This set of images is the safe bet just in case I cant get my multiple exposure images done in time. These are all strong images that are asexual so they don't suggest the sex of the model therefore it is unsexualised.

This last template is the strongest three images from all that I have taken in my opinion however the movement image looks out of place against the other two.

After measuring these images up on the wall it would be a very tight squeeze to fit any of the above templates. If the student next to me has work that is spread out then my work will look cramped.

After measuring the intended print size up against the proposed wall it turns out that I won't be able to have three in a column because one would be on the floor.

 I feel that this template would look awkward because the two images above are collectively wider than the bottom image if it was to scale.

This is the only template that won't look awkward or squashed. It includes 2 of my favourite pieces and I think that they compliment each other especially if I can print them correctly. However I am determined to get my motion image into the show so I will have to ask, request and take any chance I can get to have that image included.

Printing

I have decided that I am going to do the printing myself which means that I will have to buy very big paper and for greater quality I will also have to use fibre based paper. FB paper is very sensitive to touch, flexing and chemicals so I will have to be very careful with it. 

I have decided that due to limitations in the darkroom and cost I am going to buy and use this paper. However I don't think that I need 50 sheets. As I was talking to a tutor she showed interest in it and proposed to split the price in half for half the sheets; I agreed to this proposition.

FB paper has a tendency to curl and wrinkle as it dries so if I can make it dry as flat as possible and get it heat pressed onto a mount board with an adhesive tissue in between then it shouldn't be a problem.

Fifth Shoot

Using a Bronica ETRS medium format camera I was able to produce 15 images.

I find that the multiple exposure images from this shoot was simply too surreal or gave the wrong message to the audience however the motion images that I have experimented with are very strong. 13 and 14 are too detailed and show the identity of the model which isn't what I wanted and 12 was poorly timed. However 11 was perfectly timed, doesn't show details and has stages in the exposure giving it the impression of a multiple exposure instead of a 1 second exposure.

Forth Shoot

I was using a Bronica ETRS medium format camera. Very few of these images were exposed or developed successfully.

From this I found that it would be a lot harder than expected to take strong images as a lot of these are much too confusing, I would class most of them as surreal pieces. Some of them have a strange bubble effect over them which is most likely from the development stage. If not enough developer was used then this might happen. Since as I cannot confirm how this effect occurred and most are not as strong as previous images I have taken so I won't be using any of these.

Pierre Boucher

After viewing a lot of Boucher's work I can determine that he was a great admirer of the female form as a large percentage of it included women's body and/or face. I would also regard him as an avant garde photographer; meaning that he experimented greatly with different techniques and subjects.He has contributed a lot to the photography culture determining what is acceptable and possible with modern and contemporary photography.

This image is called Two Nudes (overlapped) and was taken in 1935 which would suggest that this image was taken on film. I really admire the skill that is took to make this image. As single images I understand how hard it is to get these positions without creating lens flare from the light as I have previously attempted single images like this. One image is an angled view of the models back, bum, upper thighs and shoulders. The other is a side view of her with her arm up and shoulders angled inwards slightly revealing a toned back, it also shows the side of her breast and bum. One image has the model completely illuminated from the right and lower left whilst the other has the very edge of her skin illuminated so that the rest of the body is covered in shadow, I am sure there is another source of light from above the model as well displayed on the raised arm. Using the light tones from the first image is also shows details of the other that might not have been visible before. Since as he was an avant garde; it would explain the reasoning behind the double exposure. The subject is directly in the middle of the image where the model seems to blend into one and the shapes merge.

Third shoot

I wanted to test some film that I have never used before because of work by Paul Himmel where the grain makes a texture on the image and diffuses the detail in the image. I was using Ilford Delta 3200 on my Olympus OM10 35mm camera. Due to the effects that appeared during the last shoot I was really interested to see the result. 

These show that the camera still works as it should and the effects in the last shoot must have just been an anomaly. Attempting to recreate some of Himmels work was unsuccessful so I decided to attempt my own style again. Two images have appeared to be quite strong however I am unsure if they are strong enough. 

 I find this image very angelic if you take it that the hand is her own. If not; and you take it as it is someone else's hand I think this image becomes quite sinister. It feels like someone is trying to claim her or take the innocence from her. This could even be interpreted as a child becoming a woman.

I really like this image because of it's simplicity. The subject is only on the right leaving the left as space to emphasis the importance that her standing there might communicate. Focus on the subject is very soft, which is a feature of the film and the amount of grain that it produces. I think that it might have been more effective if I hadn't cut the models curve off the edge of the frame but I still think its very effective.

These images are still too similar to the sort of work I have previously produced. I think that I will continue with the multiple exposure work as the images are very strong, appealing, test my ability on taking the images and selecting which are best overall.

Frances Bruguiere

 Taken in 1926 this image is simply called 'Multiple Exposures.' Due to the time period that this image was taken in, I am sure that it was taken on black and white film, before digital photography was invented. Through this image I can tell there is at least 4 exposures. Bruguiere has photographed the model is specific positions where they must have known that lines clashed or blended effectively to show areas of detail and shapes that we recognise. Even though the image is black and white it seems to have a warm tone which might be due to it's age or the type of paper that was used. There are very bright highlights and rich, deep blacks. This image reminds me of work by Picasso during his cubism period because I think that a lot of the image is formed by individual shapes, similar his work.