Project Plan

For this project, I have decided to make a diptych, the inspiration for my final piece was a series of work that Jennifer Loeber did. A diptych consists of two photographs next to each other that can be interpreted in their own way, usually they will be linked in some way to tell a story. Jennifer Loeber made a series of photographs called 'Left Behind' after her mother died and found old photographs of her mother and decided as a way to deal with her grief and mourning, she would make something to celebrate her mother's life rather than mourn it and so that's how Left Behind was made. She used the old photographs and then took photographs of objects that related to the chosen old photograph. I think this is a really good idea and I think it could work well as a final idea, which is why I have chosen it for my final piece. I am going to be using a photograph of my grandma and granddad who have both passed away and the item linked to this photograph is my grandma's locket which she always wore and the locket also has a photograph of my granddad inside.

I have had a few other ideas, such as a double exposure or using an old photograph and projecting it onto me how I look now, as that can be seen as old and new but I really liked the idea of a diptych as it can be more personal to me and I think they can work really well. I was looking at Matt Wisniewski's work as my idea for a double exposure because I liked his work and it could show old and new as he uses portraits and
 then uses another photo of nature, such as the ocean, trees, clouds. Wisniewski creates digital collages  and blends fashion and nature together, he does this to try and create surreal images.

 These are some examples of the sort of thing I would have tried to recreate as I think they show old and new quite nicely as it's a portrait of someone that is obviously quite modern and then of natural elements which are old.

Installation

Installation art is 3D designed to transform the perception of space. Installations can be permanent or temporary and can be constructed in museums and galleries or public and private spaces.

I really like these images and I think they're very creative and there's loads of different things you could make.

Photoshop Techniques

Crumpled Paper
For this effect you need a white background, a second layer and a photo of some crumpled paper. You need to change the photo to sepia and then you need to change the blending mode and the opacity.

Cyanotype
To create a cyanotype effect you need to open your photo in photoshop then select image > adjustments > hue saturation > cyanotype.

Photo in Text
Open the photo you want to put into your text, duplicate the layer and then add a blank layer between the two you have already got, fill this layer with white. Select layer 1 then you add your text after pressing the text button, once that's done, you need to drag the text below layer 1, then you need to create a clipping mask.

Black and white film grain

Black and White

Black and White
I went around the college grounds looking for things to photograph to represent old and new. I took a photograph of some trees to show old but included the lights and took a photograph of the graffiti on the old buildings. I like the first photograph on the second row down and I think it shows old a new, with the trees and people. Some of the images are a bit under exposed or over so I had to mess about with my camera settings but I got a few good photographs and I think they show the idea of old and new quite well.

Evaluation

This photograph was taken in New York and shows the Statue of Liberty. I didn't plan on taking this specific photograph but when I looked back at the photographs I took I was really happy with the outcome, however I could have improved the composition, rather than cropping out the bottom half of the stand. I think the exposure is correct, the photograph is neither too dark nor too bright and I like how the sky looks as the background. The photograph is at a slight jaunty angle but I think it works well, I also like the composition because all your attention is focused on the Statue itself.