Final Work.

These are my final Three images. I wanted to show social divide and look at social classes within our culture today. I used a mixture of found images which I've researched into quite extensively and Google Maps, which I have also researched quite a bit. I wanted to show how we are still divided into Three separate classes ( Lower Class, Middle Class and Upper Class). I do feel as though my final outcome shows what I was trying to achieve although I do want to spend more time on it. I suppose nothing is ever finished, so I will keep on working on this and hopefully I will be able to come to some sort of artistic conclusion.

Ninth Post.

This is taken from Mishka Henner's 'Dutch Landscapes'. Google satellite view is visually very powerful when you view it in this context. I love how you can sort of structure the images by just adjusting the view slightly. The colours are very vibrant and the images seem painterly in a sort of weird way, they do not look like landscapes to me at all. I think I want to use the satellite view technique for my project to show the sort of cultural divides we have between social classes. I think by maybe collaging a mixture of these satellite views and found imagery I could create something that represents what I'm attempting to show very clearly.

Eighth Post.

This is taken by Jon Rafman in his series 'Nine Eyes'. "Within the panoramas, I can locate images of gritty urban life reminiscent of hard-boiled American street photography. Or, if I prefer, I can find images of rural Americana that recall photography commissioned by the Farm Securities Administration during the depression. I can seek out postcard-perfect shots that capture what Cartier-Bresson titled “the decisive moment,” as if I were a photojournalist responding instantaneously to an emerging event. At other times, I have been mesmerized by the sense of nostalgia, yearning, and loss in these images" I find Google maps and Google Street View fascinating. ALthough it could be seen as a breech of our privacy I think it's brilliant how you can sort of look around any streets in the world.. I sometimes go on and look at places I've heard of on the news. Jon Raffman uses it such an amazing way, he captures obscure things he sees whilst looking on street view. And looking at this series of images there are a lot of strange things that Google Camera Car must pick up.

Seventh Post.

Richard Prince. I've used this Image by Richard Prince, not because I'm particularly fond of it, but because it is relevant to the work that I want to produce for this project, as I'm using appropriation too. I think I do draw the line at using images, and this could be it.. It is just re-using an image, which to me still tells the same story as it did when it was used in an advertisement context. All that said, I am using a similar method for my project so how do I make mine different? I don't just want to use an image that I've found in a book and re-contextualise it like this image. The one thing I do like about this series from Richard Prince is the size the images are presented. I think that works really well.

Sixth Post.

These images are made by Joachim Schmid. He re uses images that are unwanted or lost and creates something new with them, by putting the into the context of 'art'. I think his work is very strong and I would consider this a very modern way to present and use found imagery. The best thing about these images, I think is that we are left to create our own response to them, they're completely ambiguous. This is definitely something I want to consider in my work, do I want people to be able to create there own ideas of the work or do I want my work to be quite obvious and tell a story..? I've recently been sourcing images from books for my project, and I find it really interesting that I'm taking something from one place and changing the context of it.. By doing this I hope to achieve something that will be contemporary.

Fifth Post.

I've become fascinated with social classes and how there is still a big divide between them. Although August Sander's images aren't current images, I feel we can still relate to them, they tell us something that is still very relevant today. Not only does he photograph his subjects in a respectful way, he manages to capture the essence of what they do for a living and how it affects their class. I want to use social classes in my work, I don't want to take any photographs, but I want to source some images from books, Magazines and the internet and come up with something modern.

Fourth Post.

BBC - Genius Of Photography. Unititled Film Still #14, 1978. Cindy Sherman has some very interesting work and this series 'Film Stills' Is one of my favourites. These images are completely constructed, and in such a simple way. "She turned a familiar children's game, 'dressing up as someone else,' into art by photographing the result. In her series called 'Untitled Film Stills' Sherman created over a hundred publicity shots reminiscent of scenes from old B movies." This is quote from the article 'Genius In Photography' which I find very relevant. Something so simple can be turned into something that seems so provocative and new, I find it fascinating. When I look at these images I feel as though I'm looking at some sort of fleeting paparazzi shot, but I know that is not true. The backgrounds work perfectly and seem so real that you wouldn't question if this was a studio set up or not. I've been really interested in constructing my own images since the start of my second year when I started this module. I think it's really important to hold some control into what you're photographing or making.