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.

Third Post.

http://www.choppedliver.info/people-in-trouble-contacts/ People In Trouble Series. 'The Belfast Exposed Archive occupies a small room on the first floor at 23 Donegal Street and contains over 14,000 black-and-white contact sheets, documenting the Troubles in Northern Ireland. These are photographs taken by professional photo-journalists and ‘civilian’ photographers, chronicling protests, funerals and acts of terrorism as well as the more ordinary stuff of life: drinking tea; kissing girls; watching trains.' I find this series of images fascinating, they are a very strong selection of photographs. Broomberg and Channerin are producing some very interesting work, and they recently won the deutsche borse award. This series of images is taken from the Belfast Exposed Archive, they show marks on them where people would often come in and deface them, it's because of people wishing to hide their identity. I think this adds to the images, they have this sort of playfulness which works quite well with the horrible context of the images.

Second Post

These are Two collage images made by Richard Vergez. Beautiful Decay (October 25, 2011 by Russ Crest) These are constructed images, they are made by cutting and sticking. Richard Vergez has been influenced by the DaDa Movement, his images are very simple yet aesthetically pleasing. I want to focus my work towards collage and found imagery at the moment, so I'm looking at a lot of artists who use this in their work. I think although the images look very strong they have a sort of sensibility to them, they aren't cluttered, they are just simple and straight forward which draws me in to them even more.

First Post.

Image taken from the British Journal Of Photography. John Stezaker. Since I was first introduced to John Stezakers work last year, I have been fascinated with it an the way the images come together in this sort of unnatural way. This image is one of his film portrait collages.I think we can say that this image works as a contemporary piece of art, it uses the cut and stick technique to create this almost spontaneous aesthetic. All his imagery is constructed, he uses found photographs, film stills, post cards and anything else he finds relevant. Although there is a huge debate whether or not he can call him self a photographer, I think his work is very thought provoking and aesthetically pleasing, his work is relevant to todays photographic practice, and is becoming more an more popular. I hope to use similar methods in my work in the future.