Exam Unit Intro- Life Cycle Photography

  Bill Viola- The Nantes Triptych

AESTHETICS and MEANING: The space in the picture is big, between every image there is a black gap which I think it means that before you get to that next period of your life shown you will experience and live a whole life before it destroys you. The image would be different if it would be smaller because if the gap wouldn't be there then it would seem that there is nothing you will experience in life and these are the only steps, the sense of gaps shows that people will live for a long time before death. There isn't really any elements used only water which indicates movement, this links to life because we move forward every day, we can't go back and change our past. The composition of the photo was designed, the different parts of the image relate to each other because it shows the stages of your life, birth, struggle ( the water may indicate the many stages of life you have to go through to get to where you want to) and death. The image was made by shooting a film by showing different stages of life till it got into to the end bit: death. The colours these images show are very different for each bit, at first the picture of the baby shows very peachy colours as well as natural, this means that it is very peaceful and alive. The second image shows a person in water using very deep blues and blacks which could indicate calmness, struggle and pain because blue is  very cold, misunderstanding colour. The final images uses very grey and dull colours because it links with death, this is the sad part of life thats why it is using these colours. 

PERSONAL RESPONSE: For me this photo is really inspiring because it shows the Life Cycle, it shows each stage how it is suppose to be shown with the use of the right colour, in some ways the photo is emotional because this is the real stage of life and we can't change that and it always ends with death which is painful for a lot of people. Looking at the baby image it brings me back memories of when I was little and enjoyed my life by just playing around and now it's different- as we get older there is more obstacles in life and it gets harder. 

Exam Intro- Life Cycle My Photography

These are some of my photos linked to the Life Cycle, I chose to do these photos based on the season: winter, this links to Life Cycle because seasons change and in each season people dress differently and do different things like play in the snow. The photos below show winter fashion: scarfs, fur coat and also playing around in the snow: snow ball fighting. The first image shows a ghostly figure behind her, I've done this because I think that in winter it's very cold and it gets dark faster then in other seasons it also seems more scary and dull and I think that's the time where ghost link the most. 

Andy Goldsworthy Analysis

Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire in 1956 and was brought up in Yorkshire. He studied at Bradford college (1974-75) and Preston Polytechnic (1975-78). Throughout his career most of Goldsworthy's work has been made in the open air, in places as diverse as the Lake District, Grize Fiord in Canada, as well as Japan and Australia. The materials he uses are those to hand in the remote locations he visits; twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice. Most works are ephemeral but demonstrate, in their short life, Goldsworthy's extraordinary  sense of play and of place.

Analysis: His work is demonstrated in such a creative way, showing nature in abstract and weird way makes it look like nature is very mysterious. The photos show that nature is never the same and in each and every place you can find something new and beautiful. Andy uses his photography skills to create something  totally different from nature, he makes it look like something form a dream and uses every single space in the picture to make the photos look busy. I really like his work because he makes nature look like it is out of space- something you can't find on Earth even though it's actually here. He never takes boring photos he always tries to find the most abstract and different things to take photos of to make it look magical.  

Winter Time Photography- My photos

These photos were taken by me in Forestdale Forest twenty minutes away from my house. I decided to take these photos during winter time because I thing during this time everything looks so magical, the way the twigs and trees are covered in a snow making it look like a dream and also the way snow sparkles like some magical crystal. There is a photo of when the snow was falling of the tree which I think looks very interesting because of the way it makes it look kind of smokey and windy. Each tree looks so different with the snow on top of it. Winter is one of my favourite times of year and I think that this photos show my personality in some ways showing my peaceful and calm side and also surprising.  These were taken with my SLR camera with a nikon lens without a tripod.