Final Exam Project: Reflections
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Antionto Gutierrez
Gutierrez takes advantage of reflections of water by by using refraction of light through water to capture unusual but interesting pictures of deconstructed and distorted faces.
I took pictures of my dad with a glass of water up to his face to capture the distortion and deconstruction that it creates. This captures the same effect that Antonio created as it was influenced by them.
Slava Semeniuta
Slava Semeniuta is an artist anmd a photographer. Their work consists of using body paint and digital work. Furthermore they try to create a colourful surreal atmosphere with their use of neon lights.
Shinichi Higashi
My Response
In this strand I took pictures of moving cars then reflected them to capture a similar effect as Shinichi Higashi, this created a simple yet imaginative effect and puts an unusual perspective on the area.
Development 1 - Water
Roni Horn
Roni Horn
Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) is an installation of photographs of the River Thames in which the photographs are interwoven with text in the form of footnotes to convey ideas Horn’s had about the river. Water is an enduring motif in Horn’s work, whether it be the “palpable nature” of Iceland’s pools and hot springs, or the seascapes of the Arctic Ocean: “Going into water is going into yourself. Water is a mirror. When you see your reflection in water, do you recognise the water in you?
Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) is an installation of photographs of the River Thames in which the photographs are interwoven with text in the form of footnotes to convey ideas Horn’s had about the river. Water is an enduring motif in Horn’s work, whether it be the “palpable nature” of Iceland’s pools and hot springs, or the seascapes of the Arctic Ocean: “Going into water is going into yourself. Water is a mirror. When you see your reflection in water, do you recognise the water in you?
In order to capture a similar effect as Roni Horn, I used my bath to take pictures of and edited the hue and colour balance of the pictures so it wouldn't be exactly the same. The pictures edited were meant to bring out the ripples of the water and really highlight them to give off the same effect as Roni Horn.
Development 2
Three best pictures
Development 3
My three best pictures
These are my three favourite pictures because of the way that they perfectly captured the distorted reflections of buildings
Development 4
My three best pictures
I feel that the water was best captured in these pictures with the natural but subtle colours of blue. Futhermore the way that the ripples were captured made the pictures that much better.
Development 5
Friedhelm Hardekopf
My response
Edited
Second Response
Edited
I took these pictures of a filled up jug of water infront of paper with printed patterns on it to capture the distortion the water reflection creates.