’ve previously been viewing images of Edward Weston (who was a great photographer of the 20th century). By viewing his many images I notice how the genre curves come up a lot, considering he does some nude shoots. His most celebrated image is ‘pepper’ in which a deformed pepper is taken on a black/grey screen. In this image you can see the detail produced including the texture and tones.
So my chosen ‘contrast’ genre I am going to work on will probably be ‘curves and lines’.
What also catches my eye about his photography is that they are black and white (being from the 30’s). I believe this gives a great effect and provides a better contrasting image.
I am also on the verge of choosing whether to shoot still life imagery or real life imagery. Producing images of still life would be easy to do, lighting wise but I feel real life may bring up a better story if I were to create a sequence of images.
This serves as a good starting point for the contrast theme. I like the idea about taking this further by contrasting images of natural forms with urban forms, and perhaps displaying these images together. These makes us see the forced relationship between urban and nature and how lines/form exist in both "landscapes."
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