FORCE
Nadav Kander - half life
Reactor No.4 at Chernobyl’s Nuclear Power Station exploded in 1986 leaving the surrounding area uninhabitable for many hundreds of years to come. It happened to be the 20th Anniversary since the explosion when I gained access as an artist to visit Chernobyl, photographing the deserted spaces in what was once a model Soviet City.
Home to more than 40,000 people, the apartments, schools and hospitals that were hastily left following the controversial evacuation are stark reminders of past lives, leaving a disturbing sense of quiet. An uneasiness that I had never previously experienced.
There is a great beauty in a very real way to be found as the poignancy of human suffering almost hangs in the air. I found myself with a familiar feeling; best described as the feeling when walking through an overgrown cemetery on a drizzly day, but what I was looking at was far from familiar.
Having grown up with stories of relations of mine including my Father with his family that were suddenly evacuated during the second world war, I could not help but feel quite profoundly shocked as well and at the same time wonder what it must have felt like to suddenly leave your home and be transported to an unknown destination, suspecting that the near future would probably bring severe ill health due to being exposed to large doses of radiation. Little is known about the radio-active affects on the people of this city as the population were dispersed all over Russia. If there was a gathering of data by the government, it was never reported.
Reactor No.4 at Chernobyl’s Nuclear Power Station exploded in 1986 leaving the surrounding area uninhabitable for many hundreds of years to come. It happened to be the 20th Anniversary since the explosion when I gained access as an artist to visit Chernobyl, photographing the deserted spaces in what was once a model Soviet City.
Home to more than 40,000 people, the apartments, schools and hospitals that were hastily left following the controversial evacuation are stark reminders of past lives, leaving a disturbing sense of quiet. An uneasiness that I had never previously experienced.
There is a great beauty in a very real way to be found as the poignancy of human suffering almost hangs in the air. I found myself with a familiar feeling; best described as the feeling when walking through an overgrown cemetery on a drizzly day, but what I was looking at was far from familiar.
Having grown up with stories of relations of mine including my Father with his family that were suddenly evacuated during the second world war, I could not help but feel quite profoundly shocked as well and at the same time wonder what it must have felt like to suddenly leave your home and be transported to an unknown destination, suspecting that the near future would probably bring severe ill health due to being exposed to large doses of radiation. Little is known about the radio-active affects on the people of this city as the population were dispersed all over Russia. If there was a gathering of data by the government, it was never reported.
My Response
Force of Architecture
Simon Phipps
Simon Phipps is a fine art photographer operating in the UK and has captured a wide variety of subjects. However, when we came across his Brutalist Prints series, we immediately saw something special. While photographing Brutalist architecture is nothing new, Mr. Phipps' approach and execution is something very unique. We were able to speak to the photographer about the series and understand his ethos and vision.
Simon Phipps is a fine art photographer operating in the UK and has captured a wide variety of subjects. However, when we came across his Brutalist Prints series, we immediately saw something special. While photographing Brutalist architecture is nothing new, Mr. Phipps' approach and execution is something very unique. We were able to speak to the photographer about the series and understand his ethos and vision.
My Response
Applied Force
FranÇolse Delfosse
born in Namur, Belgium is a respected architect and photographer who is best known for his series of work 'Antarctica in a bag' where he used plastic bags to replicate the setting of Antarctica. He says that the images were taken in a “glacier cave just North of the South Pole”, before adding that they are “viewed from the inside of a plastic bag”. In a interview he said 'I was inspired by "American Beauty", there is a scene in the film where a plastic bag is softly lifted and driven away by the wind. The bag obviously portrayed a character tossed to and from by life, with no control over his life'. I have taken great influence from his work because I Love the way he found inspiration for his work by watching a movie and this goes to show that great photographers can find influence from anywhere. In response to his work I will also try to use plastic bags to mirror the surroundings of Antarctica. However, sticking to my theme I will make my 'Cats eyes marbles' the main focus of my images so their will be a lot for the viewer to look at. Furthermore, I believe that this will be hard to implement because I have to insure that I do not detract attention away from my marbles which have to be the central focus at all times in my images.
The following examples below are examples of Delfosse's work:
White paper test
Brendon Austin
Force of movement
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge was an English-American photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge, believing it to be similarly archaic.
In this GIFs below I attempted to create a similar style to the work of Eadweard Muybridge
First response
Second response
3 strands
1)Force of water
2) Light painting
3)Ink in water
2) Light painting
3)Ink in water
FORCE OF WATER - Items in water
Alberto seveso
illustrator & Digital Photographer Alberto Seveso was born in Milan, he grow up in Sardinia but is now working and living in Bristol (UK) as a freelancer. His passion for graphic art started when he was in a young age and he was really fascinated by the graphic of skate decks and the cover of music CD of metal bands in the early ‘90s. From this passion he started to create his artworks.
He has worked on high profile brands like: Adobe, Nikon, Sony, Technicolor, MTV, Sony Music, Mayr Melnhof, Olmeca Tequila, National Geographic, PlayBoy Magazine, GQ Magazine, ESPN Magazine, Ford, Apple, Lenovo, Wacom, Nature, New Scientist, Penguin Books, Burton Snowboards, Disney, Terry Bicycles, Island Music, Bacardi, Men’s Health, Runner’s World, Triwa, Gaiam, Warner Music, Feevale Universidade and many more.
His work has been featured on various magazines, books and blogs like: Huffington Post, GQ Magazine, Wired, Colossal, Computer Arts, Advanced Photoshop Magazine, La Repubblica, Photoshop Creative, Hi-Fructose, Beautiful Bizarre, Cult of Mac, My Modern Met, Taschen Illustration NOW! Vol.04, Lürzer’s ARCHIVE, Behance Book Super-Modified, Grafuck Vol. 03, and many other.
He has worked on high profile brands like: Adobe, Nikon, Sony, Technicolor, MTV, Sony Music, Mayr Melnhof, Olmeca Tequila, National Geographic, PlayBoy Magazine, GQ Magazine, ESPN Magazine, Ford, Apple, Lenovo, Wacom, Nature, New Scientist, Penguin Books, Burton Snowboards, Disney, Terry Bicycles, Island Music, Bacardi, Men’s Health, Runner’s World, Triwa, Gaiam, Warner Music, Feevale Universidade and many more.
His work has been featured on various magazines, books and blogs like: Huffington Post, GQ Magazine, Wired, Colossal, Computer Arts, Advanced Photoshop Magazine, La Repubblica, Photoshop Creative, Hi-Fructose, Beautiful Bizarre, Cult of Mac, My Modern Met, Taschen Illustration NOW! Vol.04, Lürzer’s ARCHIVE, Behance Book Super-Modified, Grafuck Vol. 03, and many other.
Ink painting
In the pictures below I filled a glass with water and then I squeezed ink into it and photographed the way ink reacted in the water.
Chris Slabber
Growing up in the Little Karoo, Chris was influenced from an early age by humble surroundings. It was here where he developed his imagination that would eventually fuel his Surrealistic style. Mostly known for his Photography and manipulation techniques, Slabber likes to focus on the subconscious. “I want each viewer to finish the work using their own imagination. It should be an inward journey, manifested as an emotional experience”. After 10 years of working as a professional in both commercial and fine arts, Chris has received multiple awards for his work, of which the most prestigious was the 2014, 2018 & 2019 Platinum award for Photo Manipulation at the A’ Design Awards in Como, Italy. Alongside this Chris is also the 2018 A’ Design Awards, Designer of the Year.
Josh this unit has potential but at present you are missing a lot of work please follow the points below to continue to improve.
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1) make sure to introduce each section clearly stating your intentions for the shoot
2) Move over movement gifs and from your movement unit to improve this section
3) Upload your other two strands and make sure to have a link artist for each strand. Make one of these light painting and move over your work from movement.
4) Decide which strand you want to develop further.
5) Make reference to the formal element you have used in each shoot you have created.
6) Add annotation to each section use the sentence starters to help you do this.
You Must start working at home and complete the H/W that is being set for you this is the only way to diversify and expand your project
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1) make sure to introduce each section clearly stating your intentions for the shoot
2) Move over movement gifs and from your movement unit to improve this section
3) Upload your other two strands and make sure to have a link artist for each strand. Make one of these light painting and move over your work from movement.
4) Decide which strand you want to develop further.
5) Make reference to the formal element you have used in each shoot you have created.
6) Add annotation to each section use the sentence starters to help you do this.
You Must start working at home and complete the H/W that is being set for you this is the only way to diversify and expand your project
Force of Light - Light Panting
Micheal Bossanko
Michael started light photography using a slow shutter speed in 2004 when he was in Greece and accidentally knocked his tri-pod causing the moon to create a light trail, because of this trail he then picked up the camera and moved it around making words using the light from the moon. After the excitement had died down he proceeded to buy torched and set the camera back up and move himself to create light trails using a long shutter speed.
First response
Force of light second development development - Light on plastic acylic
Pola SX
Mellow
Gobblin
Fridge
Erin O'Keefe
Erin O’Keefe is a visual artist and an architect. Her work explores both the specific properties of photography and many of the material and theoretical concerns of architecture. She is in conversation with a lineage of photographers from Florence Henri and others in the early 20th century to Barbara Kasten, who started exhibiting in the early 1970s, to contemporaries who are also examining photography on an elemental level specific to the digital age.
O’Keefe was recently named one of Photo District News’ “30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch,” and she has been reviewed or featured in The New Yorker, Collector Daily, Huffington Post, and Paper Journal. She has shown her work in solo and two person exhibitions at Denny Gallery, New York and Platform Gallery, Seattle. Group exhibitions include Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, Galerie f56, Munich, Germany, and the Austin Center for Photography Austin.
O’Keefe was recently named one of Photo District News’ “30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch,” and she has been reviewed or featured in The New Yorker, Collector Daily, Huffington Post, and Paper Journal. She has shown her work in solo and two person exhibitions at Denny Gallery, New York and Platform Gallery, Seattle. Group exhibitions include Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, Galerie f56, Munich, Germany, and the Austin Center for Photography Austin.
Force of light 4th responce
In this project I got a couple pieces of different coloured see-through paper and I shined a torch through them to create different types of reflections onto a white piece of paper.