Artist review- Markus Reugel

Markus Reugel is a photographer whos work involves refraction and playing with different objects which had influenced my digital image capturing as I played with refraction using my own glasses which had caused interesting outcomes with landscapes. Reugel specialises  with hyper speed photography that allows his work to look extremely detailed and accurate.

Artist Review- Jamie Derringer

Jamie Derringer is an abstract artist whom paints using high contrast patterns in black and white. I was interested by Derringer due to the simplicity of her work, yet its effectiveness to maintain the audiences appeal.

Derringers influence on my work was that I would use her general black and white abstract style but in a collage and use it as a background and making my digital images more interesting.

Artists Review - Charles Cohen

Charles Cohen is an artist whom uses photographs of porn movies and cuts out the models from them, leaving a blank silhouette of them whilst the background and shadows are left as normal. I found this work to be very different and interesting and stood out from others due to the models in digital images generally being seen as the most eye catching parts which holds the viewers attentions, whereas Cohen allows the absence to be the most appealing.

500 word review

There were six main different pieces of work which needed to be completed for the digital unit, capturing and photoshopping made and taken images, digital image manipulation, printmaking on fabric, produce a digital video and an digital animated video.

Capturing and editing the digital images I found to be achieved well due to having a basic background knowledge of photoshop so was able to finish my work well and effectively, what I had aimed for as a theme for my photographs was to involve myself into them with different aspects, such as using my glasses and experimenting with the focus of my images. A photographer who influenced this was Markus Reugel, whom uses water and mirrors to refract images in his photography.

As for the manipulation I had chosen my favourite made image, and my favourite taken, and then printed one on inkjet paper and the other on a high quality paper. This helped present the image to a professional and gives a gloss to the image making it more aesthetically pleasing.

After printing another digital image onto fabric I then used different mediums to experiment with my images, such as dripping bleach down the cloth which gave a rusted looking colour to my work, and also using a sanding disc to scratch away colour and give a rugged and scarred appeal. I found that this worked extremely well due to the symmetry of the image and the overall appearance of the piece which gives a worn out and dreary atmosphere.

My digital animation video was incredibly challenging for me as I had never before attempted anything similar, and it had consumed a lot of time for just a few seconds of clip. Through the handwork and time I believe that my first attempt was a success and may apply this to further studies.

My digital video represented Hartlepool through climbing of the church building located next to uni and the high view of the town from different angles. The video is mainly composed of the climbing of the stairs which gives a sense of travelling to find something towards the video rather than just the destination being the important part.

In conclusion, I believe that my digital unit was very successful due to achieving the criteria and giving a representation of hartlepool in different ways and by putting different aspects of my self into my work, gave a very personal element and my own touch on things which would make it differ from others work.

I gained influences from artists for my artist book through out this course, one of which in particular is Charles Cohen, whom takes photographs of pornstars and cuts the outline of the model out of the image, allowing the absence in the images to be the main center of attention. For the background of the images I made abstract black and white patterns which was influenced by Jamie Derringer. With parts of digital image having been cut out it allows the work to look more appealing and stands out with the background black and white patterns bursting through.

Digital Images Captured

We drove around scenic areas of Hartlepool and captured images using various digital equipment to try and gain a better understanding of Hartlepool and what we will focus this module on.

Here are a few images which I had taken that I believe worked effectively.

With this photograph I experimented with my glass', which plays on the use of different focuses and refraction, I like this effect because it shows the world through my eyes and how they give more clarity towards me.

I found this wheel on the beach buried in sand, so manually placed it standing, which gave it a good shadow and makes the audience wonder about what it is doing on the beach and standing, it also contrasts manmade industries with the natural surroundings of a beach.

Introduction

I started the digital practice by being introduce to what was to be expected of us this unit, using cameras, scanners, and other electronic mediums. We were warned not to confuse this unit with as a photography unit, as cameras are an important use for this brief, and we looked at various artists whom use digital practice but keep it with fine art and remain experimental.