I want to try focusing on things like cities and public transport for this project as it includes a lot of different people with different lives, and backgrounds all going on their own individual journeys at the same time.
This photo was taken by a photographer called David Gaberle. It is similar to the textural overlaying I have already done except, it is cars overlayed over a picture of people, instead of textures linking to the location it was taken at. I think this type of work fits well with the theme of journeys as it shows people traveling in different ways as some are in cars and some are on foot.
These two photos are similar to the ones taken by Gaberle, minus the double exposure/overlaying. They also show different types of transport such as walking, buses, taxis and cars and even bikes. The people in all the images are going on their own journeys and travelling somewhere, changing locations as they go.
Nicolas Ruel also takes double exposure images but combines them in a way that makes it look like they could actually be just one photo on its own. Here he has taken photos in the city of New York. In the first one, he has made it look like Central Park is in the clouds and in the second one, he has made it look like the city is located amongst the trees when it actually isn’t.
These photos show 4D aspects of photography as they show the passing of time. Each image is made up of strips of the same picture, but taken at different times of day. The second one has 24 strips meaning that the photographer most likely took a picture every hour. To make this photo successful, they would have had to keep the camera securely on a tripod for a whole 24 hours so each frame was exactly the same, in order for them to match up perfectly when they were put together.
PLAN:
- Go on a journey to a different city [e.g. Leeds] and take pictures of anything that is related to what mode of transport I use such as cars, buses or trains.
- Use some sort of glass prism or magnifying glass and try out taking photos of different landscapes through it, in both urban areas and in nature.
- Try taking some long exposure images of vehicles driving past on the road, from different angles in different locations, preferably at night so the streaks of light can be seen better and so the photos are not too overexposed.
Because all of these involve taking pictures outside, I will have to make sure to check the weather forecast before going out as I would prefer for it to not be raining or too windy etc while I am taking photos.