For my fiction project, I was trying to communicate the expected and unexpected. In our lives, we expect things to be organized and sorted a certain way and how we associated certain areas of space and certain things to fill that space. I wanted to show that view through my photographs.
I started off wanted to take a photograph of one area and then take another of something that would look "right" in that one particular space that was nowhere near it and making it into one in photoshop. Then, farther into the process, I thought to why not do the opposite? I ended up taking the last few photographs of objects that did not make any sense in a certain space. I ended up loving this
idea even more.
Throughout the process of this project, I kept fighting with my self between both ideas and trying to figure out which would be the most interesting. In the end, I chose to use both in a whole composition because variety is always key!
I like the first image best. Unless told otherwise I would assume the clock is in its natural position. I can't even tell unless I zoom in on the photograph. The bright pink towell thing to the left effectively distracts from the deception as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful exploration of the photography’s relationship to the truth! I think you would enjoy looking at the work of Canadian photographer Jeff Wall, especially in relation to your more “banal” fictional scenes.
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