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“True Meaning of Happiness”

Photography Topic: A personal project about home, sense of belonging, loss, loneliness, new beginnings and challenges.

Feeling, a sad sense of belonging, loss, lonely, and having new beginnings and challenges, is something very relatable with many people around the world as these are mutual feelings everyone feels at one point. This project will portray these feelings, in my creative and personal perspective, using different photography techniques, and creative artistic design methods. As stated by Diane Smyth in 2020 on the telegraph , photographs can turn the world into a set of collectible objects that viewers can own, having set some objects and doodles in some of my photography, giving the photograph more of a story and meaning. Making photographs have life and meaning, my aim towards this project is to create a new life within my photographs, as viewers can observe the image and live and relate to it.

Yousuf Karsh, A photographer that only focused on black spaced portraits, this photographer took black and white portraits, which gave the image a sense of age and sadness. His work is defined as classic, using multiple photography techniques, having a very focused angle on people and blurring the background, which gives more attention to the person. Majority of the photographers photographs have either a black or white background to provide more attention to the model, it also give a balanced contract towards the image giving it a calming presentation view regarding the viewers.

Rodeny smith, a prominent photographer whose aim was create photographs similar to the surrealist painter Rene Magritte. Long acclaimed for his iconic black and white images that combine both portraiture and landscape, Smith provided the viewers with a sense in imagination filled with enchanted worlds full of extreme contradictions and surprises. Using only film and light, his un-retouched, dream-like images are matched in quality by the craft and physical beauty of his prints. The camera techniques he had applied when taking the pictures has inspired me in many ways, As shown the main focus of the pictures is the model in the middle, but the background is set in a presented way of blur yet clearness when focused upon, although the image is filled, the photograph still looks calming as everything within the image is balanced equally in order to please the viewers eyes.

These two photographers are my main interests as they both share a lot of similarities towards their camera techniques, to the way they set the scene. Both artists rely on black and white images and are able to promote a story, giving the photograph life and meaning towards the viewers.                   

References:

1. Wen-chung Kao, Sheng-hong Wang, Lien-yang Chen, Sheng-yuan Lin, “Design considerations of color image processing pipeline for digital cameras”, Consumer Electronics IEEE Transactions on, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 1144-1152, 2006.
2. Magnum Photos. (2020). Music, Pleasure and Photography • Cristina de Middel • Magnum Photos. [online] Available at: https://www.magnumphotos.com/theory-and-practice/cristina-de-middel-music-pleasure-and-photography/ [Accessed 5 Jan. 2020].
3. N.M. Kwok, D. Wang, X. Jia, S.Y. Chen, G. Fang, Q.P. Ha, “Gray world based color correction and intensity preservation for image enhancement”, Image and Signal Processing (CISP) 2011 4th International Congress on, vol. 2, pp. 994-998, 2011.
4. Wen-chung Kao, Sheng-hong Wang, Lien-yang Chen, Sheng-yuan Lin, “Design considerations of color image processing pipeline for digital cameras”, Consumer Electronics IEEE Transactions on, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 1144-1152, 2006.

With these photos I took, I added a filter to make them look more clear.

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1. Have an objective, a goal. Be clear on your outcome. It can be to master a new skill, to create a series of prints, or to make a calendar as a gift.
2. Select a subject that you can return to over and over again.
3. Choose something you are really interested in, and passionate about. For ideas, think about the activities you and your family are involved in. Would any of your hobbies make a good project? Are there places you love to visit or photograph?
4. Find something to shoot within 10 or 20 minutes of your home.
5. Commit to something that either happens on a regular basis at a scheduled time, or a place you can just show up and shoot anytime. For example, a ballet class that happens every week or a favorite park, botanical garden, or lake.
6. Choose a subject with a variety of visual possibilities.
7. Choose a subject with a learning goal, or end product in mind. You might want to learn more about light, or shooting in manual mode, or photographing people.

To further more understand how to make a good Photography Project: https://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-creating-a-personal-photography-project/

This picture originally started as a painting, and turned into pop art, this was also an add for the soup. I like this picture as it has many different colours yet still looks balanced, although the image is filled it is still clear and pleasing for the eyes.

Herbert Matter was a master of using photomontage, colour and typography in an expressive manner, transcending the boundaries between art and design. His design work often favoured a heavy use of photography. His most recognisable works are the posters he created for the Swiss Tourist Office, but his photography work for Harper’s Bazaar, under the direction of Brodovitch, is equally impressive. 

http://designishistory.com/1940/herbert-matter/

“The First Things First manifesto was written 29 November 1963 and published in 1964 by Ken Garland. It was backed by over 400 graphic designers and artists and also received the backing of Tony Benn, radical left-wing MP and activist, who published it in its entirety in The Guardian newspaper.” (http://www.designishistory.com/1960/first-things-first/)

Manifesto’s words are very relatable as alot of famous artworks are advertisements for example Andy Warhole’s Soup Painting, painters paint what many viewers want to see as they can auction their work and make an income, which then defines Manifestos writing into a lot of designs and drawings we see are actually created by money/consumerism instead of an artist’s creativity and imagination.

I personally think that design is still needed in our current society, as it is a way for artists, photographers, etc.. to directly communicate with the world, portraying their emotions, feelings, thoughts, beliefs and the basic statements. Design is capable with influencing the public to do and think better.

Finally arrived, the country is so beautiful, took some great photos of the nature there, going to visit the orphans soon! Im very excited.

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Here are some silly photos of me :

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The photos above were taken from tumbler.

 Typography is the art of arranging letters and text in a way that makes it visually appealing to the viewer. Typography involves font style, appearance, and structure, which aims to elicit certain emotions and convey specific messages. It is a very easy way to express ones thoughts, emotions and statements.

Barbara Kruger

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Barbara Kruger is an American Conceptual artist known for her combination of type and image that conveys a direct feminist cultural critique. Her works examine stereotypes and the behaviors of consumerism with text layered over mass-media images. Rendered with black-and-white, red accented.

I love her work as they are all based on statements, she helps show the world the issues in a very indirect yet direct way. Her chosen text statements are very bold, quickly catching a viewers attention, and helping understand the statement as it is simple yet bold. Another thing I like is the black and white photos in the background making the statement more of the centre of attention.