On the first campus day of stage 2 we were taught the basics of aperture, ISO and shutter speed. We also learned what photographic typology is, (a body of photographic work, that shares a high level of consistency) (the typologist - collector of collections) shown different artists who explore typology (some of favourites from the presentation shown below) and asked to create our own typology by taking photos around campus of similar objects or shapes and putting them into a 12 image contact sheet on photoshop.
Craig Howe - Handbags and Gladrags 2005
Undertook a project in which he decided to ask different women to empty out the contents of their handbags and arrange and photograph the different objects inside. I love how the collection of items tell a story and show the personality of the owner, and how such a simple and common item such as a handbag can be used so different and contain such a wide array of objects.
Michael Wolf - Portraits made in China 1997-1998
Wolf is a German photographer who's work focuses on the life in mega cities. I particularly enjoy the below images as the 2 subjects and their outfits in each images really juxtapose their background, modern, put together, fashionable outfits vs the dilapidated, falling apart surroundings.
My own research:
Artists in order of appearance (left-right) - William Miller, Tim Smyth, Stacey Greene, Susan Seubert, Klaus Rinke, Sophie Calle, Megan Kennedy, John Batho, Daniel Borris, Edie Nadelhaft, Unknown, Unknown
My own typologies:
Cigarette butts:
Seats:
Thoughts:
I really enjoyed doing these typologies ^ especially as it made me notice and looks at things around me that usually go unnoticed or unappreciated. It was also the first time I've made a contact sheet which I found a really useful way to lay out my photos ands see which ones I liked/thought were more successful than others. I would really like to try and make an ongoing typology of documenting objects around me and that I find in my day to day life that usually go unnoticed, as well as experimenting with a portraiture based typology as I think it's a really successful and interesting way to explore a narrative as you naturally compare and try to work out similarities and differences when images are places next to each other.
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