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would i lie To you ?

Environment\ Street photography

My project will be based on testing photography. Challenging whether or not it can actually be trusted, like we're so eager to believe. The camera has such a limited field of vision and we're restricted to it's frame, allowing for all sorts of manipulations. I want to take advantage of this by twisting the viewers perception of an image allowing for different interpretations of what would otherwise have been a restricted image . To do this I'm interested in exploring different techniques and styles inspired by multiple artists.

Personal study plan

David hockney

"I've finally figured out what's wrong with photography. It's a one-eyed man looking through a little 'ole. Now, how much reality can there be in that?"

INSPIRATION

I like how he experiments with expanding the cameras limited perspective and how his photomontages work allows for us to view the image from a variety of angles. He's altering how an image is seen and therefore manipulating the scenery.

Contact sheet.

Annotations.

After going out and taking my photos, I selected my strongest images that displayed techniques such as Leading Lines, Symmetry, The Rule of Thirds ect. I then edited these images using editing sites such as Photoshop and Illustrator.

Rule of Thirds_ Contrast_ Perspective_ Light and Shadow_

Use of Light_ Use of perspective_ Repetition_ Dynamic Diagonals_ Vantage Point_ Leading Lines

Symmetry_ Contrast_ Detail and texture_ Perspective_ Repetition_ Use of Light_ Pattern_ Vantage point_ Direction

Leading Lines_ Use of Corners_ Contrast_ Definition_ Dynamic Diagonals_ Vantage point_ Perspective

Rule of Thirds_ Contrast_ Leading Lines_ Golden Section

Repetition_ Large Depth of Field_ Detail_ Contrast_ Depth of field

Golden section_ Leading Lines_ Use of light_ Use of Perspective

selections.

Applications

When looking back at this stage I thought my photos didn't best represent Hockney's work so rather than taking one big image, cropping it and then collaging them together using photoshop ,I decided to try other techniques.

Contact sheet

Final piece

In response to David Hockney and his view that the medium of photography is very limiting, I decided to take a series of photographs continuously through out my trip through Manchester. Then using the tool automate on photoshop I stitch them together similar to his photomontage work, this was to broaden the viewers perspective of the scene rather than them having a limited view.

King St, Greater Manchester, M2 6AW

Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4EN

King St, Greater Manchester, M2 6AW

King St, Manchester, M2 4WU