Flaws, perfection, ideas or compromises
Brainstorm
To start the exam unit I decided to do a brainstorm of all the ideas that I had related to the topic surrounding flaws, perfection, ideas and compromises. My favourite ideas include the topics surrounding appearance and altering it through different means such as makeup and surgery. I also think the idea of the earths natural flaws and perfections is one I would like to try and translate into images.
Facial flaws
To start the exam project I photoshopped my face with an elderly's persons face to cause them to merge together. This created a final outcome of having a mixture of features from both portraits combined into one image. I used a video to help explain how to complete the process:
An artist who did a similar project is Ulric Collette, he merged portraits of family members together to see the genetic similarities between family members. I liked his idea of using people who are related as I think it acts as an interesting contrast of similarities and differences between them. Some of the portraits are of siblings and others parents or more elderly relatives, I think he portrays a special link between family members and how alike they can look when merged side by side.
Hidden Beauty, perfection in the imperfect
Next I started looking at everyday and old objects which would not normally be photographed or appreciated. I photographed them in the studio to give them an aesthetic feel and create a sense of appeal and beauty to them.
A photographer who used a similar concept is Irving Penn, he did a series of images where he took old cigarette butts in the street and photographed them in a studio. This gave them a new meaning and an aesthetic feel with artistic value. I think Penn's work is effective as the photographs he produces definitely hold a sense of attractiveness as the close up and small details of the cigarette butts are defined from being taken in a studio setup. Penn wanted to achieve such photographs to represent how ordinary objects that we wouldn't look twice at or are disregarded can actually be turned into something of 'beauty'. I think it is effective putting the images into black and white as it demolishes any details which may be seen an unpleasant and neutralizes it.
A photographer who used a similar concept is Irving Penn, he did a series of images where he took old cigarette butts in the street and photographed them in a studio. This gave them a new meaning and an aesthetic feel with artistic value. I think Penn's work is effective as the photographs he produces definitely hold a sense of attractiveness as the close up and small details of the cigarette butts are defined from being taken in a studio setup. Penn wanted to achieve such photographs to represent how ordinary objects that we wouldn't look twice at or are disregarded can actually be turned into something of 'beauty'. I think it is effective putting the images into black and white as it demolishes any details which may be seen an unpleasant and neutralizes it.
Compromises
To start of the idea of compromises I looked at altering what would be seen as the perfect image and allowing flaws to help create the photo. I did this through experimentation in the dark room and exposing the images for different amounts of time. It produced interesting results which made the flaws seem deliberate. I feel this was one of the most engaging tasks that I completed as the results produced were unexpected yet satisfying, I liked using the idea of trial and error to create an 'imperfect' image as it was something very different to what I've tried before.
A photographer called Mariah Robertson uses specific dark room processes such as exposing objects to coloured gels or flashlights to create light leaks on to her image. She creates unique images which show how beauty can come from what may be seen as a mistake. I really like her work as it represents the imperfection in beauty and how what may be seen as error produces a diverse and aesthetic image. I feel she creates her work successfully and effectively by the merging of the colours, it creates a look as if dye has ran down her image. The photograph of the left almost looks like a reflection of lightning. I like how the image is up to the individual to interpret, as there is nothing that has been photographed the dark room process becomes the image. I also like how each picture is individual as it is uniquely created and can't be replicated.
A photographer called Mariah Robertson uses specific dark room processes such as exposing objects to coloured gels or flashlights to create light leaks on to her image. She creates unique images which show how beauty can come from what may be seen as a mistake. I really like her work as it represents the imperfection in beauty and how what may be seen as error produces a diverse and aesthetic image. I feel she creates her work successfully and effectively by the merging of the colours, it creates a look as if dye has ran down her image. The photograph of the left almost looks like a reflection of lightning. I like how the image is up to the individual to interpret, as there is nothing that has been photographed the dark room process becomes the image. I also like how each picture is individual as it is uniquely created and can't be replicated.
Glitch
The next section involves glitching photographs, I started this by using a Textedit programme this allowed me to change the text of the image which hence affected the picture. To create the glitch you could add parts of text into the script or take parts out. Another programme which I used was Audacity which is a sound programme, to glitch the image you could adjust different settings such as compressing or amplifying the sound which in turn changed the image.
A visual artist who uses this technique is Mathieu St. Pierre, he specialises in photography and video art and has experimented in glitch photography. Through experimenting with different video and photography techniques he found glitching images a huge interest, through his work he wanted to portray the fragility of virtual data while also developing new digital ideas through photography. I like how his images look almost like art and as if they've been painted, also that they've been glitched so much that you can't tell what they were of originally. I this it is effective as it creates a whole new image which doesn't look like it's been digitally manipulated. I like how all of them involve bright colours, this adds to the effect of them looking like they've been painted. He wanted to portray the fragility of virtual data by showing how distorted this images have come by simply manipulating them through software.
A visual artist who uses this technique is Mathieu St. Pierre, he specialises in photography and video art and has experimented in glitch photography. Through experimenting with different video and photography techniques he found glitching images a huge interest, through his work he wanted to portray the fragility of virtual data while also developing new digital ideas through photography. I like how his images look almost like art and as if they've been painted, also that they've been glitched so much that you can't tell what they were of originally. I this it is effective as it creates a whole new image which doesn't look like it's been digitally manipulated. I like how all of them involve bright colours, this adds to the effect of them looking like they've been painted. He wanted to portray the fragility of virtual data by showing how distorted this images have come by simply manipulating them through software.
Textedit
Audacity
Perfect Landscape
My next idea was to photograph what would be seen as the idea landscape, I decided to focus on architecture and the perfections in it. I went to the Barbican in London and focused on photographing not only what I perceived to be 'beautiful' landscape but also buildings which had 'perfect' symmetry and structure. To me the precise and formal structure of the buildings made it seem like it could be the ideal landscape as it gives a sense of satisfaction to the viewer and it so perfectly aligned hence being more pleasing to the eye.
Destruction of beauty
For my first starting point I wanted to look at the idea of the destruction of beauty by having someone have a full face of makeup and then slowly having it ruined. I first took a photo with her makeup completely done and then smudged the eyes and lips, I also took photos of her with no makeup on to act as a contrast. I wanted to portray the idea of what would be seen by society as the ideal/perfect and then contrast it to the images that would be seen to be 'flawed'. I wanted to try and portray the destruction of beauty through the smudging of the makeup which represents how beauty is artificial and having a full face of makeup does not show real beauty. Despite most of the images being head shots I also wanted to have some of her looking in the mirror to represent the vanity that makeup can bring to people. I took some inspiration for this idea from the Dove Beauty campaign, this involves using an ordinary woman and making her up to the extreme and then photoshopping her to make her appear to be a model. It highlights the extreme methods of photoshop used to achieve the ideal and perfect beauty standards which are in fact not real and unachievable.
Geology
My next starting point was to look at the idea of geology and the earths natural perfection and flaws. In a studio I photographed fossils and shells with a macro lens, I wanted to capture their natural perfect formations up close to really bring light to detail. Art Murphy who is a fine art photographer, he takes interest in photographing things from the past and hence has a vivid interest in geology such as fossils and shells as they hold an insight into past formations of the earth. A particular project which he based at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History was focused on photographing geology at a macro perspective, I really like how clearly you can see the small details of the formation which gives them a more perfect look.
My favourite image image is the one on the right, I like the beauty created by the macro lens to show the tiny details of the shells. I also think the neutral colours add aesthetic as well as how the shells are placed which show a sense of order and perfection. By photographing at such a closeup perspective it fills the whole image which creates satisfaction within the image as it looks more flawless. The soft tones also make the image seem a lot more natural just as if they were to be found in their natural environment e.g the beach despite being in a museum.
My favourite image image is the one on the right, I like the beauty created by the macro lens to show the tiny details of the shells. I also think the neutral colours add aesthetic as well as how the shells are placed which show a sense of order and perfection. By photographing at such a closeup perspective it fills the whole image which creates satisfaction within the image as it looks more flawless. The soft tones also make the image seem a lot more natural just as if they were to be found in their natural environment e.g the beach despite being in a museum.
Artist and me
Erosion of fruit
I decided as my last starting point to move on and explore the idea of rotting fruit, to give an insight into decay and erosion. I used a macro lens to fully be able to see the different textures and growth on the fruit. Despite the intense details of the mould being so closeup I feel the macro lens gave an aesthetic image as you could see so much of its consistency and pattern.
An artist called Heikki Leis created a project called 'After life' where he took photographs of decaying food at a macro level. His pictures show an intensely detailed closeup of the mold growths that developed on the food. Despite the photos being of something typically seen as disgusting the images have such clarity and definition that they appear to have aesthetic qualities. I really like how he has created the rotting fruit into something of worth, he has juxtaposed the image so that it creates beauty from being at such a macro viewpoint. The textures almost seem other worldy, as they are so zoomed in and decayed it is difficult to even distinguish them as food. The textures of hair and formations of mold should bring a sense of disgust when in contact with food however the way they are captured that you can't tell even tell what they are presents an aesthetic feel. Also the different textures on everyday objects creates the viewer to become intrigued over how it formed to such extreme levels. I also like the bright colours that have formed in the right hand picture, the red contrasted with hair look like something apart of nature rather than a closeup of decaying food. Leis wanted to achieve this idea of something disgusting turning into beauty and he achieved this from using a macro lens which highlighted every detail of the decay.
An artist called Heikki Leis created a project called 'After life' where he took photographs of decaying food at a macro level. His pictures show an intensely detailed closeup of the mold growths that developed on the food. Despite the photos being of something typically seen as disgusting the images have such clarity and definition that they appear to have aesthetic qualities. I really like how he has created the rotting fruit into something of worth, he has juxtaposed the image so that it creates beauty from being at such a macro viewpoint. The textures almost seem other worldy, as they are so zoomed in and decayed it is difficult to even distinguish them as food. The textures of hair and formations of mold should bring a sense of disgust when in contact with food however the way they are captured that you can't tell even tell what they are presents an aesthetic feel. Also the different textures on everyday objects creates the viewer to become intrigued over how it formed to such extreme levels. I also like the bright colours that have formed in the right hand picture, the red contrasted with hair look like something apart of nature rather than a closeup of decaying food. Leis wanted to achieve this idea of something disgusting turning into beauty and he achieved this from using a macro lens which highlighted every detail of the decay.
Artist and me
Erosion of the natural environment
Following on from erosion of fruit, I decided to look at erosion in my natural area. I wanted to focus on close up details of small parts of the environment and how they've decayed and eroded. I looked at things such as padlocks which had rusted and parts of the pavement which had come away and caused different formations and cracks. I liked these as I feel they give off the idea of what would be 'perfect' and complete as being flawed but still having an aesthetic quality to them. I think the idea of zooming in on the erosion makes it seem more crisp and gives you an insight to all the flaws which brings more beauty to the erosion. I felt these images came out okay but they weren't particularly interesting, I feel using a macro lens would have helped improve the quality and aesthetic of the image.
A photographer who helped to inspire this idea was Mathew Merrett who photographed the erosion and decay in places that others wouldn't bother to look twice at. The aim of his work was to bring awareness to the obscure, and resurrecting life where it once existed. He wanted to focus on brining about the past beauty of these objects and landscapes into their new eroding form and photographing them into becoming aesthetic. I like how he has taken basic shots of everyday bits of erosion and made it into an attractive image. My favourite is the middle image as they effect of blurring part of it makes you draw focus to crack down the middle of the image and thus acts to separate the picture into two. Also I like how it is of ordinary cracks in the pavement which most people would not even be looking at, however by zooming in on it and capturing it at a slight angle he has created a tasteful image.
A photographer who helped to inspire this idea was Mathew Merrett who photographed the erosion and decay in places that others wouldn't bother to look twice at. The aim of his work was to bring awareness to the obscure, and resurrecting life where it once existed. He wanted to focus on brining about the past beauty of these objects and landscapes into their new eroding form and photographing them into becoming aesthetic. I like how he has taken basic shots of everyday bits of erosion and made it into an attractive image. My favourite is the middle image as they effect of blurring part of it makes you draw focus to crack down the middle of the image and thus acts to separate the picture into two. Also I like how it is of ordinary cracks in the pavement which most people would not even be looking at, however by zooming in on it and capturing it at a slight angle he has created a tasteful image.
Another artist who also helped me gather this idea was Colin Winterbottom, he created a project entitled 'Elegant Erosion'. This focused on photographing at a macro scale the beauty of decay and erosion. He demonstrates how even rust can create an aesthetic image at such a closeup view. His photography enlarged shows the intricate details of corrosion which highlights every texture, pattern, line and colour there is. I like how his use of the macro lens makes the image much more intense and powerful, it highlights every little part of the decay and induces a much stronger colour making the image seem more decorative. I also like metallic effect on the middle image, having the tinge of rainbow colours blend with the blue makes the image seem very pretty and appealing which is completely the opposite to what you would associate with rust and decay. The juxtaposition of photographing something old and decaying at a macro level to capture its beauty works very effectively.
Artist and me
Erosion on film
I wanted to continue developing the ideas of erosion by shooting on a film camera and then going on to destroy the film. I liked the formation of patterns that erosion can give and can be interpreted as a flaw or perfection. I decided to take more photos in my local area which had been affected by erosion. I focused on cracks in walls, rust around metal and decaying parts of the pavement. I wanted to make sure my photos were closeups of erosion so I could focus on the patterns and formations it had caused. These represent the flaws in our natural world but when photographed can actually come across as something beautiful.
There were two artists that helped influence some of these ideas, firstly Erno Erik Raitanen whose conceptual project 'bacteriograms' involved using bacteria samples from his own body on to a film negative. This created unique images which produced an interesting blend of colourful bacteria morphed into different patterns and designs. I like how his photographs aren't clear at first of what they are and almost appear to seem like artwork as if painted. I also like how he's transformed bacteria into being something of aesthetic value, especially as bacteria is normally seen as something unappealing and unattractive.I think the soft colours against the black work effectively as it makes the pattern of the bacteria stand out more. I like the middle image as the bacteria could be seen to look like a mosaic pattern, I like how the image can be interrupted as anything to the viewer.
There were two artists that helped influence some of these ideas, firstly Erno Erik Raitanen whose conceptual project 'bacteriograms' involved using bacteria samples from his own body on to a film negative. This created unique images which produced an interesting blend of colourful bacteria morphed into different patterns and designs. I like how his photographs aren't clear at first of what they are and almost appear to seem like artwork as if painted. I also like how he's transformed bacteria into being something of aesthetic value, especially as bacteria is normally seen as something unappealing and unattractive.I think the soft colours against the black work effectively as it makes the pattern of the bacteria stand out more. I like the middle image as the bacteria could be seen to look like a mosaic pattern, I like how the image can be interrupted as anything to the viewer.
Another photographer is Stephen Gill who worked by exposing his images to the natural elements in order to cause defects on them. A particular project called 'outside in' was very interesting to look at as it involved Gill gathering objects from his local environment and placing them into the body of his camera to create a distorted image. He then photographed the landscape in his area and created an image of whatever he was photographing but with the objects warping it. I really like his outcomes and I feel the manipulation of it creates a diverse image. I really like how it hasn't completely obscured the image and you can see what the original photograph is. I like the idea of nature obstructing an image and transforming the image into something more interesting. I also like how defined the obscurities have come out, for example the ant in the right hand picture is the draw focus to that image. I also like how it isn't 100% clear what's warping the picture, in the middle image it isn't exactly clear what is causing the obstruction but it still creates interest to the viewer.
Two students called Luke Evans and Josh Lake took the idea of distorting film with an extreme approach of swallowing it and then retrieving it to see the results. The final images produced showed incredible unique details of bacteria and the effect it had on the film. It created something that may be viewed as 'unpleasant' into something of aesthetic quality. I like how the project was a trial and error and the students had no idea what was going to turn out. Also each image would have a different effect that couldn't be replicated. This idea of uniqueness and one off is something I would like to portray in my images. I think the idea of not having any intention or knowledge in what was going to be produced makes each image very unique.
For my own work I took photographs of erosion and then went onto develop the film. I experimented with two strips of film different ways to distort it. I experimented with mustard and then cream cheese, I left the food on the strips for about a week to allow it to go off and develop mold. I thought this would help to defect the film a bit more and make the final images even more distorted.
I found that the cream cheese produced an interesting effect on the images, as it was not too thick hence it allowed you see to see where the film had been distorted. However most of the images were difficult to recognize what they were originally as the mold had obscured it so much. I found an exposure time of around 18 seconds worked best on producing the best contrast and clear image. I found the mustard to not be as effective in distorting the image, it created such a defect in the film that you were not able to tell what the original image was of. I also wasn't completely happy with the actual photographs themselves, I felt they weren't that interesting and some had come out blurred. In my next development I wanted to continue looking at distorting film but of more interesting images.
Artist and me
Destroying film - flowers
I wanted to continue exploring the idea of destroying film further, I wasn't overly happy with what I was photographing though. I decided to look at photographing flowers colseup to see a macro view of their patterns, formations and textures. I had wanted to achieve something similar with my erosion photographs but felt I hadn't. I decided to go to Kew Gardens to capture a different array of flowers, I took pictures on film and decided I would then destroyed part of the film again to see the effect on different types of images. I wanted to created a juxtaposition of photographing an image of something beautiful and then contrasting it with distorting film. In comparison to my last development, the erosion was fairly boring and not of aesthetic beauty, I wanted the image to be something of more beauty to highlight the juxtaposition. I also experimented with new foods, I tried using salad dressing, lemon juice, raspberry jam and hummus. I left the film for several days so that bacteria and mold would grow and hence have a bigger impact on the images.
One artist who helped with this idea is Seung-Hwan Ho, he combined the idea of photography and his skills of being a microbiologist to create distortions on film. He grew fungus on film and allowed the microorganisms to devour the film. He took portraits of people and then allowed the film to be changed by bacteria. Over the three years in which this project took place his technique improved as he worked out which conditions worked best for the microorganisms. He wanted to capture the 'evanescence of film photography, the transiency of life, and the continual entangled creative and destructive processes'. I really like his work as I feel it portrays a sense of lost identity as the portraits are destroyed causing their faces to become un-recognizable. The colours and patterns merged together create a very aesthetically pleasing image. I also like how every image is unique as the bacteria growth can not be replicated and produces a new type of image each time. Lastly I like how he used the growth of microorganisms such as fungus which would be deemed as unpleasant and turned them into something of beauty and art. I feel this is something which I wanted to achieve with my work as I wanted to show how mold can be turned into something of worth.
One artist who helped with this idea is Seung-Hwan Ho, he combined the idea of photography and his skills of being a microbiologist to create distortions on film. He grew fungus on film and allowed the microorganisms to devour the film. He took portraits of people and then allowed the film to be changed by bacteria. Over the three years in which this project took place his technique improved as he worked out which conditions worked best for the microorganisms. He wanted to capture the 'evanescence of film photography, the transiency of life, and the continual entangled creative and destructive processes'. I really like his work as I feel it portrays a sense of lost identity as the portraits are destroyed causing their faces to become un-recognizable. The colours and patterns merged together create a very aesthetically pleasing image. I also like how every image is unique as the bacteria growth can not be replicated and produces a new type of image each time. Lastly I like how he used the growth of microorganisms such as fungus which would be deemed as unpleasant and turned them into something of beauty and art. I feel this is something which I wanted to achieve with my work as I wanted to show how mold can be turned into something of worth.
I found that humus was the only food that did not work as it was too thick and didn't allow light through when it was being developed, hence creating a blank image. However the salad dressing, jam and lemon juice created an effect on the image. All three created a similar patchy grain over the images. I much preferred the outcome compared to my last development as you could actually what the image was of. I found similar exposure times worked, I used 14-24 seconds depending on how high I wanted the contrast and the paper used.
Mind map of current developments
Bleaching prints
Next I decided I wanted to defect the disposable prints from Kew Gardens, I placed a small amount of bleach onto the image before letting it run slightly, and then washing it off. I found you had to be careful of how much bleach you used as on a couple of prints I used too much and ended up taking all the ink off. I found cleaning products did not work apart from toilet cleaner which left a slight blue tinge to the image. I used a paint brush with the bleach on some of the images which created scratchy effect that I think looked effective. As these pictures are of pretty flowers, the effect of bleaching juxtaposes their perfection with imperfection.
An artist who helped to inspire this idea was Angelica Garcia with her project entitled 'emptiness'. She used portraits of random strangers in Buenos Aires and had them taken against a blank white wall. She then printed them and manipulated them but didn't use digital methods to do so. She erased their faces to express the loneliness that she herself felt being a foreign student in Argentina. It helped her to realise that she could meet a lot of people in Argentina but as soon as they returned to their home countries their presence would leave. It also allowed her to express memories and memorable people through the means of photography. I think her work has a very powerful meaning behind it and presents a sense of beauty despite the images being depicted. I find the patterns created from the manipulation to be very unique and like how each image has a different outcome as the distortions aren't controlled. I wanted to achieve such uniqueness when bleaching my own images as I wanted each one to come out with its own individual design.
An artist who helped to inspire this idea was Angelica Garcia with her project entitled 'emptiness'. She used portraits of random strangers in Buenos Aires and had them taken against a blank white wall. She then printed them and manipulated them but didn't use digital methods to do so. She erased their faces to express the loneliness that she herself felt being a foreign student in Argentina. It helped her to realise that she could meet a lot of people in Argentina but as soon as they returned to their home countries their presence would leave. It also allowed her to express memories and memorable people through the means of photography. I think her work has a very powerful meaning behind it and presents a sense of beauty despite the images being depicted. I find the patterns created from the manipulation to be very unique and like how each image has a different outcome as the distortions aren't controlled. I wanted to achieve such uniqueness when bleaching my own images as I wanted each one to come out with its own individual design.
Bleaching negatives
I then wanted to look at bleaching some of the negatives from the photos I had taken at Kew Garden. I also wanted to look at the originals from the negatives under the red light in the darkroom. I liked how you could see the bleach effect with the red tinge, however the images weren't that clear and wanted to get them printed to see them more defined.
An artist who helped with the idea of this development is Peter Hoffman, he distorted his film 0with dousing it in gasoline and then setting it alight before quickly placing it in water to make sure it was not completely destroyed. The images were taken at Fox River in Chicago, hence giving the projects name 'Fox river derivatives'. I think his images are very captivating, they look as if microbes have destroyed it rather than fire. Also the variety of intense and bright colours make the image exquisite and unique. I also like that despite the images being so distorted you can still make out the scenery behind it which creates an aesthetic contrast.
My favourite image is the middle one as the effect on it almost gives off a trippy Alice in Wonderland feel due to the distortion. It almost creates a different dimension however you can still recognise it to be a landscape of a forest and river. It also appears to make the trees look mirrored in the river as a reflection. I also really like the bubble effect the fire has given, the bright colours contrast with the natural tones of the scenery which causes it to be the focal point of the picture.
An artist who helped with the idea of this development is Peter Hoffman, he distorted his film 0with dousing it in gasoline and then setting it alight before quickly placing it in water to make sure it was not completely destroyed. The images were taken at Fox River in Chicago, hence giving the projects name 'Fox river derivatives'. I think his images are very captivating, they look as if microbes have destroyed it rather than fire. Also the variety of intense and bright colours make the image exquisite and unique. I also like that despite the images being so distorted you can still make out the scenery behind it which creates an aesthetic contrast.
My favourite image is the middle one as the effect on it almost gives off a trippy Alice in Wonderland feel due to the distortion. It almost creates a different dimension however you can still recognise it to be a landscape of a forest and river. It also appears to make the trees look mirrored in the river as a reflection. I also really like the bubble effect the fire has given, the bright colours contrast with the natural tones of the scenery which causes it to be the focal point of the picture.
Another photographer is Philip Stearns who used high voltage to create incredible images of the electrical charge. He used the latest technology to achieve his results and wanted to portray the expressive capacity of film technology to capture images of the world through extreme voltage. I like how each image has a variety of bright and intense colours which show abstract beauty. I also like his use of the voltage being the image and there isn't a photograph of anything else behind the voltage. This allows the focus to be on the amazing and unique distortions created by the voltage. I also like the unknown of how the images will turn out and how each one turns out differently. I wanted to portray something similar in my work, I couldn't control how the bleach would effect the film hence giving me results that were unknown.
I liked how the bleach had effected the film but wanted to get them printed to see the effect in a higher quality. I also really liked the aesthetic of the negative film strips by themselves. I decided to enhance the quality of the negatives on photoshop by adjusting the levels and then unmasking it. This allowed you to see what the actual image was of in definition. For my final piece I decided to print the negative strips blown up and then have the prints to correspond to negatives. I thought the end result worked well especially with photoshopping the negatives to have a higher definition. I thought some of the prints came out well however some seemed a bit too dark from the bleach destroying it too much and were hard to recognise what they were. However I liked the images which had tinges of colour as it contrasted with the black to make it highlight the effect of the bleach.
Final pieces
Artist and me
Visual sum up of final piece
Conclusion
In conclusion I felt the project was successful, I feel as I started distorting the film I became more pleased with my results as they became more interesting that erosion on digital. I feel that I could of experimented with more food and maybe used things to do with nature to distort the film e.g mud. The project was hard to have specific direction as much of it was based on trial and error and experimenting. I found with leaving food on the film that it could of been left longer to allow more mould to grow on it as well as maybe using more variety of foods with different textures. I found the bleaching to be the most successful part of the project as despite it being hard to control how the bleach would effect the image it added an exciting element of surprise in what would be produced.