Timeline
This task I completed on a piece of A3 paper.
History
An example of a well known artist who has worked in a darkroom and produced many inspiring pieces is Ansel Adams. Ansel was born on February 201th 1902 and died on the 20th April 1984. Ansel was an American artist who did many of his pieces of landscapes in Western America as this inspired him most and this is what he enjoyed taking photos of. He created many pieces of work in the darkroom , one being a piece called Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico. I think that Ansel used the darkroom as it creates a very different look on your photos as they come out black and white. I think the photos being in black and white create good contrast in the photo where as if it was in colour, this wouldn't be as effective as it wouldn't really stand out and would look similar to other artists work.
I like this piece of work because of the 2 different colours which are in the picture which contrast well with each other. I like the way the white lines stand out in the picture from the road which makes your eyes follow tit and then the clouds in the distance have a white glow around them making them also stand out from the gloomy grey sky. I would think that this photo was taken on a sunny day because of this glow which is around the clouds which could be the sun shining behind them but on this photo the sky looks moody like there is going to be a storm. In this photo, I would maybe add a car of some sort of transport moving along the road into the distance but not make it really stand out from the white lines.
I also like this image as it has lots of white in the picture which creates an atmosphere. I like the way the white on the tree makes each branch stand out really clear and the ground also looks like snow has set onto it ,which stands out from the sky and the cliff in the background as these are a dark grey colour.
I don't like this piece of work as it is too busy which distracts you. I think that nothing in this photo stands out so doesn't draw my attention straight away to a particular area. I think instead of having lots of sheep with a landscape in the background, taking a picture of just one sheep would work better because then you can see the background more clearly and the camera could focus on the sheep which would draw your attention straight away as the camera would be focusing on one thing.
Another example of an artist who worked with darkroom is Man Ray. in August 1980 and died November 1976. He was born Man Ray was also an American artist who was interested in obtaining unusual effects when taking his photos. Ray experimented with many of his photos by over exposing and under exposing his negatives which created a different look, these looking like they were 'bleached' .
I think that Ray decided to use the darkroom as he was very interested in experimenting new things and coming up with new ideas. think he wanted to create a different perspective into using the darkroom a bit differently which he went ahead and did.
I quite like this piece of work however I also find it a bit scary. I like the way the photo is split up into 3 different sections and the way they work well with each other. I think it is clever that the 3 sections work so well when the artist has used different eyes head and nose and mouth to create an unusual and interesting picture.
This is my favourite piece of Man Rays work. I like the way it is a photo of a basic object in this case being a film strip which is related to the darkroom. The film strip contrasts differently with the background in different areas which makes it stand out more and also because it is white looks more effective as it is bold compared to the plain black background. I think that it is good that he didn't put anything behind the filmstrip or in the background because otherwise your eyes wouldn't be drawn straightaway to the filmstrip and you wouldn't really see the main purpose of the photo.
I don't really like this piece as it isn't of anything interesting just part of a persons face. To make this better, it needs more contrast because its all just one colour really and the areas that are a tiny bit black, don't stand out. I think that the tear drop aren't emphasised enough. The face could be a darker shade which would help them stand out and be seen straight away.
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