IMAGE LAB 5 LARGE FORMAT

 

Sarah during our large format technical induction

So Christmas is creeping closer, and it's time for our final project of the unit! This week we were introduced to the world of large format! Even though it seemed a little daugnting seen as I have no studio experiance, I was really excited about starting this project. I have never worked with large format before and i knew it would be a challenge but a great way of pushing our technical knowlagde.

When we were first introduced to this project I started thinking about to contemporary still life photography by Wolfgang Tillmans. These are some of Tillmans' still life's taken from the book "Wolfgang Tillmans"
ISBN 0-7148-4192-7

Still life, New York, 2001

Still life, Talbot Road, 1991

Podium, 1995

I also thought about the incredible, alian like still live's by Edward Weston, so I had a look at the beautifull Edward Weston: The Flame Of Recognition (Aperture Monograph) 

However after meeting in our group we decided that we would like to create a still life that was a homage to the  renaissance painters of the 15th and 16th centuaries such as Pieter Claesz,

I think that if we thoughroly research this era and could possibaly add a contemporary spin we could produce a sucsessfull photograph.

Still life with a skull and a writting quill, 1628, Pieter Claesz

Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a Wan-li Bowl, 1659
Willem Kalf

OUR FINAL IMAGE

  I think that this has been a relativly sucsesfull first attempt at large format for our group however with more research and better planning I think that we could have produced a much more substantial image. Overall I loved working in this way and I can't wait to develop these skills more. I think that this has been a great way to end the unit on, and looking back over the last 11 weeks, despite struggles along the way, I think that i've learned a lot.