Some Final Research for Project 2.

   I have been looking for inspiration to guide me in the presentation of my final images, and I've stumbled across a lot of interesting work lately.


   This song doesn't really have much to do with the project, but something about listening to it helped me to visualize where I wanted to go with the photos. I think the eclectic mood made me feel more in tune with how weird it is to be glorifying rotting food. It helped me a lot while I was photoshopping! The video is pretty cool too.

   I also looked at the work of Fraser Clements, a New Zealand photographer who has a lot of weird subject material. He has some normal stuff too, but nevertheless, they all seem very advertisement driven. Most of the photos I looked at had bright colors, and some even were advertisements, like this one for Up & Go.

   Along with Fraser Clements, I've been looking at a lot of the artist's we've seen in lecture. Those that stick out the most to me are Hiroshi Sugimoto, Craig Barber, Martin Parr, Alfred Stieglitz, and Tim Davis. Here are some of my favorite photos by each of them:

"Thom" by Craig Barber

"Steerage" by Alfred Stieglitz

"KFC 2" by Tim Davis

Martin Parr

"Radio City Music Hall" by Hiroshi Sugimoto

   I've found that writing things out has helped me immensely with this project. I've written my ideas, drawn numerous pyramids, tried different layouts for my slides, etc. Here's an example from my workbook.