George Georgiou Fault Lines

 

The images denote parts of turkey and showing how new buildings are coming up and the impact that they are having on the community as the country becomes modern. The images of the buildings are shown to be taken with a wide-angle lens to show more of the context of the area, while some of the portraits are taken close to the subject. George Georgiou work is designed to highlight the differences that can occur, this is connoted by the way he has positioned the camera in different parts of the areas and allowed the area to speak. The message coming from his work is important to understand how people from this country might go over there to understand the impact on people’s lives. His work is about the tensions of the divide as Turkey is the border to Europe and the Middle East two contrasting areas. The divisions include modernity and tradition, secularism and Islamism, democracy, and repression—often in unlikely and contradictory combinations. These divisions are a huge problem as there are parts of Turkey and Muslims (Shura)that want democracy and you have others in the east who think democracy is a waste of space.

I am affected by the viewer with the images highlighting the huge divide with the half on the left showing a well built up and a rich location while the half on the right shows neglect and negative space and these shots show how the west of turkey are rich and the east is poor and with problems.  I am fascinated by how the shots are almost like the Berlin wall was hidden with the problems that occurred in Germany with the west being rich and the poor being the east. As viewer I am also affected due to how the images being empty impacts the eye showing the wealth divide which can make the viewer feel upset.

The work is significant to my project as it highlights the problems the communities faces and the work allows buildings to be captured at different angles. The work stands out as being different from what I have seen as this work is about a social documentary scene. I like how the composition has been layed out with the selected images showing nothing in detail but capturing an establishing shot of the local communities and how they are dealing with life.


The strengths of this work are important to understand how changes are impacting small local communities in turkey what I am going differently compared to what has been photographed is change it to bridges. The strength of it showing another aspect that I can work on for my project with making it to link with new and old, this would work for my project if there were no major travel restrictions in place.

The visual styles that I am planning taken forward are the way the work has been presented with the angles shown in the detail of the image when it comes to the bridges showing at another viewpoint. This might end up happening but given that I am working with the film it might not be possible to get at every angle. I will be offering a viewpoint of Ashford and Canterbury’s bridges and not what is going in this location.

The indented audience is for people of the area to show how the town and country have been progressing over the years with new meeting old, the work is contemporary showing the area what the lives about showing the poverty. The images are important as it captures how turkey has changed over the years.

The context that I have seen this work in has been on my laptop which makes the images look flatter and not interesting compared to if they were placed in the gallery. The use of the gallery will make the images stronger as it will be able to show the journey that has been undertaken with the viewer being able to relate to the text shown.

Annotations, Bridges, all from “ASHFORD KENT REMEMBERING THE WAY IT ONCE WAS”

The images denote several bridges located in Ashford, these bridges are Newtown rail bridge, Ashford International and others. The images are featured are all located from the local Facebook page to understand the History of some of the bridges in Ashford. You can see in the image’s peoples snapshots from the past.

The images interpreted the history of parts of Ashford showing how the town has changed over the years. The images communicate the feeling of nostalgia with how parts of this town have changed when they have upgraded parts of the town to make it fit for the next couple years to make life easier for most people. The meaning behind these photos being uploaded to Facebook is to show people the past of Ashford for people who are young or new to the town.

The work is significant to my project as these images are some of the locations that I am planning on using going forward in shooting around the town. I like the composition with some of the images not being centre for safety reasons which is what I am going to replicate, I like how the ideas behind the work are about showing the past. I am planning on showing Ashford in the present as with the use of film they will be frozen in time and a lot harder to edit.

The strengths of these images are that it tells a story of how the town has changed, the images are strong on their own however I am planning on using them to mould together to make them stronger. The weakness that I can think of is that the images are not the high quality which is due to Facebook downsizing the images.

I am planning on taking forward how some of the images have been set up to capture what is going on at the locations. I am not planning on using the same set up on all but I am planning on getting the images as shown in these at an angle in order to keep my self from the road or other hazards that might be beside me. I am planning on offering them all in black and white to make my images different.

The original intended audience was for the member of the public to capture how the town is changing and this allows them to look back on there archive. The intended audience for the posts is to show nostalgia when it comes to the past of the town’s history. Images have changed over time with it showing how the news and what is going on at the time and with the images today it shows the remembrance of the time that has gone by.

The context of the images that I have selected have all come from Facebook, the images are designed to show how the town has changed over the years. This would work well in a gallery to show the history of the town with the changes. This would not work in a national gallery due to the fact it is about local history, but the work is important for the town centre and the locals from Facebook.

Annotations: Bernd and Hilla Becher

The artist has made other works as shown featuring water towers, barns, gas towers and many more, for their work in the new topographic.

The work denotes old, abandoned buildings around the world. The work shows multiple images in the same print with some being 3x3 or refers to allow the viewer to understand what is going on.

The images connoted the feeling of power with how the images have all been composed together. The Images highlight how the structures that in a normal sense are ugly and an eye saw can look in interesting. The meaning of the images is to show the everyday boring set up with the location all being mundane and ugly with the use of the topology the images look interesting. The images are about objects looking the same with the horizon and the planes to make it stand out to the eye. The use of having the subjects being in the same set up allows the symbols to come together and form a natural harmony to accompany them. 


As a viewer, I am amazed by the power that the images convey with all of them being lined up to look the same with nothing being different. All the images are designed to be equal to show the set up with the only thing that is different is the location which makes the images work in unison and as an ally. When looking at the images you will see the same pattern with the locations with your eyes looking at every detail as almost you are finding the out one out, in the setup.



The work is significant to my project as I am planning on using the composition of the images in my work with how the subjects are placed in the centre which makes them easier on the eye and with the placement allows more of a story to be told. The ideas that they have used to show the subjects are powerful with them making sure everything is aligned perfectly to give the OCD message when it comes to perfection. I like how they have taken something that we would see every day in the mundane with it being overlooked and with it being ugly and turn it to something beautiful with the setup.


The strengths of this work are the way all of the images have been lined up together, I am going to change it with it not all going to be straight on this due to safety reasons when making my project as I cannot step into a busy road or railway line as I might get injured. The weakness is that the work is not appalling on my laptop screen as they are too small which makes the need to see this in a gallery more important.

I am planning on taking forward how the images have been laid out in a contact sheet format however I am, not going to be shooting straight on due to safety reasons. I cannot shoot some of the locations that they have used due to the virus and some of them have been knocked down as they were rubbish.

The original intended audience was for students that they taught with them being able to understand what they want to show when it came to this movement. The work is aimed at people to understand what it is going on outside.

The context that I have seen this work has been on my laptop since all galleries are closed due to the coronavirus and I am not meant to travel to look at art. The work is still powerful on my laptop with the way it has all been framed but it will look a lot stronger on a wall in its full size. The work is on the wall with the original print size will allow the work to speak about how the industry is being kept and how they work gives meaning, and you can understand what is about. The work needs people to spend time looking at it which can only be achieved in a gallery setting.

Annotations, Teddy on tour! (Pemberton, 2015)

The images denote a teddy bear at random locations with the bear being photographed to be the centre of focus. The bears are at the edge of the frame showing the location in the full glory. When looking at the images you see different locations were the teddy bear has been photographed at with the use of different colours from the scenes with them being strong.

The connoted sections of the images are that the bear is replacing his wife in all the photos as she does not like having her photograph being taken. The symbol of the bear is designed to be his wife in all of the locations that he has travelled to in the past. The meaning of the teddy bear is to show the love of Kneidinger’s wife respecting her wishes that she does not like being photographed. The feelings for the bear is loneliness with at times the bear being shown on its own at different locations.  When looking at the work without any original context the work looks like it is a photoshoot for a soft toy company due to the way it has all been positioned.

As a viewer, I am affected by the work with how the photographer is respecting his wife’s wishes with her camera-phobia. On my laptop, the use of having higher saturated images gives the bear more power to the eye with him being sharp and colourful. The use of having high saturation gives the message of warmth and pleasure when looking at the images, as the eye will be drawn into the higher saturation of the images, this has allowed more people to look at the images without getting bored. When looking at the images you instantly see the bear on the location due to the fact it is one of the most recognisable objects, the use of having the same scarf makes all the images come together and the viewer to know that the bear is the same but the location has changed.

The original audience that the work was for the Kneidinger’s holiday album to look back at some of the locations he has visited in the past when he was on holiday. The work is important to him as it documented his time away with Kneidinger’s wife for memories, it is important to other people whose relatives don’t like being photographed with them getting ideas with what they can do. The work is contemporary as Kneidinger’s uses the bear to show his wife and it being consistent across all of the images.

The context that I have seen this  work has been on the Daily Mail’s website on my laptop which may have impacted the reading of these images due to the saturation with using different computers it will give me a different colour temperature compared to the version of my screen.  I think the work would complement a gallery setting due to the way the photographs have been taken and placed to show what has been going on with it giving the images more power than they currently have. The images I think were due to go into the magazine from the Daily Mail on the weekend as this is what is normally printed.