Physical Experimentation

Physical Experimentation

As part of my experimentation I decided to make a physical final piece. I wanted the final piece to reflect the ideas that I have been exploring throughout my work. Below I have shown my ideas for this final piece and how I carried out these ideas.

Final Piece Ideas

How I created my physical final piece

In order to create my final piece I used:

• A perspex box
• Spray mount
• A paper trimmer
• Each of my photos

Firstly I used a paper trimmer to cut the white border around each of the images.

I then measured the photos against the box and made a small mark as to where they needed to be cut.

I then used the rota trimmer to cut the images according to where I had made the mark.

I then used spray mount to carefully stick each image onto each side of the cube.

This is the final outcome.

The Final Outcome

Below are photos of my final piece. I have taken a photo of each side of the cube and then also some from a different perspective.

I think this final piece is successful because I have been able to convery the idea of 'the business of London's train stations'. I like the use of geometry as I feel this is cohesive with the rest of my project. The main focus of the cube is movement which I feel has been successful when creating the final piece. I would have liked the images to have fitted exactly onto each face of the square however if the photos were exact squares then they would be slightly distorted which I did not want. I think this final piece strongly reflects the work of my photographer research due to the images themselves. For example the photos use a harsh contrast (Andre Kertesz) and a wide depth of field (Ed Ruscha). I also feel as though the cube itself is strongly related to elements of Andre Kertesz's images due to the use of lines and geometry. Furthermore the use of line was highly inspired by some edits from my preparatory shoots. An example of this is my editing from shoot 8. These edits use lines to distort and image and make it seem sligtly unrealistic. There is an example of this below.

Each photo I used during my final piece held a different meaning in regards to London's train stations. This was because they were all in different locations with many different people within the photo. I feel as though putting each of these photos together created a piece that represented the diversity of the people using the London Underground and just purely how many people use this and take this for granted every single day. The use of movement within this final piece also has many different connotations towards the business of London train stations. I think that due to the fact that I have deepened the contrast and the movement makes people in the images unidentifiable this has connotations of people using trains not noticing other people around them and not acknowledging the thousands of other people who are on the train. I like the idea that you can see different photos depending on which angle you are looking at the cube. I feel as though this represents a real life scenario when people are walking through the train stations as they will only be able to see certain things from certain places. I think this makes my final piece more personal and reflects real life.