B** P*****
Hi Roydon,
I find your project fascinating!
With your intent – maybe you could talk about what led you to change the images once you took them? Maybe you could talk about the colours you use and why you choose them? Also I think it would be interesting to see the image from start to finish – even just a ‘behind the scenes’ type of shot to see how you create the work because its not immediately obvious how the images are created, i.e. the images all seem finished, almost like a painting would be finished.
I know you don’t need anymore artists to look at as you have contextualised your work really well but your work makes me think of Patrick Heron and Mark Rothko’s work.
I also think that the exhibition idea is spot on – having the images nice and big. I don’t know if you have seen Roy Litchtenstien’s work in a gallery before but they are enormous pieces and really makes you understand his work more – as you said seeing this type of work in a book really doesn’t do it justice.
Hope this helps!
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Thanks, Ben for taking a look,
I have to agree that Rothko was left out. When I started it was only a couple of photographic artists then the research started revelling so many but I will gladly take more suggestions. I have not stumbled across Patrick Heron, but having viewed his work the cubism/surrealism is clearly visible before he dramatically moved into abstract expressionism.
I do like the point about the changing of the image and that is certainly something I will address.
The Tillmans quote about as soon as it is a photograph the question of how comes in. I am happy to share the method but do not see that it is important, it is the final image.
Thanks for some really good feedback
H**** W*****
Hi Roydon,
That certainly was a trip and I very much enjoyed it. I think the level of experimentation and technical prowess here were very strong though I feel the work sometimes lacked intent. I think it was well informed and contextualised through contemporary practitioners (LO3) with a good use of personal observations and critical opinions of your work and those practitioners (L06). I think for the dissemination of contemporary photographic practices could have used a few more examples of how those practitioners you gave as an example show their work and what platforms/mediums they choose to display the work to their audience (LO4). I thought the presentation was presented well though as with the work and you did acknowledge this that sometimes it went off on various tangents which I think is part of the experiment process which you acknowledged. I think with clearer intent such as the toxicity of plastic pollution on the beach or the reason why you made the photographs it would help navigate your way through the abstraction and have a reason why you abstract the work in the first place. The solar can image was very beautiful btw on another note and I know we’re not supposed to be thinking about (LO1) but I think the work of the abstract seascapes were particularly pleasing to myself.
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S**** R******
Thanks for sharing this work Roydon. Having worked with you on the last module and seen a couple of these images over the last couple of weeks it was great to see the wider scope of your work in progress. The vibrant use of colours and abstract nature of them makes them very unique and will I am sure come together as a powerful body of work.
I was a little unsure at the outset what your intent was in terms of this work but having then seen the discarded sauce bottle image and you thoughts and ideas around incorporating them with the more abstract I can see how this will work. I guess you will need to consider bringing this part in a lot sooner in terms of your critical review as it would be good to start with the overall intent at the outset.
There were some great example of photographers that have inspired you, big tick for LO3, and your images stand up well against them, confirming the contextualisation of your practice. LO1 is also very evident in terms of your awareness and expertise in experimenting and creating this wonderful images. LO4 is also evident in terms of the dissemination of your practice and I like the sound of the exhibition, I would suggest adding more details in about how this would look and perhaps incorporate the environmental pictures such as the sauce bottle to show how this would be included.
Whilst you have said in the words above that you have failed with LO5, there was evidence of critical analysing your work in terms of the multiple exposure shots and soap bubble images.
Looking forward to seeing more of this project in the coming weeks.
One fact that leaps out is that I introduce the pollution at the end of the presentation and it will appear that people focus on that aspect. I had thought that the citation of Wolfgang Tillmans would leave the viewer without any doubt is was about the individual picture. Another aspect that leaps out is the quote reflects on the concept that the method is not important, it’s the image.
