https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/5892354/edge-of-something

The work in progress portfolio is due. Second module WIP progress can be found at roydonwoodford.co.uk however the link above displays the work in a more natural galley setting.

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This is a blending of the abstract work and exploration of images with a topical subject. This direction came about when I started exploring the abstract processing on more normal images. I felt that this was a major success in that it highlights a social problem that we are all facing, that of pollution in our oceans.

A beer bottle on a shoreline may not be seen but make it purple to highlight it, a sauce bottle oozing red.

This body of work has been well received by the public through social channels and has opened up avenues to explore for exhibiting them and continuing this as a further project.

I have further experimented with this avenue having collected shoreline plastics and pollution to bring home to utilise macro photography. I feel that macro photography lends itself to this process both in abstraction and the pollution aspect with the microplastic and small items. I have yet to explore the macro in pure abstract but think that it will provide some very clear results.

At this stage, I feel that I will include some of the images in the final work in progress presentation, however, it may be a distraction from the exploration of the abstract. With some weeks still to go before that has to be finalised things may change. I do not think the clipper lighter is too successful as the actual lighter is lost in the sea of red. The red only works on select images. I find the drum of carbon remover is a great piece and I could see that displayed in a book or exhibition with the safety sheet next to it to show how toxic this drum is.

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The image below is a bandstand photographed in a circle around it. The resultant image is a stack that is blended into one. This image means that you see the whole of the bandstand at once. Although it retains the image that we are familiar with its an image that can never be seen in reality. Other aspects that come into play is that spurious parts in the background blend and are lost.

The process of multiple exposures used in both these images is utilising a full 360^o image capture. I have experimented with a smaller angle where access does not permit the 360^o and although it can be equally successful I feel that these two are the best I have produces so far.

One review commented on the colour palette, Which sadly can’t be helped with a green bandstand or tree. However, I do understand that this style is often used in street scenes where there can be a lot of vibrant colours. So if you compare on aesthetics they would always be better.

I will progress this further at some point, although it is producing abstract images I am not sure that this is a form of abstraction that I have been looking for as the images are too ‘real’ and clearly is a work in progress with only two images to include.

To take this multiple exposure further I feel that I would have to start travelling to find locations where more colour can be introduced. With the current pandemic restrictions, this has not been possible but maybe in the near future, it will be.

There are several notable artists who work with multiple exposures such as Corinne Vionnet and Pep Ventosa (further details).

As experimentation, I have used the method with the appropriation of images to create new work. Lockdown Travels via Pinterest.

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One comment that did resonate was the display of the image and its requirement to be on the wall and large. This is something that I have often envisaged as being a requirement for the display.

I feel that as a practitioner that any engagement is always greatly appreciated, however in the setting of the forum it is difficult to establish the level of interest. Would individuals choose to look or is it because they are provided the image experience.

In the reverse situation, to experience other images without pre-information provided insight into how my own reading being off and very narrow, looking at the technical to get the meaning. Reminding me of the simplistic game show Catchphrase – “Say What you See!”. This is something I am working on and will expand with a more diverse selection of image viewing.

There are several red dots top left quarter. These dots are not artefacts so as part of the structure I left them in the image. These were picked up in the viewings and I perceived them to enhance the image.

Technical explanation is reviewed here

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I feel the image is a success for a couple of reasons. The work is very abstract which fits into the body of work that I am working on at the same time clearly has elements of ICM (in camera movement).

This image is the first success of a process that is fairly high risk. With the use of a beer can there is little cost involved, so when they go missing for whatever reason its no great expense, just the loss of what could have been. Another risk is the location and the can being destroyed by the environment. More cans will be deployed to continue the beer can pinhole photography project.

A fellow photographer filmed the area and caught a clip of it surviving the storm. https://twitter.com/Lyonsphotos_uk/status/1335156938565447685?s=20

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