Jon Shireman
Content- Jon Shireman has a selection of photos he has called 'Broken Flowers' in which he has carefully amputated a range of flowers in a very specific and delicate way (removing their petals etc), leaving the remains laying next to the once full flower in shape that resembles its once former structure. He firstly took photos of the complete flower then followed them with the chopped and mixed versions. I decided on focusing on this particular selection as it is in contrast with my first contact sheet in which I took natural objects and destroyed them in the messiest way possible highlighting a very man-made form of decay. This is a similar process, however, the form behind it is completely different. Although I am again looking at man-made and purposeful forms of decay, I will instead attempt this contact sheet in a very stylistic and specific manor, completely different from the destructive nature of the other and in complete obedience with Shiremen's works.
Form- Shireman has collected a range of beautiful and vibrant flowers that he has decided to photograph in a series of close-up, intense shots highlighting the sadistic nature behind the purpose of these pictures. He has taken them and put them against a contrasting white background, again emphasising their strong, bold and striking colour schemes and in turn making each photo very specific and personal. This equates for a very personal adaptation of each flower when he chops them up, and therefore he keeps their identity by making the patterns out of their petals very specific to each.
Process- Shireman has identified a selection of flowers all noticeably different from one another in turns of colour and shape, exemplifying the individuality of each of them. Firstly, he photographed them in their original state, then proceeded to pick them apart and photograph them again. The lighting in each photo is extremely bright/intense and directed down upon the subjects so that the shadow remains behind each of them rather than filling up any unnecessary parts of the shot and distracting viewers. The white background is definitely purposeful so that you are given no option other than to focus on the substace, which wouldn't be the case if these photographs were taken in an environment. Other than the petals that were taken off, the composition of each flower remains the same in both shots, filling the same amount of the frame, and looking more or less very similar apart from the obvious differences between them. This gives off the impressions that it was sudden process rather than a longer one as the flowers do not look any older in the second photos.
Content- Jon Shireman has a selection of photos he has called 'Broken Flowers' in which he has carefully amputated a range of flowers in a very specific and delicate way (removing their petals etc), leaving the remains laying next to the once full flower in shape that resembles its once former structure. He firstly took photos of the complete flower then followed them with the chopped and mixed versions. I decided on focusing on this particular selection as it is in contrast with my first contact sheet in which I took natural objects and destroyed them in the messiest way possible highlighting a very man-made form of decay. This is a similar process, however, the form behind it is completely different. Although I am again looking at man-made and purposeful forms of decay, I will instead attempt this contact sheet in a very stylistic and specific manor, completely different from the destructive nature of the other and in complete obedience with Shiremen's works.
Form- Shireman has collected a range of beautiful and vibrant flowers that he has decided to photograph in a series of close-up, intense shots highlighting the sadistic nature behind the purpose of these pictures. He has taken them and put them against a contrasting white background, again emphasising their strong, bold and striking colour schemes and in turn making each photo very specific and personal. This equates for a very personal adaptation of each flower when he chops them up, and therefore he keeps their identity by making the patterns out of their petals very specific to each.
Process- Shireman has identified a selection of flowers all noticeably different from one another in turns of colour and shape, exemplifying the individuality of each of them. Firstly, he photographed them in their original state, then proceeded to pick them apart and photograph them again. The lighting in each photo is extremely bright/intense and directed down upon the subjects so that the shadow remains behind each of them rather than filling up any unnecessary parts of the shot and distracting viewers. The white background is definitely purposeful so that you are given no option other than to focus on the substace, which wouldn't be the case if these photographs were taken in an environment. Other than the petals that were taken off, the composition of each flower remains the same in both shots, filling the same amount of the frame, and looking more or less very similar apart from the obvious differences between them. This gives off the impressions that it was sudden process rather than a longer one as the flowers do not look any older in the second photos.