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Experimental Photographer Case Studies. By Jonah Adshead

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Page 1: Existing photographers

Experimental Photographer Case Studies.

By Jonah Adshead

Page 2: Existing photographers

“Pearlblossom Highway”- David Hockney.

Page 3: Existing photographers

On the previous slide is a piece names “Pearlblossom Highway” that is an example of one of David Hockney’s photo collages or as he called them “joiners”. He began creating these in the early 1980’s using firstly polaroid photographs but later 35mm colour prints. He would simply take the photographs and place them together to allow the full scene to be shown in an arrangement of smaller photographs.

These techniques are historical and traditional as they only use older photography methods and do not venture into digital production or experimentation. Only film photography is used in this incredibly simple but incredibly effective method.

This is definitely an example of fine art. The images have been created to look interesting and striking and that is all, they have not been produced in order to show off a new clothing line or model of car. For this reason I believe this image would be displayed in a gallery or in an art book.

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“Self-portrait with cat” 1932- Wanda Wulz

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The photograph on the previous slide is a surrealist experimental photograph by Wanda Wulz. It has been done by merging the two photographs seen below somehow during the exposure process. This photograph uses traditional of film photography but Wulz has experimented with them to create this very interesting hybrid effect. It still does use historical methods however and was taken in 1932 so is way before the times of contemporary or non-traditional methods.I think that this photograph was made to awe and confuse people at the strange half woman half cat depicted on it. It has been created to look good and be enjoyed not for a commercial purpose but a fine art one. This means it will most likely be seen in an art book or displayed at an art gallery.

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Untitled- Nigel Tomm

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The previous slide shows a photograph by Nigel Tomm. He creates these interesting “crumple” effect images by first taking a photograph and having it printed before distorting it by screwing it up or arranging it over different levels so it is on different uneven levels creating an interesting appearance to the original image. He then photographs the image and uses this second photograph as his final piece.I think he uses mainly traditional methods in hos work as he does not use any computer programs in his work but I think his photography style is more contemporary a d he may use things such as instant digital photo printing instead of the traditional darkroom techniques.This is a piece of fine art and has been created solely for aesthetic purposes and would be displayed in an art gallery or featured in an art book.

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Untitled- Evilsabeth Schmitz-Garcia

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The image on the previous slide is an example of a method of photography called Scanography. It uses a photocopier scanner to take the photos with photographers laying objects or pressing their body against the scanner to achieve the images they want.This method is a contemporary one using more experimental and modern techniques with the use of the scanner technology. It is non-traditional as the scanner is not a traditional piece of equipment and the artist uses Photoshop in her post-production to mount photos together and add effects.I think this photo is a piece of fine art and would be displayed in a photography book or be featured in an art gallery.