Final: Final Pieces -

Final Pieces -

Shoot 1:

This image was influenced by my preparatory work in that, during my research I studied many polaroid photographers and one who often came up was David Hockney who created a technique referred to as a photo joiner and was created by combining multiple images, he did it physically using polaroids, to create a final composite that is surreal is many aspects. His technique was adopted within the digital photographic communities and as such I decided to implement the technique in the production of the image for shoot 1. Unfortunately, whilst I did plan on making further reference to Hockney with a physical experiment I was unable to do so as a result of time pressures. I had wanted to print each section of the photographs and compile them into a large scale, almost life size, composite installation like the technique of Nobuhiro Nakanishi; I was then going to lay the polaroids around the central photo joiner to create my final idea. 

Shoot 2:

As an extension of shoot 1's ideas the process and links to my preparation work is very much the same. The idea was inspired by David Hockney and his use of polaroids to create a connected image photo joiner composite final image. As such I had planned upon using the below polaroids in their physical form when I was going to make a physical experiment of life size proportions to study my theme of identity but also my exam topic of connected images. 

Shoot 3:

The above and below photographic compositions are a result of my research into both polaroid photographers but also photo essay photographers. Some examples include the polaroid wall installation of Dash Snow, the photoessays of Herman Krieger and his use of black and white and also the recurring themes of identity such as gender or age as seen in works by Nan Goldin and other photographers in my preparatory image bank.

Shoot 4:

These photographic final pieces developed the techniques of production seen in the previous photoshoot and as such draw upon the same ideas that were chosen during my research. For instance, the final composite is inspired by the polaroid wall of Dash Snow, the layout is supposed to show my influence from Herman Kreiger's photoessays and his use of black and white. Furthermore, the theme of youth was present in many examples from my research process and inspired me and my work as it is relevant to me as an individual. Therefore, the theme and style is also developed from the faux documentary pieces of David Shama whilst the collage technique is drawn from one of Collier Schorr's series "Jens F".