Shoot 7: America Shoot (Contact Sheet)

Nils Muller (Photos)

Nils Muller (Graffiti Artist Research)

   Nils Müller is a former graffiti artist who taught himself photography so that he could immortalize his work, which is typically cleared away with haste by authorities. Instead of focusing on the graffiti, he looks at the act of creating it and all the emotional tension that involves. Müller’s photographs elevate graffiti to a sophisticated visual language, one that thrills both for its illicit nature and aesthetic value. His first photo book Bluetezeit and his second one Vandals, scheduled for publication on May 1, illustrate perfectly this balancing act.


   Driven by his curiosity and fascination with what goes on behind the scenes, Müller soon began photographing musicians, actors and other artists as well. While the images differed, the conditions under which they were created remained similar: nearly insufficient lighting and situations that required instant reaction.


   Müller’s empathy with his subjects helps him capture them at the precise moments that reflect their personalities and characters, whether they’re musicians on stage or graffiti artists in the act of vandalism. His work goes beyond the facade to reveal the feelings behind each subject. As such, Müller proves photography can be both realistic and mysterious.
Nils Müller is a multi-faceted creative who rigorously embraces a unique visual approach.


http://www.nilsmuellerphotography.com/about

Abandoned Mansion Analysis

My main aim for these shoots was to look at buildings that have been used for graffiti work. The abandoned mansion I focused on has been derelict for about a year and has already been broken down and altered by people who have been through it. I mainly tried to capture graffiti in the building and people spraying it on, showing the various groups of people that express graffiti in an artistic way by portraying images or 'tags' which represent themselves in a way.

Shoot 6: Final Image (Abandoned Building)

Shoot 6: Best Selection (Abandoned Building)

Shoot 6: Contact Sheet (Abandoned Building)

Iphone Shoot Analysis

In my Iphone shoot I used the app 'Hipstamatic' to create a film-type image as the app focuses on film looking photos. I didn't like some of the photos on a number of lenses on the app I chose to use because it either distorted colour or shadow in areas that I didn't want. I liked the effect that the app uses because of the film effect, as I usually use a DSLR camera which doesn't grab this effect.

Iphone Project Final Image

Iphone Project: Best Selection

Iphone Project (Contact Sheet)

Intention (Iphone Shoot)

For the iPhone shoot I am going to experiment with the app 'Hipstamatic'. This app produces the images as film as you can change the lens settings, putting different lenses on and you can change the film inside the app, giving the user ultimate control over the picture quality and style.

Shoot 5: Final Image (Abandoned Building)

Shoot 5: Best Selection (Abandoned Building)

Shoot 5: Contact Sheet (Abandoned Mansion)

Evaluation (Text Project)

In this project I tried to create a 'copy image' of one of Jim Goldberg's photos. I did this by incorporating text into my image and copying the writing as best as I could using a font called 'Simpsonfont' to recreate the handwriting type text Goldberg uses. This links into my theme by going against the means of society and order, highlighting identity and culture within the photograph.

Text Project (Final Image)

Text Project (Contact Sheet)

Intention (Text Research)

My Intention for the text project is to learn how to incorporate text on images better and to create a similar photo to one of Jim Goldberg's pictures. By incorporating text into my image, I am highlighting identity and culture within the photo, like Goldberg.

Jim Goldberg Photos

Jim Goldberg (Text Artist Research)

Jim Goldberg (born 1953) is an American photographer and writer whose work reflects long-term, in-depth collaborations with neglected, ignored, or otherwise outside-the-mainstream populations.

Goldberg is best known for his photography books, multi-media exhibits and video installations, among them: Rich and Poor (1985), Nursing Home, Raised by Wolves (1995), Hospice, and Open See (2009). Goldberg photographs sub-cultures, creating photo collages, and including text with his photographs, often written by his subjects.

Goldberg is part of the social aims movement in photography, using a straightforward, cinéma vérité approach, based on a fundamentally narrative understanding of photography. His empathy and the uniqueness of the subjects emerge in his works, "forming a context within which the viewer may integrate the unthinkable into the concept of self. Thus diffused, this terrifying other is restored as a universal."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Goldberg

Shoot 4: Final Image (Abandoned Mansion)

Shoot 4: Best Selection