Erwin Wurm - One Minute Sculptures. Cardiff

Erwin Wurm - One Minute Sculptures

When first seeing these images I really like the fact they were so random and unusual. When photography is in a public place, especially a train station, they are normally very constructed advertising images on billboards or posters but to have such random scenes quite large was nice to see. At first I wasn't really sure about the context of the images and I didn't really know how to think about them so I didn't really like them but after finding the title of the work, I really enjoyed them. It’s easy to go into a gallery or space and photograph a sculpture because they are still and normally there for a long period of time; it’s also easy to photograph a moment in a candid way so by having limited/timed sculptures as photography was something I really liked the concept of.

When trying to photograph the pieces I found it slightly difficult because they were directly behind a taxi rank so there we taxis blocking the view and the only way I could get a full view of them was to wait until one had driven off and out of the way.

Upon doing a small amount of research about Erwin’s work I read that in a museum, Erwin asks viewers to experience the art work and themselves in new ways rather than merely looking at them and to become involved. So perhaps placing the images behind somewhere they will at times get blocked out was the point so viewers would have to wait or move around to try and see. A lot of people in a busy location such as a train station will normally just forget about looking at something if it’s not in plain view, myself included, I would normally just of carried on and not bothered to stay and look if I had to wait for a taxi to move but the location of this work makes you experience yourself differently if you do stop and wait to look at it.

Something else that I really like about these images was how well they had been placed in the indents of the wall. This may not have been intended for the reason I think but because they fit so perfectly in the wall it kind of made the images more involved with the environment they were in.

Now looking back oat the photos I took and thinking about the concept of One Minute Sculptures I wish that while I was there I had done my own one minute sculpture.

Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths

Elsie Wright and  Frances Griffiths are famous for their fake fairy photos, for years the pair had a lot of people convinced that the photos were real. They did eventually admit that the photographs had been faked by using cardboard cut outs of fairies. I like the fact that these photos were so famous for so long and had so many people confused and questioning if they were real or not. It is a shame that nothing like could happen now because everyone is used to photographs being manipulated and edited and having things that are not real in them.

Francesca Woodman

To me this group of photos shows the connection between a person and their home. In all of them it shows how the people seem to be fusing or at least trying their hardest to be part of the house and the aspects in it. I like how surreal these photos are but seem to come from a simple idea like wanting your home to reflect yourself in a way... maybe ?

This shows really well what I said about the person trying become a part of their house, they are wrapping the wallpaper around them to try and perhaps hide and become a part of the wall.

This is the first photo that I had ever seen of hers. When I first saw it I spent a while thinking about how she got the burn mark so realistic but I assume it it by using paint that has been watered down or charcoal. The main reason that I like this photo is because I like the idea that when you have been in a house for so long you are going to leave behind something to let people in the future know you were there whether it is intentional or not.

Shropshire Lanes

When I am back in Telford I am the official photographer for a local off-roading group called Shropshire Lanes. I worked with them a few years ago as my then partner had joined their group, but in recent months the person who runs the group has been in contact with me to do a photo for his wife's business and since then he has asked me to go along with them to shoot and to be their photographer. This is something I really enjoy doing and since doing 2 recent photoshoots with them I have been introduced to new people who are offering me help and chances to better my work. A friend of the group works in Egypt for an off-roading magazine, he often takes his 4x4 out into the dessert to have fun and photograph them, the person who runs the group has suggested that I talk to this person to try and see if I could somehow also get involved, which is something I am considering.

Here are the photos that I have done with them recently....

Elisa lazo de valdez photography

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I found these photos on Tumblr a while ago and they are maybe my favourite ever photos. Everything about them to me is perfect. I was thinking about perhaps trying to do my own version of them for my personal project but I don't think that I would be able to do something similar without completely copying them which is not what I want to do. The really pale skin again a solid black background has the kind of consuming feel to it when you see the shadows on the body, as if the darkness was taking over, this is supported by the octopus tentacles being wrapped around the different parts of the body and if they were trying to hold on and keep/consume. They grey/lilac tones gives a very cold feel, but compared to the pale skin and the background they give a tiny hint of warmth in a strange way, but as moisture can be see from the tentacles it more supports the cold moist feel of the photo. I like in the top photos how the tentacles have wrapped in a spiral almost looking as if they were a piece of clothing or body jewellery.

Getrud Goldschmidt Appropriation-London Exhibtion

In a previous post I mentioned about in one of Eva's lessons where we were looking at people who use others work to create something new in their own work and I kind of did this by taking an angled photo of a sculpture. I wrote another way to use this sculpture as my own work by editing the photo a lot and creating something new from it.

The sculptures were by Getrud Goldschmidt.

These are my Appropriation photos of Getrud's sculptures. I edited the contrast A LOT on them, on the bottom imaged I selected the lines of the wire and copied and pasted them on top of the original images moving them slightly to give a little bit of a holographic effect. When I pasted the image, I also made them very slightly transparent.