Group members: Diana Villegas & Stephanie Harrison
In order to display every day aesthetic we chose to focus on two major concepts from the reading, the rise of urbanisation in photography and photography as "the display and collection of one's discoveries" (Murray; 132). Keeping this in mind our main theme is the duality of cityscapes with the sub-theme of repetition. These choices not only display urbanisation but also add interest through the attempt to mimic the concept of duality. We demonstrated duality by juxtaposing locations. For example the picture of the underground train station and the walkway on the harbor bridge represent the duality between earth and sky, night and day. We also represented duality by the reflection of buildings off of the windows in order to mimic the reflection of mirrors and to allude to different personalities within one. Through this we attempt to give human like characteristics to inanimate objects which gives a different perspective and locates beauty in the mundane. Our choice in keeping the photos monochromatic along with repetition refer to the notion of photography as a means of collection. It also gives cohesiveness to our project and adds texture and dimension. In order to represent duality in the pictures where repetition is the dominant factor we focused on juxtaposing and bringing up the contrast between shadows and highlights, thus bringing the duality of light vs darkness. In addition some of the photographs were purposely blurred, out-of focused or grainy to refer to the fetishization of low-end work. The project also focuses on close-up shots of the building in order to display every day aesthetic by framing the mundane in an unusual way. The music chosen serves to set a sombre tone in order to complement the images and not over power them. Thus, the viewer can focus on the detail of the pictures and the themes they display. The video also shows the same transitions and Ken Burns effect in order to give the video unity and cohesiveness.The fact that both members of the group used phone-cameras or simple point and shoot cameras adds authenticity to the pictures and blurs the line between amateur and professional. The photos were taken in Sydney CBD and Norwest Business Park.
Murray, S (2008) Digital Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics. Journal of Visual Culture August 2008 vol. 7(2). 147-163.
(project was finalized in iMovie with the duration of 30 seconds but Youtube reads as 31 s)
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