Draft Two Slinkachu Project
I missed a lot of class this week and was only able to take a few pictures on Thursday. I came up with four photographs. The first two were successful and last two were not. The two that were not successful were unsuccessful because of the background. There was a car behind the subjects that made their size a present factor. The car put them into scale and showed how small they really were.
For this project I decided to focus on a British street artist named Slinkachu. I researched his style of photography and tried to copy it. He is best know for a project called The Little People Project and the photographs in that series are the ones I focused on. His photos convey complex narratives about human conditions. The steps he uses to creating his photographs are: use train set figures for characters, think up the story you want to tell, set up the scene by thinking of it as a miniature film set, after shooting the scene, walk away and leave the installation for someone else to find. Slinkachu leaves the scene after the picture has been taken. His set blends into the city, but when viewed up-close a new universe is revealed. He tries to emphasize all of the alienation and loneliness of modern life through his photos. Human nature is a major theme that he attempts to communicate. Although I did not leave my installations after I took the photos I still followed his recipe and tried to demonstrate his themes through my own photos.
For this project I decided to focus on a British street artist named Slinkachu. I researched his style of photography and tried to copy it. He is best know for a project called The Little People Project and the photographs in that series are the ones I focused on. His photos convey complex narratives about human conditions. The steps he uses to creating his photographs are: use train set figures for characters, think up the story you want to tell, set up the scene by thinking of it as a miniature film set, after shooting the scene, walk away and leave the installation for someone else to find. Slinkachu leaves the scene after the picture has been taken. His set blends into the city, but when viewed up-close a new universe is revealed. He tries to emphasize all of the alienation and loneliness of modern life through his photos. Human nature is a major theme that he attempts to communicate. Although I did not leave my installations after I took the photos I still followed his recipe and tried to demonstrate his themes through my own photos.
I think that all of your photos are very good for the second draft. Most of the people look to be doing natural things but I noticed that in the last picture of the rubix cube, I think that the person in the yellow shirt seems a tad bit unnatural as I don't think that it could balance in that position.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on this draft. I really like the images in which the little people are active, in either lifting or pushing an object. I think when you can incorporate these little people doing everyday tasks, you can create a connection with the viewer. I really like your second image here!! Good Work!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you are telling a story with the little people, I also really like how you have incorporated other objects into the pictures.
ReplyDeleteI love these shots, especially the Rubix Cube one. However, I think your series could be even better if you got some shots at "eye-level" to your subjects. This would make them look less like toys and more like actual people, (if that's what you're going for)
ReplyDeleteI think that you did a really great job following the recipe and emulating your artist in your work. Slinkachu makes you think in his photos and you certainly made me puzzle over your photos especially the one drowning in the shell. Overall great job this week!
ReplyDeleteThe photos are very creative, the lighting is more constant and the background is not distracting like in the last series. Some larger scale photos where the figures look even smaller and aren't the dominant object in the frame might be worth experimenting with.
ReplyDeleteHello there Malia! These are awesome!! I love how the figures are interacting with their environment and real functional things while looking natural (?). I think ben "eye-level" suggestion is notable. But i really think you emulated your artist's work perfectly! Great job!!!
ReplyDeleteI think the photo ideas were great and very creative within the limited time you had. I think if the car wheel wasn't in the background for the last photo it would've been a great photo. Keep up the good work.
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