DSDN144 - Project 2 - Precedence - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Candid photography, such as Carter - Bresson's work above is part of the aesthetic i will need to reflect in my own work. It has the ability to stay true to the scientific nature of how people intereract with space naturally, with out interference of the camera. In order to document natural foot traffic over time the shots will have to be almost candid, as if they people being photographed dont or wont know they are on film.  

DSDN 144 - Project 2 - Precedence - Etienne-Jules Marey

This photo, titled "chronophotographic studies
of a run" was taken from one of Etienne-Jules Marey's scientic works on the physiology of the human body. Marey was a physiologist as opposed to a photographer and used these photos as scientific evidence of how the human body works in motion. I find this asthetic interesting and i will attempt to replicate the documentation process in the way i present my photogaphic series. 

DSDN144 - Project 2 - Precedence -Eadweard Muybridge

A series of frame by frame step sequences depicting motion by Eadweard Muybridge, a British photographer best known for pioneering "Animal Locomotion" as displayed in the third picture. I find his works to be a derived form of chronophotography as similar outcome is achieved in terms of displaying motion over time. This is a very two dimensional method, however i feel it has many aspects i can attempt to derive in my own work such as the use of grey scale, silhouettes and annotations to display the images as formal and scientific works. 

Dsdn144 - Project 2 - Precedence - Alexey Titarenko

Alexey Titarenko has composed a series of photos set in his hometown of St Petersberg during the early 1990s during a depression caused by the fall of communism in Russia. He sought to convey the immense sadness and unrest amoung the city using ghostly images and "attempt(ed) to show events that occurred not only here, but throughout the country - the changes, the catastrophies, and the human tragedies, which have swept this city and the people of this land.” By using similar methods i hope to be able to convey the emotions of peoples interaction with space over time in Wellington, and possible use greyscale to enhance this. 

Dsdn144 - Project 2 - Revised Proposal

Revised Proposal - Time

In failing to develop any strong ideas through the technique of stop motion i have changed my proposal for this project. Chromatography has caught my interest and through viewing Alexey Titarenko's work, i manifested an idea using this technique. I will investigate peoples interaction with certain places by setting up multiple time lapse. Then using all these images i will layer them on top of one another and to gauge the most frequent changes within the frame. This will hopefully give an interesting understanding of how the public has interacted with this space over the period of the time lapse.

Dsdn 144 - Project 2 - Stop Motion Concept

For my stop motion i am attempting to explore different methods of time keeping. I have used a time lapse of a candle as part of my final stop motion piece.

Dsdn 144 - Project 2 - Stop Motion Contact Sheets

DSDN144 - Project 2 - Stop Motion Precedence/Inspiration

Stop Motion Using Candles

This clip is by the YouTube producer "Brusspup" and is an experimentation with candles and stop motion. I am looking at integrating candles into my stop motion piece and i found the use of fire to be an interesting aesthetic. I feel this clip would have been more effective contrasting itself against darkness or even just a black background. I will continue to investigate this aesthetic through different precedence. 

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG127HdhWZQ