Theory Notes and Annotations - Claustrophobia Project

Theory Notes and Annotations - Claustrophobia Project

This is my second contact sheet I developed with most of my pictures using a model who I have used before. I brought my friend outside and tried to find things and places to take pictures which were "claustrophobic". This contact sheet was very dark but it was able to use it to choose my big prints.

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 40

Filter: No Filter

This was my first contact sheet and the pictures turned out a bit light on this contact sheet, but it was able to see the pictures and decided what pictures to develop. 

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 90

Filter: No Filter

This was the second print i developed and it didn't take too long to find the correct settings and to make a big print out of it. I just had to use a lot of time for this print. The settings are:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 310

Filter:No Filter

Annotation

The girl is sitting in some bars tangled together and she is kind of stuck in between them. The girl looks a bit scared as she is stuck in between these bars thats makes her feel trapped.  

This is my test-strip for the print below. This test-strip turned out pretty grey and light so for the big print I had to add lots of time and I took out the filter.

Settings for the test-strip:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: (from top to bottom) 55,5045,40

Filter: No Filter

From the test-strip above I decided to take out the filter and add more time. The settings are:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 280

Filter: No Filter

Annotation

The girl in this picture is looking down at the ground and looks lonely and upset. She is making her body a bit smaller and her posture makes her seem small and upset. The dark area and closed off space she is walking in makes the subject seem more alone and upset. I consider this picture claustrophobic because the girl looks upset and she is walking in a dark, closed off space by herself.

It took a while to find the correct settings for this print. Because I took the picture up against the sky the top of the girl's head turned out very light. I kept adding more and more time but eventually I stopped adding time because the bottom part of the print was becoming very dark. Settings:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 310

Filter: No Filter

Annotation

The model is standing up on something and heights can make some people feel uneasy and claustrophobic. Standing up and looking down makes me worried and big heights is not something I'm a big fan of. The face expression looks a bit scared and as if she kind of wants to go down from there.

This test-strip turned out very, very dark. Settings:

Aperture: 2.8 

Time:310

Filter: No Filter

The first time I made a big print for this picture it turned out too dark so for this print I used less time but same aperture. Settings:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 240

Filter: No Filter

Annotation

You can clearly see on the expression of this girl that she looks worried and uneasy standing between those bars. The bars around her are making the space smaller and you can see that the small space is making the subject feel a bit "claustrophobic".

Diary Entry - Claustrophobia Project

Diary Entry - Claustrophobia Project

At first I was a bit confused about what to take pictures of, I knew what claustrophobia meant, I just wasn't sure about how to take pictures of things that represented claustrophobia. But then I was told to take pictures that made me feel un-easy and so that helped and I could keep taking pictures. When I understood more of what to take pictures of, I enjoyed this project much more and I've found out that I like to take pictures that (for me) represent claustrophobia. In the dark room it went fairly well to develope the contact sheets, and like always, my pictures would always turn out too grey when I made them big. My first print took a while to develope, but after doing several different settings, I finally found the right settings and I could move on with my second print. My second print went well which I was ver pleased about.
I have had some struggles with my enlarger as for some reason it won't focus the picture when I try and make it big which means I've had to go around using different enlarger. That has been a bit frustrating, but thing's don't always go the way you want things to go, so I just had to move on and keep working. I am not working on my third print which I will hopefully finish soon so I can try and finish my last print before the deadline.

Image Bank - Claustrophobia Project

Image Bank - Claustrophobia Project

Cecil Beaton



Cecil Beaton was born in London in 1904. Beaton was always fascinated of the high society, theater, and glamour. Beaton was and English fashion and portrait photographer and an Academy Award Winning stage and costume design for films and theatre. Beaton has worked for Vogue and the French Vogue and he has taken several fashion photos. Beaton has also worked for Vanity Fair and taken pictures of the celebrities in Hollywood. He also often photographed the Royal Family for official publications. Beaton might be one of the best portrait photographers of his era. Beaton died in 1980.
-This picture of Twiggy here is a picture I really, really like. I like Twiggy's expression and I like how Cecil Beaton has managed to capture her look which kind of looks a bit sad and by her expression this picture could perhaps be seen as a "claustrophobic" picture.

Heinz Hajek-Halke


Heinz Hajek-Halke was born in 1898 in Berlin and he is one of the most important German photographers of the 20th century. HajekHalke lived in South Africa till he was thirteen and then moved back to Germany in 1911. In 1915 he started studying painting at Berlin´s Königliche Kunstschule where he made his first experimental art works. He finished his studies after World War I. A bit later he got his first professional job as a poster designer for a film company and later became printer, draftsman and editor. In 1924 he made his first prints and experimented with collage. World War II interrupted his work again and he was not able to work regularly until 1947. After World War II he started teaching graphic design and photography at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Academy of Fine Arts) in Berlin. Throuyghout his life Heinz Hajek-Halkde kept on working and experimenting with various arts and photography. He died in Berlin in 1983.
- I like how the picture above was taken so close to the subject and you can basically only see the face and I like how the subject is looking through a lens and he isn't just looking through glasses or something typical like that.
(artfacts.net)


Dieter Appelt


Dieter Appelt was born in 1935 in Germany. In 1954 - 1958 he studeied music at Mendelssohn Bartholdy Akademie in Leipzig. In 1959 - 1960 he moves to West Berlin and studies more music as well as he meets german experimental photographer Heinz Hajek-Halke. He started studying photography and art at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (Academy of Fine Arts), Berlin, along with music. In between 1961 - 1970 he receives his music diploma and keeps experimenting with photography and art. A bit later, in 1971 - 1975 he keeps working on his phototgraphy and art and has his first exhibition at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1974. Later trhoughout the years he has some breakthroughs with some images and keeps having exhibitions and works with his arts. In 1982 he is appointed Head of the department for film, video and photography at Hochschule für bildende Künste Berlin. Appelt keeps on experimenting with photography and other works and today he lives and works in Berlin.
- Some of the other pictures by Dieter Appelt I found were kind of weird and I'm unsure if I like some of them or not, but when I saw the picture above I really liked it. I think it is different I like how the man is fogging up his face by the use of the mirror.

(artnet.com)