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Horniness, addiction or, just simply human nature.
I believe being horny, changes from time to time and sometimes and someday it's higher or stronger than some others.
Just some photos from a not so distant day spent in the studio with Fuji after a long from using the studio. The camera and the lenses and the sheer quality of what we were given the pleasure of using was amazing to say the least. The Medium format Fuji camera definitely stood out that day, it was an immensely fun day to muck around with them.
Final
For my FMP, after discussing in a review with fellow students and tutors, it was bought to my attention that I need to explore a certain area more critically and in-depth. There was also an implication that perhaps if I change my medium from digital to large format the photographs will then reflect the quality of the landscape in as much detail possible. I am planning, now, that I explore and adventure into the depth of the landscape of Black Park and that I want to document the importance of this landscape additionally exploring simultaneously our integration and relationship with this land and the how we have come to rely on it and use it. I aim, with this project, to depict our impacts on natural landscapes with clarity and meaning. This would mean having quality photos and prints, therefore I would be looking to use either 10 x 8 film or 5 x 4 large format film with which I may experiment with by using both colour and black and white film. And so, below I have uploaded also the pictures of my prints for my pilot project.
Major Project Proposal
BA (Hons) Photographic Arts
MAJOR PROJECT PROPOSAL
Name
Abhishek Joshi
Project Title (or working title)
“Untitled” – This is a working title as one has not yet been decided for this project.
Subject / Concept:
The subject of this project is to explore our engagement and integration with nature, in addition to expanding on our relationship to the natural landscape. I want to explore in-depth with photography the numerous ways we have managed nature in areas that are considered to be nature reserves. I began by exploring a Black Park, County Park, which is a nature reserve in close proximity to me therefore it made a suitable area that I can explore in greater depth, so that I may begin to understand the long standing history of this nature reserve. The concepts of this project can be implemented to further implicate what happens to the natural landscapes of the world. What this project indicates, additionally, is that we require the land to survive and in doing so, we have consequently damaged the landscapes and the world itself.
Aims:
I want to highlight in a certain clarity the notion that there is no reality behind the notion of “virgin nature”, we humans have influence, impacted or altered even these “nature reserves”. To document and reinforce through photography that there are a lot of these park(s) being equally impacted and managed by our presence in these reserves. I want to, with this project, outline the impacts of our actions on the natural land and the consequences of our management of the land. By focusing on the aforementioned County Park, I am given the ability to document the numerous ways in which we used it in the past to signify its importance to our survival and furthermore, it will imply our dependence on nature and the landscape has in a sense offered itself to us.
Context / Audience:
The aim of this project is to highlight to audiences the integration we have with these nature reserves and how we have built a relationship with these expanses of nature over numerous years. By looking into the way we used these expanses in the past and documenting this for the audience to observe and understand how involved we really are with nature. My aim, now is to focus on this aforementioned area much more in depth and discover the many ways we have over the years come to use this nature reserve. I wish that the audience begin to understand the importance of natural landscapes as areas that possess the essential elements that are required for life, and it bring to their attention the impacts they have indirectly.
Proposed form, medium, presentation:
The proposed from and medium that this project will be implementing veers towards the large format camera and 5 x 4 film. And the subsequent photographs will be enlarged into a size that is yet to be determined, that will allow the quality of the photographs to be showcased. However, whether this project will be showcased in colour or black and white is yet to be determined, this is factor will be determined and confirmed after I have made the photos and reviewed the outcome. I would want to present my photos as a series in a size that does empower a single image to convey my message, rather a size that allows continuity of the subject between the photographs, so that they work as a series.
Research Report
BA (Hons) Photographic Arts
Major Project 1
Research Report
Name
Abhishek Joshi
Major Project Title:
“Untitled” – The name of this project would, to me, appear as the product of the photographs that will be created for my Final Major Project, up until the this project is completed, this is the title I will work under so that I do not put any limitations on the direction of this project.
Research Methods:
I began this project by looking at the New Topographics and what I found to be most intriguing was in fact the vision this genre bought with it. And the ways in which they approached the notion of what a landscape truly is. In addition to the way they had made photographs which they had created a new vision for, it could be interpreted as one of blunt representation that allowed these photographers to express with clarity the message they wish to identify with their photos. I have researched the history of the park in order to highlight and outline the importance of the park in the past, and signify that it is just as important in this day and age. I would say I used a combination of research methods, such as using images to visually stimulate ideas, combined with textual research via the Internet and books to further increase my knowledge of the New Topographics. Reflecting on the research, I believe the amount and the type of research that was carried out was specifically for this project, quite satisfactory in supplementing my ideas. Although, for the final project, more research is required to further facilitate and develop my ideas for this project.
Pilot Project
Through the pilot project, although it was began on slow, soon became successful after exploring a park/ nature reserve that has a history riddled with human presence and furthermore it combines a coalition between nature and humankind. By researching the New Topographics, and attempting to photograph with the same “blunt” manner, I began by photographing the landscape in Brighton. By focusing on the structures of the human altered landscape I began to delimit my idea of a landscape and began to identify what humans have accomplished.
This then brought to my attention a few question such as, what are the impacts we would have in nature reserves and if these expanses are “reserves”, then why does nature remain so regulated within and why does it not overgrow the boundaries of the human influences inside it? This consequently led me to believe even in protected expanses and natural landscapes, there is no such “virgin” piece of nature and that we manage these areas so that they remain within the boundaries of the reserve.
The pilot project begins to explore, quite comprehensively the impacts of human influences, however it is let down by the quality at times of the digital photographs in printing, additionally this landscape was not extensively documented with a crucial eye paying attention and identifying the subtle influences on nature. The final major project will exercise a keen eye for detail, with photographs exhibiting my concern as well as identifying the importance of this land.
Audience and Context
Normally, the conventions of traditional landscape photography is implicated as consisting of a piece of nature gracefully constructed with mountains and dramatic skies, however this was a past interpretation of the genre. The New Topographics as previously mentioned re-created this idea of landscapes and the style of photograph that was used to depict these “landscapes” and so by following the
This pilot project and my Final Major Project can be considered as a mixture of both visions being implemented in the creation of these photographs. I would say by including a conventional and slightly unconventional depiction of a landscape these photographs respond to the evident (or even at times subtle) management of the land within this expanse of nature.
I have additionally considered that this park has in fact helped out in the past, providing aid to those in need of it, it served in both world wars. Providing shelter, land strips and wood all necessary amenities during those challenging times. I have additionally noticed that this park now is important to the visitors of this park who regularly trek the tracks and forests with their families or their pets, as well as the biological importance of this area. I wanted to consider the importance of this park within this project as a place that we can rely on in our time of need, and quite evidently, it lends its landscape to me for this project.
Production and Presentation
By choosing to remain a neutral presence within my photos, and by being an observer of the management I began the process of photographing the landscape within Black Park as one evidently, over numerous years; impact yet well integrated with humans. I was led to adventure into this land and locate whatever human influences were situated inside the park. However, not all was uncovered in one days therefore my focus on this place will remain key, I must for the major project, work extensively and remain excruciatingly focused on the subject of my project. By using large format film, I would be able to accomplish this, as I would need to focus on framing my photographs carefully paying attention the light and the atmosphere and the choice of subject.
I was at the same time reminded that by allowing my emotions to enter the photos similar to conventional landscape photography it may consequently alter the image’s outcome, therefore I will explore this furthermore in my project by including my emotions and choosing to strip these emotions away form the photos. The photos from these photographers were harshly lit, and bared no emotion yet expressed the concern that the land is gradually being transformed into a human-scape.
As previously mentioned, the prints for the pilot project although having come out quite well, lacked the detail and quality when the you came in close to the photographs seeming at times to viewers (quite rightly so) slightly over edited with a little too much aesthetic pleasure being emphasized. I want to in my final major project attempt to remain a tad more passive instead of applying to the images a contrast that seemed to bleach out details in some cases, work with a finesse in the while print making with the large format film.
Visual References / Bibliography
As previously mentioned, the New Topographics, particularly photographers such as Robert Adams and Lewis Baltz. These are photographers whom I have identified as personifying the qualities of the New Topographics, by blocking out their emotions they created clear depiction of a landscape impacted by humans. I have learnt by expressing my concern through the photographs of this project, I was able to document and clearly depict the notion of our influence in these nature reserves.
The photographs above are selected photographs of the landscape at the Northala Fields park, commonly referred to as Northolt Hills which is at first sight a well maintained and crisp “country-style park”. The four hills of this park are not natural, they are very much a constructed piece of land that were created by the rubbles of the old Wembley Stadium. These photos explore this area though not as vast as Black Park, they indicate this as an area entirely altered and managed by humans. It implicates that we are more than capable of creating our own landscapes. With this small series I wanted to document the ways we have evidently impacted a natural landscape by encasing it in a landscape of our own making.
Background of Black Park
Black Park County Park, is a park located in Wexham, Buckinghamshire.
In total this nature reserve has an area of 250 hectares, and there are 15.3 hectares that are classed and designated as Site of Specific Scientific Interest, which area fundamentally areas across and in the UK and Isle of Man that are protected reserves of nature.
Black Park saw service in both World Wars, wherein it helped the troops of the empire farm and its wood for harvested for the trenches in France. It to this day has lines and strips of runways that were used by the Royal Flying Corps.
Being so close to Pinewood Film Studios, meant that this park has featured in numerous films and TV shows over the years. Notably, in no particular order, Doctor Who, Harry Potter series, Captain America, Casino Royale, 47 Ronin, Monty Python, Robin Hood to name a few.
This area even has sand and gravel layers dating around 450,000 to the Anglican Ice Age.
For my pilot project I wanted to keep focusing on the landscape similar to last year.
This year however, I wanted to document the ways that we manage and control nature in areas such as nature reserves, national parks and county parks.
I started this pilot by taking inspiration from the New Topographics photographers that photographed everyday scenery in the most straightforward way.
From photographing the landscape Brighton to explore the vision that the N.T. had brought with it, I progressed to a local park.
By attempting to remain neutral and photograph indicators of our presence, I followed the paths that were paved through the forest floor.
These photos remind us that no matter how natural something may seem, in truth, one way or another there is no such ideal reserve of land that is not somehow impacted by humankind.
This also lead to researching areas such as the nature reserves in order to get a better understanding for the ways in which we have interfered or managed the landscape and nature in these vast areas.
Underneath this entire project lies a concern for the land.
Part 3.
A Land in Black Park, the landscape and topography of the park seemed to be an alluring collusion between paved pathways throughout the forest that highlight the human presence on nature reserves which can extend to even the grandest of parks like Snowden, Breccon Beacons, Lake District, Cairngorms to name a few.. Three of those parks I have visited myself yet never stopped to wonder about our impact, influence and involvement with these reserves..
Part. 2
A Land in Black Park, seeing this forest was sometimes naturally let alone to it vices and some area were cropped and altered to our needs... into rows and paths and crossways. Even the odd playgrounds in the middle of nowhere, marking eerily a reminder of our presence.
Part. 1
A Land in Black Park, it seems pointless almost to say that I didn’t try to control my instincts which of course went wild in this little reserve of beauty. Yet, I did somehow to reign these urges to capture nature every second that I spent there, instead I drove myself to look at the paths and the developments that were left behind as we explored our way through this dense forrest it became clear, that this forrest had been extensively covered, surveyed and paved in order for the general public to use... it teemed with wildlife, which did provided moments while in a thick shrub to cause a sudden surge of excitement.
Following on.
From my earlier post, wherein, I introduced the idea that I want to look at the humanistic development within nature or natural reserves as well as explore this idea into a grander scale by introducing National Parks as place equally impacted. I therefore as a starting point, took a short trip to a local park, Black Park Country Park, where weather was a little challenging but it did not hinder me from capturing and documenting our trace within this nature reserve. By starting at these smaller parks and reserves, it will condition me to look more closely at how involved we are in these areas of solitude and reserve.
Once more, I will upload the sets for this mini series in the same way I had uploaded ‘A Land in Brighton’.
Part 4.
A Land in Brighton, through Brighton... I was presented with a brand and refreshing start to landscape photography. By wanting to see the humanity in nature I could freely capture the landscape at hand. I, for this project, would like to explore humanity’s involvement in nature.
Part 3.
A Land in Brighton, by wanting to restrict my instincts to photography what nature could be found in Brighton, I began to see more than if I let my instincts take over..
Part 2.
A Land in Brighton, it would appear by researching into the New Topographics had led to a change in my vision on what a landscape is or was..
Part 1.
A Land in Brighton, a mini series that evolved as a result of visiting Brighton, I think I was targeting the human involvement and I was not keen being subtle. Although some images do remain subtle, it was not my plan, I wanted to in this series clearly identify a humanistic development near or far.
Brighton
Brighton - It’s been some time since the visit
There had been talk of rain on the horizon later in the afternoon when I had met with some students waiting for the coach. It was an accurate enough prediction that rain was to pour however it did not until the day end which for us, or rather more selfishly and particularly me.
Wanting to explore Brighton’s landscape from a different perspective than the one that I had applied on my last visit to the sea little over 2 years ago.
Considering the focus of my dissertation (which I will refrain from attempting to mention too much throughout my posts) I have been looking into, rather extensively, photographers of the powerful ‘New Topographic’ movements, which stripped away the emotion that came as a result of heavy emotional attachment to the images and to the subjects/objects that were depicted. However, emotions remained for the objects/subjects however the attachment to the images had to be severed and in some cases brutally in order to provide the audience with a clearer message that is not lost in the aesthetics of the photographs
Similarly I believe this is what had torn me into pieces of the type of photography I thoroughly enjoy undertaking, and the images that are to follow this post (hopefully) indicate such ‘tearing’ that I referred to. Furthermore, I believe this attempt at viewing from another perspective allows me to revitalise myself as a photographer, and this trip to Brighton was the perfect way for me to get out of London and see a new landscape that which is similar and at the same dissimilar to the one of London.
Of course, as a lover of the world I made photos of the sea and of course, as a love of wildlife I made photos of the seagulls that showed no fear and of course in search of a new landscape I looked away from the sea and the wildlife to make photographs of a new thing.
It would be wise to mention that this shift in my eye, that once allowed me only to observe and photograph a natural setting (as in the natural world framed as a landscape) has somehow forced upon my eyes the need to make photograph a landscape that possesses a more visible inclination there is a human involvement.
I will upload the photographs from Brighton, in a separate post from this, most likely following this post. The post will contain a set of 46 photos of a landscape, it will furthermore contain duplicates in colour and in black & white to compare the impact of the photographs.
Practical
National Parks... that’s my head way, after a tutorial not too long ago. I was given this notion through conversation, and I quite enjoy this idea of making my way into National Parks, hop in my car and just drive up, get that feeling pure adventure in my veins.. I am excited to say the least.