#photographyforwallpagescreen

[anastasiachristou]

WALL-PAGE-SCREEN: TITLE, INTRODUCTION & LISTING OF GALLERIES/MUSEUMS DEPICTED IN THE FINAL SERIES.

[anastasiachristou]

WALL-PAGE-SCREEN: MOCK-UP

A sketch mock-up of how I want my installation/presentation to look like. On one side of the wall I will hang  the four images of the contemporary galleries, and on the other side i will hang the four images of the classic galleries/museums. 

[anastasiachristou]

WALL-PAGE-SCREEN

Printed and mounted my 8 final images.

[anastasiachristou]

Final Work Review

Getting the final feedback from my peers and tutor was really helpful! My next step is to print everything in the actual size (A2), mount it on foam board and write a title, introduction and smaller titles for each image.

[anastasiachristou]

WALL-PAGE-SCREEN

After selecting and editing the best images that fit into my project, I decided to print them out in a small size (7x5) and put them on my wall so I can begin selecting the final images for the exhibition.

I will choose 6 images of the contemporary spaces, and 6 images of the more classic and old-fashioned’ spaces. I am thinking of printing them all on A2 paper size.

[anastasiachristou]

Wall-Page-Screen: Research

Thomas Struth 

Thomas Struth, National Gallery I, London, 1989

The German photographer Thomas Struth, in the late 1980s began an ongoing series of large format colour photographs taken in famous European and American museums. The museum photographs reflect his desire to make carefully considered images which present the scene before the camera in an objective way. He thus keeps compositions simple and avoids all digital manipulation. The images are not posed, Struth capturing unstaged, spontaneous moments as visitors look at paintings in art galleries.

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/struth-national-gallery-i-london-1989-p77661

Thomas Struth, Pantheon, Rome, 1990

Thomas Struth, Pergamon Museum III, Berlin, 2001

[anastasiachristou]

Wall-Page-Screen: Explaining my final project idea and thought process.

My initial project idea was to photograph other people’s work in galleries and exhibitions and then print them out and hand manipulate them to create something completely different out of the original photographs. The idea behind this was to make the viewer think about how different representations of a photograph can affect the brain. I wanted to combine this project with psychology and personality. 

Some questions I though about are: 

-Does the way we visualise photography with different aspects make us see the original meaning in a different light?

- Does it make us see a different meaning?

-Does it change our perspective/thought process?

-Does it show different personality?

-How does it make us feel psychologically visualising different elements in the same photograph?

-How does it affect our brain? Does it play tricks on our mind?

Photographers’ work I looked at:

-Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine

As I begun visiting different galleries and exhibitions, I found it quite hard to create my initial idea for this project. I didn’t really have a clear thought on what to photograph in those spaces so I started shooting the space as a whole. Thinking about it now, I wouldn’t have had enough time to create the first initial idea as it would have been very time consuming for the amount of time we actually have to finalise it. 

After talking with my tutor and visiting a variety of gallery spaces and exhibitions, I came to the conclusion that I want to simplify this idea and just focus on photographing the spaces of contemporary galleries (simple white walls), in comparison with the more overwhelming,  ‘old-fashioned’ galleries (colourful, loud walls). 

Exhibition and galleries I visited until now:

-The Wallace Collection.

-Gasworks. Exhibition: Libita Clayton: Quantum Ghost.

-Marian Goodman Gallery.Exhibition: That which is not drawn.

-The National Gallery.

-Tate Modern. Exhibition: Franz West.

-Tate Modern.

-Victoria & Albert Museum. 

-White Cube, Bermondsey Exhibition: Tracey Emin: A Fortnight of Tears.

Other places I have in mind:

-White Cube,  Mason's Yard. Exhibition:  Christian Marclay.

-National Portrait Gallery.

-Tate Britain.

Photographers and photobooks I looked at:

-Candida Hofer

-Thomas Struth

-Architectural Photography- Eric De Mare

-Architectural Photography- Joseph W. Molitor

At this moment I am trying to collect as many photographs as possible. My aim of this project is to capture (or at least try to capture) empty gallery spaces that will focus on the interior and architecture of that space.

[anastasiachristou]

WALL-PAGE-SCREEN

The Wallace Collection

Visited The Wallace Collection for the second time as I wanted to capture the shots with a wide angle lens. The first time I visited this gallery I wasn’t quite sure what I was doing with my peoject! Now that I have a clear idea I wanted to capture some photographs a bit differently than before so they can match my project idea.