The British Landscape - John Davies Stalybridge 1983
http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/12/john-davies-the-british-landscape-new-york/
http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/12/john-davies-the-british-landscape-new-york/
In this image we can see a landscape image taken in the late 1900s. In the image we can see a town, with houses, power stations and other buildings. The town looks like it is in the middle of nowhere because of the nature around the outside of the town, there is bushes and grass in the foreground and hills in the background. This images expresses land use because it shows how the buildings are a compulsory part of the world and humans need these buildings which is why they are within the middle of nowhere. Davies documents the first industrial societies, these buildings were created due to the Industrial Revolution as the country had a industrial decline, by creating more industrial sites it lead Britain on an Industrial incline. In the majority of Davies work he documents the industrial places within Britain, this can be compared to modern day industrialisation as it has progressed significantly with more machinery and modern technology. All these factors relate back to land use, the land is being used for an industrial site which can have many negative impacts on the nature, the pollution that will exit from the power stations and the lack of nature within the town, these are all negative factors. The image itself is composed well because we can easily establish the grounds of the image, I also like how the images is black and white. The black and white effect changes the atmosphere of the image, darker tones are used to create a depressing effect which relates to the negative impact of the land use. This image can influence the way I take my images because I can use the black and white effect within my images and show how land use can be both positive and negative.
Hélène Binet, Holocaust Memorial, Berlin (2005)
This image was taken in the early 2000's of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. At first glance you wouldn't initially assume that this is the memorial unless you have visited the place. In the image we can see tall black stands opposite each other creating a pathway to the light, the floor is checkered. Similar to the work of John Davies, Binet also documents here images in black and white. This image includes mainly darker tones which can relate to the location of the image, the tones create a depressing effect which is linked with the atmosphere of a memorial. This image relates to the positive effects of land use because it shows how land is used for memorials and grave yards to commemorate people that have died, it helps keep the memories of people alive. Although it is a positive use of land it still comes with depressing effects because of the circumstances of the Holocaust. Binet documents her images in an abstract way as she documents buildings from angles which we wouldn't normally see them, presenting abstractness within her images. All of her images are taken from a low angle which is visible within this image, I can take this idea and use it within my work when documenting modern and old buildings.
Ansel Adams, Interchange, Los Angeles Freeway 1967
This image was taken by Ansel Adams who focuses on the history of America via landscape images. His work also focuses on the zone system which shows the difference between the darker and lighter tones within a black and white image. In this image he has used darker tones to display the negative factors of this land use. In the image we can see a motorway with lots of cars driving along the road, the road is in the middle of what looks like a field which links to the negative use of land. Originally this was a big field but because humans needed a way of transportation we had to create roads in place of these fields. I like his use of the black and white filter because it draws the attention away from the colours within the image and focuses on the negative atmosphere. This image can be seen to be abstract which links to some of the other photographers I have looked at because the roads are not straight and all lead to different destinations. We can also focus on the cars in this image because each one has a different destination and these roads are helping them reach it. I would like to use Adams ideas within my work because I like his idea of the zone system and this is useful to my work because I want to document the majority of my images in black and white.
Guillaume Amat, Open Fields, France 2013
This photographer has taken a different approach compared to the previous photographers that I have researched, he has documented a modern area in France in two different photographs and combined them in an unnatural way. The board in the middle of the image shows the buildings taken from a different angle to show more insight to what they look like. This image isn't black and white like the other photographers that I have researched but I like the style of this image. I can take the idea of incorporating two images together from this photographer because I can merge an image of the old land use with an image of modern land use. This photographer is an example of documentation of modern land uses because it is an image of modern day flats/office building. I think the main idea of this image was to give two views of the land use because we get an insight of the nature aspect and the building aspect. Regarding my work I think this photographer can have a positive influence because I can experiment within Photoshop at combining two images in different ways.
Martin Dietrich, The ghosts that carried us away, January 2014
This is an example of the experimentation of double exposure which I want to use within my work. This photographer has combined two images together to create this effect in a black and white image. He doesn't necessarily focus on land use but he uses a technique that I want to experiment with. In the image we can see two pictures of a man walking up the stairs, one shows a solid picture of the man and the other shows how he is fading away which links to the title of the image. He focuses on a ghost title which links to the fading away image in the picture. When using this technique within my work I want to use two landscapes rather than pictures of people. I could experiment with an image of a modern land use like a road and a natural land use like a field, I can combine these two images in Photoshop using double exposure. Although this photographer uses people in his work I can still use the idea that he had.
Eric De Mare, St Edward's, Brotherton, North Yorkshire, with Ferrybridge B Power Station behind (1960s)
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/the-exploring-eye-the-photography-of-eric-de-mar/8606602.article
Eric De Mare takes a similar approach to the first photographer I looked at, John Davies. As well as linking him to this photographer he can also be linked to Ansel Adams, the use of the black and white effect relates to the zone system where darker and lighter tones can show the atmosphere of the image. In this image we get a negative atmosphere because of the negative land uses within the image, the power station in the background ruins the nature. This is the type of idea I want to express in my work, man-made land uses are often negative and ruin the natural land uses. His use of the black and white effect is also something I want to carry on within my work as it will establish a deeper atmosphere within the image and help focus on the land uses within the images. His work is mainly focused on the architectural side of land use and how it has been neglected, this is shown in this image because of the lack of care given to the church. I can also carry this technique within my work because it will show the difference between the new and old buildings.
Ian Egner M6 nr. Stoke-on-Trent
Ian Egner isn't an extremely famous photographer but I am drawn to his photography because of the light trails that he focuses on. Within my shoots I want to photograph roads because this is a man-made land use that I want to show, his photography of roads can influence this path that I want to take. Regarding land use I think his images relate to this because he's showing roads as a form of land use, the light trails are just an added effect. I want to explore light trails within my work because it will establish the images further within my shoots. This photographer is very different from the ones that I have looked at previously because he isn't as famous but he uses a similar idea to the one I want to use which is why I have included him.
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