JOHN BULMER

Adam Magyar

In February I went to Berlin on a Photography trip, I visited  a lot of  Galleries and museums.

Adam Magyars exhibition, Underworld at Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, was one of the exhibitions I visited.


I find this guys work really interesting, check out the 'Stainless' Series;

http://www.magyaradam.com/

Adam Magyar 'Stainless'

On the Magyar website you are given the
opportunity to magnify parts of the images
so you can see the individuals.

The actual images are large, displayed at eye view height  and the images are so pin sharp that you can spend time looking at every face, every person lost in their own world.


The exhibition Underworld is a tribute to the City and Citizens using a unique technique revealing new dimensions in Photography - disclosing ever-present but never-seen layers of the city it depicts citizens as elementary particles acting in the greater whole living in a flood of chaos and functional progress.
The way he captures every day life as so tranquil and in such a an aestheticized way encapsulates the viewers, I and every other person in the exhibition rooms moving along studying every detail in the images... trying to figure out his marvellous technique.

The two images to the left give an idea of what you will be able to see in person, I found it interesting to look at each person, how they are reacting at their personal spaces being involved and how they look in this state, these people aren't glorified aesthetically in the images, they are shown how they really are, how we react in situations that are so uncomfortable that we don't care how we look, when we are counting down the seconds to just get out of that moment. 

                                                                                               

As well as the 'Stainless' Series, there was 'Urban Flow' and 'Squares'

Urban Flow

Squares

If given the chance again, I would definitely go to another Adam Magyar Exhibition! And I would Urge and body interested in Photography to also.

- Ashleigh.

Another Pastiche !

We have the task of making an image in the style of another photographers work. 4 Photographers - 4 images. 

I've just come back from the Berlin, Germany  Photography trip and while there obviously I took loads of photographs. 
I noticed one that I took in a bar, related well to William Eggleston's work.
Below is the Image of Eggleston's:

I took my image in a darkened bar, so I opened up Photoshop and added some Vibrance so it related to Eggleston's better.

This is the final edit of the image(below).

Creating Pastiches/Homages

As part of my Critical Studies I've been set the project of making four images in the style of/ or completely recreating the work of a chosen Photographer. Of course we were given a reel off of which Photographers we could work from.

One of my choices was man ray, as it's so easy to do Solarisation, ha! Although I came across this image of his and wanted to try recreate droplets under the eyes.

I assumed it was going to just be fast shutter speed thing, but it wasn't working doing, then I noticed a small shadow to the top right of the droplet - on the left side of the image, which prompted me to think it was in fact silicone balls or some such material. So I tried some silicone balls I had in a room fragrance jar, hoping there would be no toxins... I stuck them on with icing sugar. I also tried  herkimer diamonds to give it a more personal link (I collect crystals).  I tried a number of things actually.

 I did my Models Make-Up and took photographs through out the process. I took some 'shots' my Assistants helping with gluing the materials onto my Models face which came out quite nicely, they have a good feeling of elegance and calm. Here's a few!

I didn't want my work to be a direct copy so I chose the Pastiche route, and here's the results:

I upped the contrast slightly, did a slight bit of Dodging and added a Grain Filter.

Thanks to my Model, Aimee and Assistants, Wendy and Sherree.