Finally developed a few more of the grave pictures. I took this one in Royston. I liked these ones, they were kind of dark and mysterious. Black and white definitely can change the mood and tone of a picture completely.
I'm going to be mostly taking pictures in black and white this semester as i have access to the dark room. I also want to fully master black and white film. I have some cool ideas for techniques i want to try out in the darkroom over the coming months.
Saturday 9 October 2010
Graves, Royston
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Dear Laura,
ReplyDeleteGee, I was giggling when I read
that you like 'Heathers'- me too!
I haven't see it for yonks.
It's a total riot.
The new platinum prints are divine.
With regard to the hand/butterfly
image, it seems to transform your
hand (is it your hand?) into a
waxwork, an imitation, yet at the
same time there's a contradiction,
it feels as if the butterfly could
fly away at any moment.
What time of the day did you shoot
the Royston grave image? It makes
me feel like a deviant gravedigger
from a Poe story.
Perhaps, I will try to articulate
my thoughts about you on my blog,
especially with regard to your
death mask.
Warm Regards
Mark
Hi Mark.
ReplyDeleteThanks once again for your insight and comments.
It is my hand in the picture- i never really paid attention to it, always focusing on the butterfly, but yes it does look wax like. I love the quality of the platinum prints. The poor butterfly doesn't look particularly dead does it? I wasn't sure if that image fit with the series but i liked it so much that i included it.
The grave photos were taken in the daytime, however the graveyard was dark in places so with them being black and white they look pretty dark, also i printed them quite dark as i didn't want to overexpose them and loose detail, but also i liked the darkness, meaning you have to look at them closely.
Heathers is an excellent film by the way! - what else do you like? I like morbid films or films with a sinister twist, like pretty persuasion, heathers, cracks or Hard candy.
There will be a post about my death mask pretty soon and then another a little later when i do some more complex work with it.
Laura