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Eadweard Muybridge

As research is concerned, i am surprised i have not yet looked at Eadweard Muybridge. Although his work may be dated, his presentation of his photography is of much relevance to me. Where i have been pondering a correct 'system' in which to display and present my photo sequences, it has been refreshing to see Muybridge work being presented as different numbers of shots within each frame. His work looks very much so scientifical, and although the subject may not be so relevant, his pioneering 'locomotion' work has inspired me. Muybridge used lots of different cameras to capture motion. Although using lots of different cameras would not be my choice of method for some of my envisaged shots, i intend on using a tripod to keep the camera still and instead moving the subject about in the same frame, rather than moving with the subject. I have provided a few examples of Muybridges after the jump:

brainstorm

RECAP (Of work so far-Term 1)

In order to start back from where i left off in the project, i felt there was no better way to do this than by going through my blog from start to finish, highlighting the various steps i took in the journey, and illuminating both flaws and strengths. Doing this will simply refresh my memory of what i have achieved so far, and will outline a stronger idea of what it is i want to go on to produce. 


Intro- Words jotted down: Photo sequence, narrative, change/stasis, identity, motion/movement, change in time
Experimental Subjects- Moulding bread/food, burning candle,decaying/dying matter/flowers, birth of animal
"Todorov's Narrative theory"- (Beginning, middle, end)- mainly regarding presentation in photo sequence (tryptic)  , yet disregarded this as i just worked with tryptic in previous project and felt the need to use more photos per sequence.. 
Motion Blur technique- Simply done as a means of experimentation. i was eager to show motion and movement within a still frame 
Stasis- "A period or state of inactivity or equilibrium" slowing down..stopping.. Made me start to consider "time" as a subject to think about.. 
Bannan Experiment- I wanted to produce a photo sequence which could perhaps be displayed in a 'flick book' style to show the slow decay of in this case bannanas. I think this was a 30 day experiment. Although visually it looked quite good, i wanted to move away from food.
Nan Goldin- Artist study. A favourite of mine. Using someone/something close to me. Raw, realistic, passionate emotions presented in each photo. Presentation of frames in a photo sequence. 
Duane Michals- Artist study . Narrative/Photo sequence. An influence on my work, regarding subject and presentation. 
First photo sequence.  Friend getting stoned by himself. I wanted to make this look very stagnant, showing time as being very still. The subject to be very oblivious to the outside world, perhaps isolating himself. I like the idea of how this can contrast so much to a busy lifestyle. Perhaps out of his window there is so much going on. This initially brought on the idea of isolation. 
"Spending a lot of time, wasting time"..Isolation, confinement, paranoia? Stillness..
 Questions asked: How does time flow? Does time flow in only one direction? Is there a constant universal time? Is time a real dimension? 
Note: Not to get too caught up on time theory. (John Mctaggart)
Work develops/ various photographers used and influencing work.
Next: Develop a brain storm to manage ideas- anything that comes into my head..

Term 2: Introduction

Just like i started this project (and term) with an introduction, outlining my (initially vague) aims and objectives, I feel it appropriate to start this new chapter with a recap of my progress so far, and felt the best way in which to do this was by simply looking through my blog from start to finish, considering every choice i made, questioning techniques, theories and final outcomes (visually and theoretically) and of course the research i have conducted, from theory to the artists in which have inspired me. 


Carrying on with the project, I want to ensure that I don't get myself too caught up with strict theory that i am supposedly trying to regard or disregard. I felt last term i was slightly blinded by the belief that i had to stick with my idea so much that i found my work becoming rather boring, leaving little to the imagination. This resulted in work becoming confused and non linear, where i submitted images which perhaps seemed somewhat different from eachother. Obviously with photography, as an artist or someone simply playing around, you are able to produce work of a very broad subject area, showing work which is visually completely nonlinear. Despite this, i want to produce work which will look as a collection, and make people recognise and match one image with another. I feel this will mainly come down to how i decide how to present my work (I.e. in a specific photo sequence format, in colour or black and white etc.) 


I now see last term as a means of experimentation (sort of like a foundation term) and although i have written and submitted and project proposal, it by all means may change slightly. Although now my aims and ideas are decided upon, where my proposal will work as a working map, i don't see any reason why something cant change, resulting beneficially, rather than being detrimental to the project.