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7/30/2019 Commission unit

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Landscape and City

Jade Perry


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The Landscape

My idea for the landscape was looking at man made landscapes and the environmental

effects of these. I looked at industrialized landscapes and how the land is being used now

and what effect the industrial elements have had on it, because many of the industrial

places had closed down and left unused wasted land.

- Man made landscapes

- Waste land

- Industrialized landscapes

- New developments

- Land contamination


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Brookland lake test shots

These Photographs could have worked quite well although I felt that they didnt relate to my

idea well enough and I felt that they was almost to subtle for the kind of industrial destruction

of a landscape that I was looking for.


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Edward Burtynsky

The scale ofBurtynskys

photographs and use of colour in

this particular photograph showsthe damaging effects that humans

are having on the natural landscape

and the scale of the image suggests

the scale of the issues and

problems humans are causing on

the environment.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Arthus-Bertrand uses colour to

show the environmental effects

on the land and show abnormal

colours in landscapes.


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Landscape shoot Halling Cement Quarry Test shoot 1


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I first went to visit this site, as it was an old closed down quarry from cement works, I was

interested in capturing a picturesque image as the lake there was a striking blue colour from thechalk sill reflected from the sides of the quarry, but subtle hint at the industrial changes to the

landscape, but when I got there the whole site is completely surrounded by 8 ft high fencing and

barbed wire and caged bridges to prevent entrance into the site and to protect people from the

steep drop on the other side. Although this made me begin to rethink my idea and include the

fencing and constraints of the landscape within the image.


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Germaine krull

Krull photographed the city through

large structures from above this links

into my idea of photographing thelandscape through the fencing,

although this seems more of an

overlook from above where my

landscape is more about being trapped

behind the fencing and kept away from

the landscape.

Joe Deal, San Fernando, California, from the

portfolio the fault zone, 1978

I looked at deals work as a visual reference as you can see

the tire tracks from vehicles that have drove across the

landscape and cut right through the natural form of the

landscape.


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Gabriele Basilico

Uses then fence to create a distance between him and the subject, to restrict a view and

suggest that the place is inaccessible.


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Landscape shoot Halling Cement Quarry Test shoot 2


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- I planned to incorporate the fencing within the

photographs to show how cut off the landscape is

- I experimented with the different types of fencing that

surrounds the quarry

- I also experimented with what was in focus such as the

foreground the fences or the back ground the lake The

Landscape.


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Landscape shoot Halling Cement Quarry Final shoot


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- In this set I was focusing more on the structure of the

industrial bridge and just getting the landscape in

focus in the back ground, although the landscapeitself is also man made, you see the harsh differences.


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Final Photographs

I really like the idea of having the fence in focus and the landscape out of focus as it

highlights the idea of the landscape being locked away, restricted from view and also the

harsh rusting fence highlights the harsh effects industrial factories have on the environment.

Although I didnt want to use this as a final as the fencing is not straight and the lens seems

to have caused some distortion at the edges.


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This Photograph shows the seclusion of the landscape from the footpath and how guarded it

is from view. I decided not to use this image as I wanted to still see the landscape within the

photograph.


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In this photograph I showed a lot of the bridge but also the pumps and machinery that goes

into the quarry lake, showing the not so natural landscape, and also the discarded pipes and

rubbish left around. The caged in bridge gives a feeling of a dangerous landscape that was

man made.


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This was one on my final photographs as you can see all the layers of fencing that are slightly

out of focus then you can see the landscape through them quite effectively as a Landscape

photograph.


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I choose this photograph as you can see the structures of the bridge and the harsh industrial

side of the landscape, that looks so picturesque but is in fact a man made and quite

dangerous landscape. I angle the camera down so as you can see the tyre tracks around the

quarry and discarded industrial rubbish.


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Self evaluation

- Could have looked at more places to photograph, but I felt that this site was good enough

- I would have liked to have done more research on the general topic and found more

places but just looked into this one place specifically.


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The City

- The history of London docklands and the new developments in the area.

- The cultural history of the once busy docklands full of people working on the docks, ships,

cranes and warehouses in comparison to what the area is like now.

- Business area full of financial offices, shopping centers, excel (exhibition center east

London) and The London City airport, all build on the old dock themselves.

- Old warehouses turned into luxury riverside apartments.

- There's still hints of the past around the area.

- Looking at the new developments and old shut down buildings.

- My concept is finding old building that show the character of the place it used to be but to

also show the new industry of the docklands area. Also exploring the idea of the new

industries being just as environmentally unfriendly if not worse than previously.


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The city Research information

- The history of London docklands and the new developments in the area

- urban regeneration project

- Change from docklands industry (closed down) transformed into new industry

- Transport (airport) DLR, cable cord, lime house link tunnel, new roads 1993 goes

under neigh canary wolf

- Canary wolf (named canary used to come from canary islands) within docks (financial

business area) used to be cranes ships and docks.

- East India dock (spices would come in there ) streets all named after spices.

- Cab drivers used to be Dockers, work in area as cabbies.

- Gosh of past. Keeping past alive in little hints

- Old warehouses that housed sugar, flour products from abroad

- Wapping riverside warehouse transformed into luxury riverside apartments

- Looking at the changes within this area and the hints of the past

- Environmental problems (air craft noise)

- Used to be the hooting of ships noise pollution- Sugar refinery (smell)

- Millennium mills spillers (flour factory)

- Paint factory (smell)

- Uel uni in royal albert docks

- Excel exhibition center built in docks

- Olympics in royal docks boxing at excel (exhibition center east London)


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Rut Blees-Luxemburg

The concrete structures of blocks of

flats, pavements and roads are all

photographed at night andLuxemburg uses the ambient lights of

the city to illuminate her

photographs, so the majority of them

are very yellow toned, creating this

feeling of surveillance and being

watched although there is no one inher photographs it very much about

the spaces that people share and

suggests at what goes on there.


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London city airport Test shots


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- Was trying to capture the paths of the airplanes to show

the amount of planes coming in and out of the airport toshow the sheer amount of noise and air pollution caused

by them.

- Couldnt work out exposure times would like to make

double exposures of several airplanes paths emphasize

the amount of plains going in and out.

- The photographs from across the river show the canarywolf and other buildings all lit up against the big old dark

building on the left which is a closed down factory but a

listed building so cant be knocked down. Shows the new

against the old.


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Edward Steichen

Uses fog and trees and the

weather to make mysterious

images

charles marville

Marvillie photographed the streets of Paris

before and after the changes made by the

haussmann plan.


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Docklands area shoot


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- Looking at the old industrial buildings against the new

structures in the area.- Was a really grey rainy day. Didnt turn out very well,

had rain drop on lens and also very foggy.


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I felt that this image showed my idea well, as

you can see the old cranes from the docks that

have been kept as a reminder of the history of

the area, but you can also see the cable cart in

the back ground and an airplane coming in to

land at the London city airport. These

photographs almost look black and white this

also references to the old, coming into the

new. The foggy grey day also suggests a

mournful mood.


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I chose this photograph as you can see the new DLR train line in front of the old factories,

although they are fading out of focus because it was such a foggy day.


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I chose this photograph because of the old spillers factory and the new luxury riverside

apartments. The problem with this photograph though is that it would be better taken on

a large format camera as you really need the movements to get the perspective right as I

this photograph the chimney looks as though its falling over the apartments are also

leaning inwards so it would really benefit from being taken on large format camera.


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Self Evaluation

- Didnt manage my time well and didnt leave myself enough time to get the city shoot

done or developed to a good enough standard.

- Did a lot of research on the area and topics, that informed my work a lot more andhelped with my ideas.

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