Rewiew of the activity

I know that after I had done the activity with the group of students I was very pleased with the outcome.
I feel like that I have taught them things on the computer that they will be able to remember and use in the future.
I feel that I have made them realise that photograpohy can be fun along with using Photoshop. I have made them realise that Photoshop is not only there for seroius purposes, but also allows you to have fun. I think especially at the ages the children are, this is what they need most.
Fun and excitement mixed with creativity is a recipe that all children need.
I think that the children were all really envolved and really enjoyed what they were doing. It was a great reward for them all.

So, seen as I was very pleased with what happened, I wanted to find out whether the children and the teacher thought the same.
So after the assembly that we had done, I took them all into their classroom and asked that how they found the whole activity.
Here are some of the response:
"It was so fun"
"I really enjoed making the pictures on the computer"
"I made myself look really cool in my pictures. I like looking cool"
"It was a very good day out. It was better than some of the trips we had"
"I wish we could have had more time doing it"
"I enjoyed taking the photos as much as I enjoyed changing them"
"Photoshop wasn't too hard to use"
"The webcam is so much better than the one in my house"
"I enjoyed pulling faces into the webcam"
"I'm glad that we got to keep some of the photos we made"
"I made mine for my mum, I think she will be proud of me"
"I would like to do it again now"
"It would be so good if it was a lesson at our school"
"I'm looking forward to going to secondary school even more now"
"I always enjoy making things, so I really enjoyed myself doing this"
"An amazing experience"

I wanted the teachers that were present to comment on how that thought the day went:
"It was a really good idea. I didn't think the children would be so involved in it, but I'm glad that they were. They all seemed to really enjoy themselves"
"It would be great to do it again, they were all so quitet and intrigued, it was lovely to see"
"We could definetly try and invlove this into our school I think. It is a really creative process and something of which this school is trying to urge people to be more of"
"The great thing is that there is so many things that you can do with Photoshop, it allows anyone to enjoy it. So everyone can join in and be creative in their own way as an individual"
"I have go to say that you did very well in controlling the class. Although they are a well behaved class anyway, but they all seemed to listen to you. It was really nice"
"I think it was because the activity you set up was something that they all wanted to do and they were all really excited about helped them behave"
"I think all we need is to know how to do it ourselves and then we could be off with it. We could all make photos like this. I must say, all of these photos displays who they are. They are all really individual people, and it really comes across in the photos"

I cannot explain how happy I am that both children and teacher enjoyed the activity so much that they would like to do it again if the chance arose. This had given me so much confidence. I feel that I have definetly completed the task that I had set out to do. I had taught them about the uses of Photoshop via the presentation I did with them. I definetly showed them how to use certain aspects of Photoshop through the activity I did with them, and through my demonstration to them.
They all showed that they understood what I was showing them, because they were able to recreate the things I had shown them, but applied it to their own photos. The photos are proof that I have completede this.

I have also got a review from the photography teacher who was there watching over me.

Amy arranged to do a workshop at a local primary school where the students carried out a practical printing project making mono prints, which was part of the arts development. 

Along with that she also talked about her own photography work using a PowerPoint presentation and showing students how she made the work and what equipment she used to do it. Amy was clear and engaging and kept the students interested throughout by questioning.

Amy also carried out a photography workshop where she explained the various processes of using cameras lighting and Photoshop. You could see that she had thought about her activity and delivery of it very well. Again Amy was engaging and clear and demonstrated techniques used carefully. The student’s outcomes showed that students had learnt the techniques well.

Presenting their work

After I had completed my activity with the group of children we needed to display our work that we had created.
The work needed to be displayed to show that the students have learned how to use Photoshop and that they themselves can create some good photos by only using a few programs.

A good opportunity came along for me to hold a gallery of their work in a school assembly of their.
In this assembly I was able to explain what I had taught the class perviously befor they came to my school, and what I had taugh them on the day.
I was able to show that using Photoshop is quite easy and that there are plenty of things to play around on, on Photoshop. You can create hours of fun along with good looking photos too.

I was not able to take photo in the school hall, so I was not able to show my display of their own work, but I was able to get some teacher to comment on what they thought of them.
This did not only make the children feel proud of what they created, but inspired to create more. This also helped me know that I am able to lead a group of people and fufil my objectives with a set out lesson.

The comments recieved from the teachers were:
"Amazing" 
"Extradinary"
"So creative"
"It looks really professional. Doens't look like a year 5 has made it"
"Looks full of fun"
"It just screams youth and play"
"It looks as if it was really fun to make"
"Wonderful uses of  colour"
"Reminds me of James Bond"
"Very imaginative"
"I definetly need to try this"

What the students created

On this page you will the see the work that the student produced whilst being with me at my school.
These are the photos that will be used and shown to the rest of the students in their school via an assambly carried out by me and the students.

Carrying out the activity

Before the students came to my school, I had to set up the classroom how I wanted it, and get everything out where it was needed to be.

When the students came to my school I greeted them at the entrance. I then lead them upto the classroom in which we would be working in. My photography teacher and my fellow student were already in the classroom waiting for us to arrive.

I sat all of the students down around one large table, I then stood at the head of the table and explained to them what we would be doing. I had my Macbook set up to the large screen at the front of the classroom. This was so that I could demonstrate to the class what exactly to do.


My plan for them was to take photos of themselves on PhotoBooth which was already installed in the Mac's. PhotoBooth has lots of different settings which enabled the students to have morphed faces. After I had let them 'play around' with PhotoBooth for a while, I introcduced them to Photoshop. I told them to take a photo of their face and then open it up with Photoshop so they could explore the uses of that themselves. I had to demonstrate what to do on the large board again to avoid confusion.


After I had done this my fellow student friend took the kids in two's over to the studio where they was able to take photos of themselves, full bodied. These photos would be of better quality which helps when using a program like Photoshop. This gave them something extra to do just incase they were getting slightly tired of using PhotoBooth. However I do not think this was the case at all because they all seemed really interested, they were all really enthusiastic about the whole activity that I had planned.
I was able  to show the student about some of the things you can do on Photoshop. Like, draw on the photo, change th background to something completely different and to distort things.

These following photos will be of me carrying out the activities that I have just described:

What I did

What I did was create a presentation for the children about the different types of photography and ways in which Photoshop can be used. This was done at their school. Later on in the week, they was to visit my school where I was able to use the high-tech Macbook's  which has the Photoshop software installed on it.

This is me giving the children a presentation on Photography and Photoshop.

Then I showed them examples of my own work, along with various other people's work.
Some of this work is contained on this website:

http://sites.bushfield.co.uk/site/ART/newsite/ART_WEBSITE/Welcome.html

Check

Before I went to the local Primary School to do this I had to ask to see whether or not it would be alright for me to do that.
I then had to show them my presentation and let them see that all of its content was safe to show to the children.
As I knew that I wanted the children to come into my school later during the week I needed to see whether that was alright. I needed to know that the time was suitable for them, along with their school having enough T.A's to come along to the amount of children that I would have.
But before I even asked the Primary School's permission of this, I had to arrange it with my school and the Art department too.
This was to make sure that the room would be free, and the Macbook's were not being used.
Another important thing I had to check was that the children that were there were able to be photographed. Of course, they all were able to.

Plan

I will be going into a local Primary School and teach them about photography and the uses of Photoshop. I have them planned for them to visit my school where I will hold the activity. There should be some good work being produced from the students themselves. Then during one of their school assembly's their work will be presented to the rest of the school.

The people going to the Primary School will be me, my Photography teacher and another photography student. They will not be doing anything to help me with my work. My teacher had to be there to accompany us two students and that is all. The other student was there for moral support, and because he was doing an activity with the students after I had finished my presentation to them.

For the activity at my school there was the teachers from their school, me, my teacher was in the same classroom but would not be involved, and another photography student. Again he was there for moral support, and just incase any of the equipment failed on me, he would be there to sort it out.

There was 20 students who would be listening to my presentation, and there would also be 20 students that would be coming to my school so I could teach them how to use Photoshop.

Part A - identify the project aims and desired outcomes.

My aim is to teach younger people about the different uses of Photoshop, teaching them how to use different elements of it.
For this to happen, I must do a number of things.
-I must have a class of students, teach them first about where Photoshop is used.
-Show them examples of Photoshopped photos.
-Give them a basic tutoring session on how to use Photoshop simply.
-Then hopefully they will be able to use some of the things I have taught them to create some photos of their own.

Leadership project

For this part of this course, I had to devise a project of my own.

With a lot of thought, I came up with a project which I think could work.
This project was about the use of Photoshop.
I thought that this would be a good project because over the past couple of years I have made myself very familiar with the used of Photoshops and I feel that I know enough about it to teach others to use it.

Another review

A review from my photography teacher.

Amy has developed her skills in creating settings for her photographic work. Being inspired by the work of Gregory Crewdson. Within these settings she has placed people in different ways it is the just a position of the placing of the people within these settings that informs the narrative. And the meaning of her photographs. She has taken this aspect of her work and developed her skills in a creative way.

Responses from my concern.

I posted my concern.

I asked the following questions: 

Do you understand the issue I have?

Do you agree with what I have said?

What are your views on this topic? 

These are some of the responses that I have recieved:

Mandy Meadows.

Do you understand the issue I have?

Yes, I guess it is very hard to classify Art in that what someone thinks is brilliant – others say ‘my 5 year old could do that!’

Do you agree with what I have said?

Generally speaking yes I do. If I took a picture of my unmade bed, would anyone be interested.

If I encased half of an animal in a tank – would people call it Art. If I produced a Rothko type piece of work – would people say I was a genius & give me space at the Tate?....I don’t think so!

What are your views on this topic?

You do have to deal with the fact that ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Art will always be subjective and I guess that’s what makes it special.

John Evans.

Do you understand the issue I have?      Yes

Do you agree with what I have said?       Yes

What are your views on this topic?        

1. I think sometimes how much an artwork is appreciated by the public depends on how well the piece is talked up – like the infamous pile of bricks at the Tate. If you put a pile of bricks in the Tate and call it “art” then it immediately gets recognition and therefore a big price tag.

2. I agree with you that, if an artist has already made a name for himself for producing good art, he can just splash some paint around, give it a fancy title with an intellectual write up and make a fortune – but I’m probably just an old cynic.

Lesley Wicks.

1. I understand the point you are making and that you consider some artworks to be of less value to you than others and that the ‘name’ is what sells the piece rather than the ‘quality’ of production.

2. I agree with some of your arguments, but appreciation of art is very subjective and what you like and appreciate is probably very different to what I like and appreciate.

3. Firstly, I hasten to add that I am no art connoisseur, I just know what I like and don’t like when I see it. I am no fan of what I call conformist art like Constable or portraiture, I prefer artists like Dali, Lichtenstein, Rothko, Bridget Riley and Pollock. Whereas I appreciate the skills required to produce a traditional portrait or landscape I gain less pleasure looking at these than a piece of art that allows me to immerse myself in it, whether in pursuing my own interpretation or just enjoying the combinations of colour, texture and shape.

As for the cost, then yes I agree the sums involved of many artists’ works are hideous. However, this is the same as in many other areas of life. Antiques - some might be classed as old bits of junk – gain high prices if two people want them and will outbid each other. Whilst we have this huge divide between the rich and the poor, the rich want things that no one else has and are willing to pay silly money for them and this excludes the likes of us. Is it right that Wayne Rooney and the likes are paid more per week than most of us earn in a year? I am sure there are other brilliant footballers that are as good that get nothing! Whilst we live in a capitalist society which is money/profit/greed driven then we are just going to have to get on with it – or start a revolution!!! Let me know if you are up for it.

I have lots of pictures on my walls at home and some I have had for a long time. Some we bought many years ago by a young artist just starting out. Not sure if they have ‘made it’ but I know I have had years of pleasure from their work. Many of the pictures are prints that cost a few pounds. Am I bothered that they are not originals – not really because they give me pleasure. In pride of place over my fireplace is an oil painting done by Simon Gray a past student (spookily he came into school today to see us) and I so enjoy looking at it. That was very cheap as I paid him the small sum he was asking – in fact the framing was what cost so much!

Josephine Kelly.

I agree that some prices that paintings sell for are crazy, but you need to look at the wider picture in the history of Art. Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Damien Hirst and other artists who did something original and sometimes shocking changed the way we look at Art. With out characters like them Art would be very boring! A lot of people just like realistic artwork, but Artists need to keep experimenting with materials and breaking visual barriers. Also you need to remember that many, many artists are producing work and selling for much less money.

Sarah Sheppard.

I completely agree and understand where you are coming from Amy. I have been to many art galleries and exhibitions over the years and have noticed famous names and their work receiving much more money for their work than newcomers or newly established artists. I once saw a painting which literally was a white canvas with three paint splats of colour, red, yellow and blue (a two year old could have done better!) I can’t now remember who the artist was but they were well known. This painting was on sale for just over £2000!!!!!!! In my opinion it was a load of rubbish.

Unit 1 - Part D

Part D - form and communicate a view.
-Raising my concern about prices of artwork and whether or not the value reflects the skills used by the artist to create it. 

Art is a term that describes a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities. I am referring to the visual arts, which cover the creation of images or objects in fields including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual media.

My worry is that the pieces of artwork are not selling for sheer talent of the artist or the amount of effort and materials used, but the name of the artist. If there are a well known name, then their work is going to sell more than someone who is perhaps not as famous as them. For example, artist like Jackson Pollock. He creates these images of 'paint splashed' often called the 'drip' technique. Now, in my opinion, I don't think that this style is very creative of there is any real talent behind it. I feel that his works are often very similar, and I don't feel that they should be selling for the prices they go at. Jackson Pollock died at the age of 44, in 1956, and I think that this adds to the success of his work. In 1973 his piece 'Blue Poles' was the higher priced modern painting selling for around £1.3 million. Later on in 2006, his 'Number 5' became the worlds most expensive painting selling for a very impressive £90 million. Again, just this year in 2012, another one of his pieces, 'Number 28' sold for over £20 million. Here are a few examples of his work, Blue Poles, Number 5 and Number 28.

As I consider his work to take less skill than many others he is a prime example of Name over artistic talents.

One of The Scream paintings, created by expressionist artist Edvard Munch, was sold for around £74 million this year. Which is an extraordinary large amount of money. There were 4 versions in various media's, the one which sold for this amount was the pastel version created in 1895. 

I am happier with the price one of the Scream paintings went for over the price of Pollock's  work because I feel Munch's work has displayed real talent. His soft pastel colours work well and blend so nicely together. He has built up a real image which really captures people's eyes. You can clearly see the bridge, the water and the sky all using different colours. Blues, browns, oranges and yellow. Each mixes together like they fit. You can see that Edvard Munch was a person full of expression and passion, his work, in my eyes deserves the amount of attention they receive and the amount of money they fetch at auctions. 

However, I still feel that artist, who can be just as good as Munch, or better are not getting the recognition they deserve.
If you were to look on the Internet, you are bound to find anything related to the topic you search for. so if you wanted to find an artist of any sort, you would get results for that. The Internet shows you what is more popular, and the things that are repeatedly coming up are people like: Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Leonardo da Vinci and Henri Matisse. The more people look for these artists to research and look up for inspiration, the more famous they get. Making it all a loot harder for the new artist to make a break through. You have to search really hard on the Internet for upcoming artists, which many people are not willing to do. I think it is unfair that amateur artist like myself are finding it very difficult to make ourselves seen. That is one of the reasons that I have decided not to pursue a career as an artist. I feel that if I was to devote myself completely to it, I perhaps wouldn't get noticed, until my work has been around for decades, or until after my death. 

The perceived value of artworks often reflected the cost of the materials and sheer amount of time spent creating the work at least as much as the creative input of the artist, whereas now it is more about the popularity of the artist, the way the artwork is displayed and 'current popularity' in style.
When you make a piece of artwork it obviously takes time and resources. To break-even with what you spent is becoming harder for the upcoming artists in today's world.  People are becoming less willing to give them a chance. The 'well known' artists, most of them who are not around today, are still being the main focus in the art world.  Which I can understand when piece of work become more valuable after the death of the creator, but I don't think it is entirely fair the 'amateur's' and infamous people are being neglected because the same people is stealing the limelight time and time again.
What I would like to see is that other people have to same opinion as me, and that we should all give new artist more chances and places where they are able to display their talents to us all.

Unit 1 - Part C

Part C - research and review

Gregory Crewdson is an American born photographer. He is best known for his elaborately staged scenes in small towns in America which are very dramatic and cinematic. These photographs often feature surreal events, some of which could be seen as disturbing. Narrative is a main feature portrayed in his work. It poses questions and thoughts and contains elements of obvious happenings, and yet others contain mystery and are left to the viewer’s imagination. In one of his most famous collection 'Twilight' the characters he creates often seem lost in internal reverie; they share physical space but are emotionally lost to one another. It is specific traits like these which differentiate Crewdson from other artist. He can portray anything he likes in his work if he has his heart stuck on it. Crewdson is very clever with what he decides to create, he knows what he needs to do to get the mind thinking.

These following images will be samples from his 'Twilight' series.

This is one of my favourite pieces from this collection. I find it so fascinating how there are so many different colours displayed and yet there is no real clash; all the colours seem to blend quite well. The expression on the woman's face is typical to what the whole 'Twilight' collection is all about. She looks like she is in a daydream, or not sane. The light harsh light through the window creates a mysterious vibe. The photo is not sharpened; it is quite unclear and slightly off focus. This adds to the effect of the photo and gives it that real 'Crewdson' feel.

I like this photo because it is unusual. Again, like the other photo, it is not just your average setting with something normal happening. Which is what Gregory Crewdson is all about. The expression on the face is quite similar to the photo before, but this one is a little more confused with a hint of anger about it. The more photos you look at from the Twilight collection, you see how more alike they all are, but still being individual photos.

This photo is really interesting because it is so bizarre. This scene is totally out of the ordinary and something of which you are not likely to see, especially in the American suburbs. I like the angles of this photo, how the car and the man are facing the opposite ways. I like the different heights the photo contains, with the man on his knees and the mounds of turf around him. Again, the expression on his face and the whole vibe of the photo links with the others in this series. This photo has been clearly thought out and staged very well. Gregory Crewdson has really captured me with this photo; I really enjoy looking at it.

These photos are so inspirational, and give me so many ideas for my own work. From looking at his photographs, and doing my research on him, I think I can now stage my own photographs and develop my own series of photos. I will try to use lighting as a main feature, and set out my photos in a similar way. This should lead me into developing my own style of narrative. Crewdson is a really good example of a narrative photographer, and I know that he is well respected in the photography world. I for one, respect his work, and have a real interest and admiration for what he does.

Unit 1 - Part B

Part B - get invlolved in the arts world.

As I was taking photography as one of my A-Level choices, it was making me be involved with lots of different things in the art world. For me to have a good idea on what is out there, I needed to talk to people who knew their stuff. I was looking around for people who might help give me an insight to what is availiable for photographers. This is when I found Jake Wiksher.
Jake Wiksher is a aspiring photographer. He is currently working in a Photography Camera store, and working part time in a school helping to teach students about photography.
I was interested to find out why Jake started liking photography, and was so interested in it. So I asked him about his inspirations; who he was influenced by in his own work,
Jake mentioned a few names, like Andy Warhol and Kirsty Mitchell but the main one he said was 'Gilbert and George'. This says a lot about Michael's character, and with their style of work they are very expressive people.
I asked Jake how he was finding photography, and finding his own style was. He said that he still really enjoys going out and taking photographs of anything he feels like on the day. He said that he still enjoys looking at other people's work and admiring it. He said finding his own style wasn't too tricky for him because he knew what he liked, and what images he wanted to create from the start.
I asked Jake if he has had any recognition from people as of yet. He told me that he gets a lot of feedback from his photos on an online gallery called 'Flickr'. A lot of the comments he gets are encouraging and sometimes he even gets suggestions on how to improve his work. Which, all helps him improve as a photographer. He also told me that he had recently had one of his photos been published in a photography magazine. Which he was overjoyed about. Although he would have like to have been paid for it, however the sheer thrill of his work being published was enough to raise his confidence by a mile.

I told Jake that I was interested in photography, and that I wanted to try some photos for myself. I asked for his advice on what I should do, and where I should start. The first thing he suggested for me to do was get myself a good camera. This was not hard to do because I was able to borrow a good camera off of the photography teacher at my school. These camera as Nikon D3000, which has a lot of setting on to it to help get the right photo for the surroundings you are in. This is what the camera I borrowed looks like.

As I said, there are a number of settings. Some of them are; Portraits, Landscapes, Macro, Aperture and Shutter Speed. Now, as I have been studying photography, I have learned what each of these settings do, and how to use them correctly.

The next thing Jake told me to do was to find a certain type of photography, and pick an artist from that group who's work I find really interesting.
So, I had chosen Narrative Photography.
And when I was searching through artists, I found Gregory Crewdson.

The third thing Jake told me to do, was try and think like the photographer who I had chosen. To try and imagine why they created the images they created, and try and see if I could think in the way they do, for myself.
For this, I needed to study Crewdson's photos and become familiar with them. Imagining if that I was the creator and director of this photos, that I had the original idea and made it happen.

The fourth piece of information Jake told me was to not ty and recreate their photos. Not to copy them exact. To try and change them, and by doing that, I would be finding my own path, and my own style of photography. He told me to experiment as much as I can, and it doesn't matter that things don't turn out the way that I had hoped for, because that is the whole process.

I took everything that Jake said on board, and I left being a lot happier about finding my own feet in photography. I felt that I had a direction that I was able to walk towards.

After I had got given the advice off of some one who is just starting out in the photography world, I wanted to speak to someone who was more involved and had been 'in the business' for a while. I found a local self employed photographer called Ian Narin. He has sold a number of photographic pieces online and in local auctions. His work usually fetches him within the region of £200, although there have been some being sold for considerably less and slightly more too. Being a photographer is Ian's job, this is all he ever does, and it is al he ever wants to do. When I was speaking to him, I could clearly see that he is very passionate about his work. He explained to me that at first it was a struggle for him to sell anything and make a living, but now it is slightly easier because local people know is him and now that he has joined the local paper he knows now that people are valuing him and his work more.
As Ian Narin also works for the local press; this means that he has had many of his work in the paper. He knows what looks good, and what people like to see. This interested me and I started thinking about getting a professional to look at my work. So I approached Ian Narin and he said that he would help me with my exhibition of my work. I wanted him to be there and watch what I was doing and then for him to tell me what, if there is anything, that I was doing right or wrong.

Talking to these people who have already joined the arts work, it makes me want to join it too.
I have considered working my way into photography, but by a teaching side. I thought about this for some time, and the fact that I want to have a teaching career when I am older makes me think that this could be a good choice. However, I am not too sure whether I could just specialise in teaching photography, I fear that I may lose interest in it after a while.
I was considering volunteering, and helping out during some photography lessons, but I changed my mind before I was able to do this. I had the opportunity to go into some primary schools and join in with their varied lessons, and I feel like I would enjoy myself more being in this environment rather than a photography based one. That is why I don't think I could carry a career in being a photographer, or working in the photography world, even though I enjoy it.

A review of my exhibition

I got Ian Narin to review how he thought my exhibition went.
This was his response:

Amy, I was so impressed with all aspects of your very creative, imaginative and visually exciting “happening”.

Full marks for your management and leadership skills which you employed in co-ordinating all those people and resources involved.

In fact, your willingness to accept and apply advice and guidance, when given, is a quality to be admired, respected and applauded.

Your style and approach of giving advice, support and direction is one of quiet confidence with total focus and clarity of what you require to be achieved.

In other words, you have a clear vision of your aims and objectives.

With a limited amount of space available, you achieved much in terms of how you utilised the colourful lengths of material, deployed and directed the project participants and also the creative and very effective way in which you located your own photographs.

All of these variables required you to use your leadership, planning and co-ordinating skills. This you did with great success.

I was so pleased to see you actively using your photographic skills.

This has now enabled you to make a visual record of your project and in doing so enables you to share your unique initiative with whomever you might wish.

By the way Amy, I was so impressed with some of your interesting ideas regarding camera angles, framing the photograph etc.

This certainly made me think about the pictures I was taking. Thank you. 

I so enjoyed being there and seeing how well you organised and led such an innovative, inclusive and exciting piece of “participatory art”.

The review of my photos from my exhibition

This section is about the feedback that I recieved from displaying my photos in the Library to the public for a few days.
I asked the public what they thought about the photos, what they thought happened in the photos, what they thought was the best thing about the photo and to give it a rating out of 5.

Photo 1
"Very extra-ordinary" "very good use of composition" "lovely background" "artistic" "creative" "unknown" "suicidal"
Overall rating: 4/5

Photo 2
"very weird" "the photo is good" "its capturing yet scary at the same time. really makes you question the history behind it" "scary" "clever" "freaky" "good composition and colour" "abused or homeless"
Overall rating 3/5

Photo 3
"realistic" "very imaginative" "extraordinary" "freaky" "it has great detail" "i like the background" "the shapes created are good" "overdose on drugs"
Overall rating: 4/5

Photo 4
"good picture" "it looks really weird" "nice photo" "the photos makes you wonder why he is wearing makeup" "did somebody murder him?"
Overall rating: 3/5

Photo 5
"dramatic" "good contrast between flesh and blood" "the blood looks good" "unsure about what happened here. makes me think a lot"
Overall rating: 4/5

Photo 6
"nice" "the background is good" "the colours are nice" "i like the shape and the positioning of where the body is"
Overall rating: 4/5

Photo 7
"its a good picture" "did she trip over?" "good background" "nice scenery" "like a fairytale" "naturalistic"
Overall rating: 5/5

Photo 8
"dramatic" "fairly realistic" "good" "nice colour" "a lot of mud"
Overall rating: 3/5

Me displaying my work

I needed to display my work. I decided it would be good to do it in the library, along with the staging of Crewdson styled photos with the photos in the background.
These pictures are of me setting it up.
Next to these photos there are some questionnaires which I have left out, so that people can comment on my photos. This is to see whether they go down well with the general public.

Evidence of my exhibition

Here are the photos that I took from my exhibition in the library.