MAS110 Photo Essay
Ben Ryan - 42890500
'Lights in Anticipation of Dark'
It is the intention of this photo essay that streetlights be
represented as a silent army, standing tall and waiting patiently to resist the
onslaught of darkness. Framing images such that streetlights stand against an
intimidating backdrop of darkening sky, and also the use of computer editing
and appropriate music, allowed the generally unremarkable objects to be endowed
with epic qualities.
The presentation of the photos in this essay, and their
subject matter, are in line with the ‘shift in the engagement with the everyday
image’; a shift that, according to Murray (2008) has given birth to a new type
of photography that she dubs ‘ephemera’ (p.147, 155). This photo essay should
be recognised as falling into this new category as it attempts to ‘locate
beauty in the mundane’ through the artistic presentation of the usually
unremarkable objects (Murray, 2008, p.155). Furthermore, it should be
acknowledged that the insignificance of the objects would normally have been
emphasised by the time of day at which the photos were taken, i.e. while it was
still light out, but the use of computer editing and music reversed this, giving
the lights more life than they perhaps would in the dark, further aligning the
essay with the thoughts of Murray.
Reference:
Murray, S 2008, 'Digital Images, Photo-Sharing and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics', Journal of Visual Culture, vol. 7, no. 2, July, pp. 147-163.
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