Using the public space

Week 11, 12, 13

The last three weeks I was distributing my postcards in public spaces, especially in those where the described incidents are likely to happen or where they would catch attention because of the topic or the photographic art. In the following you can see the photos I took from some locations:

University

Restaurants

Art Galleries

Beer gardens

Other open spaces

Cafés

Bars & Clubs

Parks

Some people even put them in their rooms :)

Social Media I need help!

Week 9

As I thought just the printed versions aren't enough to get feedback, I'm also distributing my work on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Co. At the moment I'm awaiting responses in order to evaluate them later!

Ready to print

Week 9

Working continuously on my project, I made some print versions out of my photos with a back and front in a postcard format. The idea behind is, to distribute them around campus and Brighton. People that get curious can visit my blog and leave a comment through a QR-code, which leads them to my previous post. The print versions that I have already sent to the printer look like this:

The dog podcast

Week 8

In this practical session I made a podcast with my course mate Oswaldo which is about dogs that live on the streets and in dog shelters opposite to dogs that get bred just because people are demanding for them. It can be listened to in this YouTube video on my channel:

What's your opinion?

Nice to see you here! It means, you found one of my cards somewhere around Brighton and made the effort to visit my blog! Please let me know what you think about my project :) If you want to read more about it, it's all in this blog.

The glow sticks are everywhere

Week 8

On Wednesday I made it happen - with the help of my wonderful boyfriend who helped me choose locations, took the pictures and even was my leg model for one of the pictures. We went out in the middle of the night, have been to parking lots and alley ways and also found some good photo spots in our own houses. It was windy and cold and sometimes the tedious creation of sentences with the glow sticks just was blown away. Hence we're really proud of the results, that I edited with Photoshop afterwards:

Project work and Easter eggs

Easter break

During the Easter break I continued to think about and work on my project "What happens when you turn on the light". I concretized my idea and came to the conclusion that I want to involve as less Photoshop as possible and take the pictures right away approximately like I want to have them. Therefore I ordered 200 little glow sticks and made a list with sentences that will be written through them in a really dark place. I also chose the suitable locations therefore. To express a bit more I had the idea to involve shoes / feet / legs to depict for example pain, aggression, disaffirmation etc. This enables me to put the sentences - written through the glow sticks - on the floor including those human gestures. For the following week I booked the camera Nikon D7000 and have two friends that will help me taking the pictures.