Edward Westons abstraction of natural forms is something which influences me in my ideas around removing objects from the river and turning them into photographs in the studio. This process removes them from their natural surroundings and become photographs about the object as an individual subject. It is saying to the audience that they should look at the beautiful nature of these away from the context of the river. It is also suggesting that the rivers beauty is made up of different factors and that they are still interesting within their own right.
The objects I want to photograph will hold texture and so the lighting will need to compliment this. In Westons pepper it is his use of soft light which allows the smooth texture to present itself as human flesh, it is also the position and angle of the camera which continues this idea. When direct positive printed I will make the objects bigger than they are and so increase their importance in the viewers perception.
Below are some images I have pulled off of the internet which are a reference point for the studio photographs I want to make. The texture interests me and the way you can abstract it from the object.
The objects I want to photograph will hold texture and so the lighting will need to compliment this. In Westons pepper it is his use of soft light which allows the smooth texture to present itself as human flesh, it is also the position and angle of the camera which continues this idea. When direct positive printed I will make the objects bigger than they are and so increase their importance in the viewers perception.
Below are some images I have pulled off of the internet which are a reference point for the studio photographs I want to make. The texture interests me and the way you can abstract it from the object.