“The Decisive Moment - Street and Life Reflection”
(Photography as media to express your thoughts and view of the city)
Mood:
Pleasure is…
Main Theme:
Street art with pleasure
Sub-theme of each photo:
1) Pleasure is decision
2) Pleasure is observation
3) Pleasure is curiosity
4) Pleasure is spellbound
Style:
Street photography (Candid photography)
Location:
London
Express your observation and your view about any neighborhood, HK or any city of your choice.
While someone believed United Kingdom’s London is a moody city, reversely, I feel, she is a very fantastic and lively city. Maybe compare with others, my views and experiences are dissimilar… But I think if you can visit there, and try to wander different regions, such as going to Covent Garden, and different squares etc. You may realize the real enjoyment, may found when creativity is happen everywhere, life will splendidly change.
Actually not as Hong Kong’s streets, in London, you are easily to find different cultural events and performances are happening everywhere. Luckily, in the past summer holiday’s journey, I’ve got an opportunity to discover her creativity, but the most impressive impact is her cultural atmosphere. Of course, my unexpected harvest is, I deeply felt life is full of imaginations.
Compare with Hong Kong, our environment seemed mainly surrounded by different consume propagandas… In London, even though they still have shopping areas. But instead of consuming, the places must include some area for different creators, artists and performers. So that people easily know how to enjoy, relax and appreciate others and their city.
In Hong Kong, it’s a pity that our citizens lack of similar interaction and creative performance. Our teenage are seldom obtaining such experimental “learning”. But does it mean our city is no sufficient creators? Whether mean our city only appreciates “copy” culture?
By this “Pleasure is…” project, I would like to express creativity is everywhere, to interpret everyday life is plenty of “enjoyment”, not just a process, it’s an empirical, also including so much amazing moments.
Conclusion is cultural interaction can bring out positive impact; it is an experimental learning method, especially suitable to children and teenage. It is as a training of art, helpful to the development of body and mind.
Analysis:
1. Themes and content descriptions, express ideas, stories, or the reasons behind.
2. Aesthetic principles and the arts factions (For example: Realistic, Candid Realism).
3. Composition method, characteristics and the shooting angle.
4. Source of inspiration: inspired by which philosopher/photographer/any event (Optional).
Picture 1:
Title: Pleasure is Decision
Description: Covent Garden, a very uniqueness place of London, features shops, art galleries, bars, theatres and museum etc. Besides, it also co-existence of people from different life, there are performers, photographers, designers, tourist etc., a place with novel and fun. And the above picture was the scene over there.
This photo, no obvious art factions and aesthetic principles, and I used the “Candid Realism” to treat it. It represented a clutter into structure, about characteristics; it contained a very interesting geometry graphic effect. If we link the people’s positions together, it is obviously to find their relationship as a “circle” (implied circle). Besides, this photo’s composition method is quite similar to the photographer, Alex Webb, featured everyone also had their own directions and eye-lines (implied lines)… About the shooting angle, I used a normal angle to take it. But the most great and dramatic effect seemed also related the existence of each role, such as the “silver solider”, the child and the father, even the clown etc. Surely, the most attractive focal point, is the child how to make the “Decision”… Finally, I would like to illustrate, this photo provides a “looking” and “interest” of a decisive moment; it means a type of looking.
Picture 2:
Title: Pleasure is Observation
Description: Actually this photo was happened before the scene of picture one. This time, the child is only an audience; his condition is for “Observation”. This photo’s composition showed a geometry pattern, triangle. And as picture one, I used a diagonal line to treat the images, for making the “sense of depth”. Besides, I intended directing the viewer’s attention on the right of centre, the child’s placement could emphasis the isolation of him. Given this, he seemed as a starting point, and the content contained a visual tension, possible because of the involvement of the boy, he was the focus of a radical effect. So the shooting angle seemed raised the visual interest of this photo.
Picture 3:
Title: Pleasure is Curiosity
Description: This is another scene of Covent Garden, this time I was sitting at the ground of the street, the shooting angle is lower… and no feature artistic style too.
I captured this moment, because the little girl fascinated me, especially when she was playing with the pigeons, I realized happy also related to “Curiosity”, and that’s why I took this photo. Basically, it is just a candid photography; about graphical composition, in the picture one; two and four also contained the elements of points, lines and shapes. But points and lines were the main design factors of this one. It means, if you link the girl and the pigeons together, you can easily get the motion curve. Then, by the movement of the girl, you may know what is rhythm.
Picture 4:
Title: Pleasure is Spellbound
Description: Another inspirational place of London I found is the Trafalgar Square (Outside of the National Gallery). Differentiate to the previous photos; picture four portrayed the “silent” moment. Inside, you may found the boy seemed fascinated by the artist and his drawing. About composition method, it seemed came from the positions of the boy, the artist and the bag. Their relationship as an “inverted triangle”, it’s a very innovative visual placement. Not traditional treatment, I put the characters at the upper part of the photo frame; intend to form an abnormal visual perspective, but accidentally, it became the uniqueness factor of this photo.
Reference:
Alex Webb (Different directions between the objects or images.)
Ronya Galka (Moody, shadows and reflections)
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