12 DAY JOURNEY 1984
This project by Peter Fraser, consists a series of his odd wanderings that he made whilst travelling either by foot, bus or hitchhiking for 12 days. This project is particularly interesting as it shows how attentive Peter Fraser is as a photographer and how he manipulates reality into making it look less mundane and something exquisite. For example, the enlarged image on the left makes us mysterious and question the actual situation of it. When in reality it may be just crops at a constructing site. From afar, I actually thought that it was a discarded furniture with random stuff on it but it was actually piles of bricks. Looking through this project, I particularly like the fact that the colours are really subtle and pastel in contrast with the subject which are strangely questionable. This kind of photography seems unique from many momentary photographers which is what stands out from his work in comparison to others. |
THE VALLEYS PROJECT 1985
This project was the first project that I discovered whilst researching about him. This project mainly consists of dull coloured, dirt, messy objects and is dark themed, bringing out with rich colours of the subject. To be frank, this project doesn't seem outstanding to me because as a photographer I prefer 'pretty' images or aesthetic. But researching this project gives me the opportunity to break out of my style and genre and identify the significance of other genres. When I see messy type of photography sort of makes me feel uncomfortable especially as a person I am a quite clean person. The main photograph that I liked in particular from this project is the 'two trucks' one because it is confusing and overwhelming yet the subject itself is fairly simple. (seen below: the different shades of blue photography) |
TOWARDS AN ABSOLUTE ZERO 1987
The new edition of the 'Two Blue Buckets' excluded this project whilst consisting of the other projects. I think that he excluded this on purpose because the triptychs and diptychs go out of style compared to the other projects. This is because this project is the only one that includes diptychs or triptychs whereas the rest are singular images. Hence including this project would create a confusing layout and won't bring a repetitive pattern to the readers. I particularly like this project because it reminds me of the previous photo book unit whereby there was a section that we had to make our own diptychs and researched other photo books. I enjoyed that process which is why I particularly like this project. The fact that the photographers are subtle with a vintage vibe which is what I like. Within these diptychs and triptychs they all seem to have a link either with the landscape, subject or in colour. Instead of being completely contrasting, it sort of tells a story in them orders and makes you question |
As a part of our research of the personal investigation, we were given tasks to enable us to develop visual analysis skills. We were introduced a photograph by Hichman Benohoud which we had to describe without knowing any information about the photographer. I was firstly told the describe the photographs in just words. I wrote down 'dark, isolation, strange, odd, different, shadows, bullying, marginalisation'. Furthermore, we were then told to describe the photograph of the boy in a couple of sentences with full detail and clear analysis. I wrote "Class full of students, all concentrated on studying. One boy on a stool with a hidden identity. His presence contrasts with the rest of the students. Dark shadows on the students with a contrasting bright coloured background. There is a scarf looking or weird looking garment around his head which covers his all head and enlarges it. At first I thought that the thing covering the head was a fish mask or something. But as I looked into more detailed it turned out to be a scrunched up thing. The boy is just standing straight and still on the stool whilst everybody else is studying in the background. He is also wearing sandals and seems as if he is clenching his hands. |