Brief, part 1:
In the first task we are asked to submit a photograph that pastiches one of below images:
Roger Fenton “The Terrace and Park at Harewood House”, 1860
Robert Adams “On Signal Hill, Overlooking Long Beach, California” 1983
Jem Southam, “Seaford Head”, 1999
The picture I have chosen to pastiches – Roberts Adams “On Signal Hill, Overlooking Long Beach, California” 1983. I prefer images more like Jem Southam, but my idea for this project will be similar to Robert Adams. In this photograph, and in many of the pictures from Adams's series Los Angeles Spring, trees symbolize nature as a whole. The tree in the foreground is not only dwarfed by the enormous sprawl of the city behind it, but it also acts as a lone and pathetic reminder of what has been displaced by urban development. Photographed along highways and on the fringes of suburbia they appear out of place, puny, strangled by smog. Photograph was taken in natural light and I think in early morning because it looks very foggy. From researches I found that this image was done on gelatin silver print. This BW picture has rich tonalities and high contrast.
Brief, part 2:
In second task we was asked to submit a set of images based upon your conceptual approach to representing the landscape. I’ve chosen to pastiches Robert Adams so I didn’t went away from him and done a research. I really liked his series “What we bought” which helped me to come up with some ideas for my own environmental landscape.
New tracts, west edge of Denver, Colorado, 1973–74
North edge of Denver, Colorado, 1973–74
Source: http://artgallery.yale.edu/adams/
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