Learning outcome 2: ‘A selected body of work’.

OCA’s assessment guide suggests that you choose four to six images from your strongest assignment for this particular outcome. I have decided to pick four out of the original seven pieces from ‘Languages of Light’ to present a skilful use of controlled light, post-production techniques such as ‘inverting’, the visual impact of mirrored compositions and my understanding of contrast.

To select these images, I revisited my assignment and chose the four shots that best showed variety while considering the importance of a coherent set. The pieces document a range in texture, shape, unique use of light and composition.

The Scan photographs; (see Fig. 1-4) explore intricate details found within the crops we grow, much like a human bodies veins, muscles and skin. Using an LED light pad and thin slices of various foods to document diversity enhanced the textures and densities within the subject. The shallow depth of field softened some areas within the photos, drawing the eyes towards the heavily textured, contrasted and various forms provided by the subject. Creating mirror images from the individual shots exhibited an eerie, human-like set of photos that reflect the ghostly results MRI scans can reproduce. Presenting them as separate prints allow the audience to explore each image in-depth, one by one, rather than a collective that can distract the eyes and overwhelm them with too much information all at once.

Images

List of images:

Figure. 1. Powell, L. (2021) Scan 1 [image] In possession of: Lauren Powell: Eastleigh.

Figure. 2. Powell, L. (2021) Scan 2 [image] In possession of: Lauren Powell: Eastleigh.

Figure. 3. Powell, L. (2021) Scan 3 [image] In possession of: Lauren Powell: Eastleigh.

Figure. 4. Powell, L. (2021) Scan 4 [image] In possession of: Lauren Powell: Eastleigh.