Critical Mass: Concept

For the third project, I have chosen the route of Critical Mass. There is a complexity of images throughout our vision at a constant pace. We view a different image almost every time we blink. Within our mind, there is a resemblance that occurs, causing us to view a different image within our head. My concept for this series is the traveling mind. Being someone who's mind wanders constantly, there is a multitude of images that pour into my brain. Most of the time, these images don't make sense, but are a rapid fire of memories responding to the image currently viewed. So while I worked through these images, the movement is made by the thought process causing a new image to appear. I tried to create some consistency throughout the book, to allow the flow to be understood while flipping through the pages. Through looking in the book, you will notice that the relations start to become more vague and confusing. This is not by accident. The thought process begins to slow down and this causes frustration. Sometimes, the images that seem obscene arise. Through this, I tried to keep it experimental. This way it seems more natural, relating to my theme.
While working, I noticed that the differentiation in color seemed inappropriate and irrelevant, when it came to the physical book. I wanted that consistent flow, so the black and white range helped keep a better composition as a whole. I hope you enjoy, comment and criticize, that's what blogs are for right?!

Critical Mass: 5 pages

Critical Mass: Contact Sheets

While shooting for this series of images, I wanted to find movement and activity. I'm not talking sports, just movement that would cause one to turn their head or eyes. In the process of looking for these images, I tried to incorporate images that related to the previous, so that it could offer a flow and consistency. This ended up creating a mess of randomness, which is perfect, for me at least. My mind has trouble even focusing on one thing. This is obviously my own minds interpretation of focus. And the rapid changing of lenses within ones eyes to create a new focus each time you blink.

Project 2: Singular Image

For this image, I tried to capture the movement of individuals while they were waiting for their train or for others. The panoramic photograph is displayed to portray the range in which these people are limited to in this anxious state. While waiting, many people grow tired of staying in the same location, so they venture around occupy time. Though these photographs were only taken within an hours time, it illustrates some specific individuals. The simplicity is portrayed so that one may not lose focus on certain individuals. I found that the sun definitely played a factor in both lighting difficulties and adding to the subject of time passing. As you can see, the left side is brighter than the right, this offers an interesting accident that I feel helps the piece. This image was rendered using photomerge and blending photographs upon the panoramic image in order for the individual's motions to be included.