Responses

This is my first edited response to Robert Frank. I chose to focus on this photographer because the majority of my pictures respond to his better than Henry Callahan's. To edit this photograph I used layers and changed it to black and white, where I then highlighted different areas of the image to stand out in colour. I also used the filter layer; multiply to enhance the colours. I think this is a successful edited response because there are many elements to this photograph that are in Robert Frank's image such as the wire netting and buildings in the background. The visual message that I want people to see is the foundations of architecture . In this photograph you can see the builder in the foreground and in the background you can see completed buildings, connotating that us as human's are involoved within the intricate works of architecture.



SCREEN GRABS

This is the original image, which is in colour. I then changed the image into black and white where I also enhanced the brightness and contrast.

After adjusting the brightness, contrast and levels, I added another layer and erased out the colour of the builder's jacket using a softened eraser brush.

Here I added an extra layer to place the second photograph on top. After doing so, I reduced the transparency of the layered photograph. 

In my second edited photograph I merged two photographs into one. I enhanced the brightness and contrast and changed the first image (builder) to black and white where I then erased the colour in of the builder's high visibility jacket. The final layer I added was the blue scaffolding, I reduced the transparency of the photograph. This is the development from the previous layered image of the builder's inside the building.

This photograph is in response to Bill Brandt's photograph because it although it is the foundations of a building, you are able to see it taking form. This photo responds to Callahan's work well in terms of the building, however, I think I could have responded to it better and chosen my idea more carefully. I think that the final edit is good because it has a lot of contrast and it is almost a 3D image as the breaks in the metal  pipes join at the same vanishing point.

SCREEN GRABS

Firstly, I moved the photograph slightly to the left, where I then changed it to black and white and adjusted the levels and contrast.

After doing so, I added an extra layer, where I placed a separate photograph slightly over the top of the background image.

I adjusted the transparency and erased some of the lines of the background image. I then matched the contrast and brightness to the background photograph.

This photograph is also in response to Robert Frank. It is a successful image because it shows different variations of arcitecture. However, it does not portray the original idea as well as it could have. In order to improve this photograph, the layers should merge together better in order to show the original idea of the foundations of architecture. I will improve this photograph by choosing photographs that merge together better and using an artist that responds to the particular image.