- capture the historic distinctiveness of the Hotwalls area
- demonstrate the range of creative industries, businesses and activities that could be sensitively accommodated within the arches
Key theme setting image
From what I've read about photojournalism, I am looking for one dominant, theme-setting image which would work if published larger than the others, and which would help reinforce the theme of studio space for artists.
P1028 works well in this respect. It shows artist Jeremy Glaize, an artist working at 'The Arches', Southampton...
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| P1028: F6.3 @ 1/80 63mm ISO 1600 |
Location
P1015 is all about
location. I was looking for an image that would meet one of the brief’s criteria :
Sense of place – image(s) of the proposed
transformation site expressing a sense of place and history |
| P1015:F10 @ 1/100 26mm ISO 100 |
The image shows the actual arches
to be developed; the open aspect of the frontage and the nearby historic Round
Tower in the background. The statue of immigrants in the forefront is a
reference to Portsmouth’s past.
It places the development
firmly within the Hot Walls area.
I chose this rather static image
instead of one of the many images I had showing people within the square for a
reason - it offers a clear foreground for text.
I did think to crop
the image from the right deleting a third of the open arch to provide greater
emphasis to this clear space but at the end of the day, I have left this as an
option should the client want this emphasis. Creative activity
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| P1027: F8 @ 1/200 24mm ISO 1600 |
P1027 This
is one of two images that I shortlisted for this project. Both images show Andy
Doig at work in his Neon Studios in Brighton. The footprint of the studios is
about the same as the planned artist studios so both images demonstrate the
kind of creative activity that would work well at Hot walls.
Why did I choose P1027? It homes
in on the artist better while drawing in the eye to the very eye-catching and
intriguing piece of art being created. It is visually the more interesting of the two images.
P1023 I
was pleased with the image below. It captures the intense concentration of the
artist. You can see his work and the curved brick roof of the converted road arch
which meets the creative brief. It was not posed.
I was lucky that Jeremy was
intrigued and attracted by the idea of a photographer getting up close to an
artist in action so I was able to move freely around his very small studio.
So much so that I got paint
on my jeans from lying on the floor trying out different shooting angles to show
more than an artist at work …a sense of the artist himself - absorbed within
his work and artistic space.
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| P1023: F6.3 @ 1/50 28mm ISO 1600 |
P1017 Agata
Wojcueszkiewicz at work
I spent a
very enjoyable morning with Agata;
watching her in action, talking to her about her work, where her ideas come
from, and interestingly, the sense of isolation that artists can sometimes
experience when working alone...
I selected this image for its composition -self-explanatory but setting the painstaking concentration of the artist
against or at odds with the dramatic sweep of action captured within the
painting.
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| P1017: F8 @ 1/80 24mm ISO 1600 |
P1018 Thinking here of the
creative brief requirement:
‘Shooting angles- different angles as
appropriate to tease out the use of space and place and offer visual variety’
The
anonymity of this image offers an alternative pose to P1019 below and I think a somehow
more intriguing almost dramatic image.
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| P1018: F3.5 @ 1/125 24mm ISO 1600 |
P1019 – more the medium than the artist but a visual contrast to P1023 and P2017..
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| P1019: F4 @ 1/125 24mm ISO 1600 |
P1022 I
like the suggested action in the image below - the artist of putting up his work ready for
action. It echoes the concept of creating new artist studios and could be
considered a second theme setting image.And it also offers some
clear space within the canvas for text.
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| P1022: F6.3 @ 1/160 24mm ISO 1600 |
P1026 shows
a corner of a studio cubicle in an artist 'cooperative' in the Kings Road arches in Brighton...an
example of artistic working space.
I think that it is visually very
interesting but there is a possibility that the client may feel the imagery might
not reassure the more conservative, maybe reactionary local residents.
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| P1026: F5.6 @ 1/50 24mm ISO 1600 |
P1016
shows prospective artists, gallery owners and local residents how the
Hot Walls studio space might be used – how an artist can both work and display completed
works in a small area.
The artist here just happened to
be within his working area at the back of the studio when this was taken - a glimpse which
I think adds interest to the image.
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| P1016: F5.6 @ 1/200 24mm ISO 1600 |
I chose
P1020 below to show that Hot Walls has
the potential to house small galleries and as such would be one way of
attracting visitors to Hot Walls.
This is
image is taken in the 'two kats and a cow gallery' in the Kings Road arches on
Brighton beach. The interior lighting was a real challenge here...almost
extreme bright light coming in through the entrance and very subdued, almost
yellow light at the very back of the gallery...Rightly
or wrongly I decided against using a flash to avoid drawing the attention of
the gallery visitors and spoiling a natural, unposed shot.
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| P1020: F8 @ 1/100 16mm ISO 800 |
Eating Brasserie style...
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| P1010: F5.6 @ 1/40 24mm ISO 800 |
P1010 shows the interior of the
'Feed Cafe' down near the Gunwharf complex in Portsmouth.This is a very popular cafe
situated in an arch. As such it
was ideal from the point of view of showing what can be done with a
relatively small archway.
I
deliberately placed the shot between the metal interior structure at an angle
to give the image contemporary feel within the brickwork interior while
showing the curve of the roof and glass frontage. The warm colour of the
brickwork fits well with the heritage
aspect of the Hot Walls studios project.
If
we're looking for an image that might suggest a 'brasserie' type eatery then
P1010 might just work given the composition and slight distance away from the
ketchup bottle. The manager and customers were happy to have photographs taken
and after a while became oblivious to the camera. This
unposed shot could be revisited and
posed as a set piece if a more upmarket ’brasserie’ were required.
Often commercial developments resort to an
artist impression for the catering offer but in this case I feel this photographic
interpretation works better.
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