Final Evaluation –
Overall, I find that my final outcomes, where successful In both creating something new and alternative yet sticking within the theme of ‘Union’. With the visual influences from both my artist studies being incorporated I feel as if I have expanded from their original intentions and have created multiple photoshops that adapted from their styles and applied them to the subjects of my project: Fashion, youth culture and identity. Being able to produce a variety of images within these photoshoots, I find I have achieved the diversity of content amongst my pages within my magazine which I had set out for. With each shoot, giving me an idea for another, I believe that when coming up with how I wanted an image to look in my head, I was able to go out and do it.
For my impressionist Images, I believe I had created outcomes that reflected Kyohyun Nam’s work by applying not only his technical element of how he took his images, but also his conceptual focus of having either someone or something as the subject. With this image I made, for example, I attempted to merge these two by combining the subjects to create an interesting outcome.
My Image.
Kyohyun Nam’s work – 2 subject focuses.
To Improve however, I would have produced more Images that made use of the impressionist style with the subjects being that of the youth. Needing lots of people to create variety between photos however would be difficult which is why I resorted to random members of the public.
For my Social-realist Images, I feel as If I was able to replicate Robert LeBlanc’s technical elements of using subtle motion-blur in a documentary manor to produce a similar outcome. With LeBlanc’s work focusing more on his travel, my conceptual basis was instead focused on the travel of others. Comparisons that can be drawn however is through the visual elements between the images. By converting my images into black and white, this was to direct attention to the image content rather than its colour. LeBlanc makes use of this within his series ‘Tin Lizards’ where a focus is placed on the locations within the picture. It is from this, I was inspired to try and attempt to replicate his style of images.
My Images.
LeBlanc’s work.
Like with the impressionist images, a difference I would have made would be to have a larger variety of images that focused more on youth culture through this style. With other social-realist Images I made using colour, a change I could make would be to incorporate more of a visual influence from LeBlanc by making them black and white.
From the magazines I looked at as my influences I find I have taken visual influence from their construction to produce pages that reflect their design. With WIP and Skate magazine focusing on the promotion of unity between the cultures of fashion, music and identity, these where large points of contextual influence when creating my magazine. WIP magazine took particular influence, conceptually, which I believe I have replicated well. With their magazine uniting people through various art mediums and interests – such as fashion, art, photography and music – I applied this when coming up with the idea for my project. My using it as my basis of what I wanted to centre my project to be about, I believe it made me realise the intentions behind my work and what I strived to create.
My front cover.
WIP front cover.
Further reference within my work, which I believe helped me understand my intentions and produce a successful outcome is through the influence of my study into collaging and montaging. With my pages being influenced from the fashion magazines, where pages all related to focus of usually one thing – such as shoes, clothes, or the brand, they replicated the effects of producing a montage where the images related to each other. An example of this being a Nike ad I took inspiration on for page design, where multiple images where used in it, centred around the product. For my project I attempted to replicate this through producing ‘ads’ of my own, arranging my images into montages on a page.
My Ads.
The Nike Ad.
Overall, I find I was successful in replicating the montaged style of pages within my work however more inclusion of collaging would be a change I would have made when designing the pages.
Further influence from collaging and montaging I took came from when producing art pages for the end segment of my book. Inspired by the artists of Stezaker, Marclay and Milach, I attempted to create an image that showed inspiration from their style of work. I think I was successful in making an outcome that showed influence from them, however a improvement would be to have created more images like it, as much of the magazine is focused more-so on images inspired from impressionism and social realism.
My Image.
Stezaker’s, Marclay’s and Milach’s work.
In conclusion, I believe I have produced successful outcomes for my project. With many references to my artist inspirations through the key elements of the visual, technical, contextual and conceptual appearances of my work, I find I can show direct links to my inspiration. I also find that I am confident with what I have created and have realised the intentions I wanted to create behind my work such as with how I presented the theme of union through the subjects of fashion, youth culture and identity.