JR
JR is the pseudonym of a French photographer and street artist whose identity is unconfirmed. Describing himself as a photographer, he flyposts large black-and-white photographic images in public locations. He states that the street is "the largest art gallery in the world." He started out on the streets of Paris.
Portrait of a Generation
Portrait of a Generation Response
Using the website 'Rasterbator', I was able to rasterbate my original image to give it a circle pattern and make it black and white, to give off the same effect that JR had in his series 'Portrait of a generation'
Gordon Magnin
Gordon Magnin is a Nevada based artist who works in photography, scans, collage, and altered found image.
Creating collages using appropriated photographic images, Gordon challenges the intended “intended objective, interpretation, and significance” of our daily diet of celebrity, advertising, and consumer based images.
Creating collages using appropriated photographic images, Gordon challenges the intended “intended objective, interpretation, and significance” of our daily diet of celebrity, advertising, and consumer based images.
Geometric Portraits - First Response
Geometric Portraits - Second Response:
WWW: Interesting design idea, and look
EBI: I used a more unusual pattern to shift
EBI: I used a more unusual pattern to shift
Geometric Portraits GIF
Geometric Portraits Photoshop Process:
Almer Haser
Cosmic surgery is imagined as a medical procedure that people can choose in the not so distant future for aesthetic enhancement, mood alteration, and to thwart increasingly pervasive methods of surveillance. Combining photography with collage and origami, Haser's playfully odd portraits consider the link between identity and image in a culture of visual bombardment. She suggests a fundamental shift in the way we understand ourselves and the world around us, picturing the possibility of a trans-humanist future.
Cosmic Surgery
WWW: Clear design and representation of the artist's work
EBI: I could line up the paper box with the image a little better to make the effect
EBI: I could line up the paper box with the image a little better to make the effect
David Stern
David Stern is a photographer, artist, and teacher now based in NYC. His work attracts huge audiences in the way he translates a photographs and portraits into tangible objects. Through the variety of work produced by the artist, this interview focuses on his Woven Portraits series.
David Stern - Response:
WWW: I like how the effect works on the picture. I left the strips untaped so that I can change the part of the image shown on the stip.
EBI: I could cut the strips slightly thinner to make the effect more prominent on the picture and give more of a structure
EBI: I could cut the strips slightly thinner to make the effect more prominent on the picture and give more of a structure
Kehinde Wiley
Kehinde Wiley is an American portrait painter based in New York City, who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of African Americans, frequently referencing the work of Old Master paintings. He would often include the background coming in front of the main image to give the effect that they are one with each other.
Kehinde Wiley Response
WWW: Clear image and representation of the artist's original work
EBI: If I took it again I could add somebody kneeling down to act as the child and a basket to hold as well.
EBI: If I took it again I could add somebody kneeling down to act as the child and a basket to hold as well.
Thomas Kellner
Thomas Kellner Response:
Thomas Kellner Second Response:
WWW: I like how both responses came out although it looks slightly messy in some places.
EBI: I could make the distortion a bit more controlled and also clean up the boxes a little more as there is still a slight white outline in some of the boxes.
EBI: I could make the distortion a bit more controlled and also clean up the boxes a little more as there is still a slight white outline in some of the boxes.
Thomas Kellner Response Photoshop Process:
Patrick Cornillet
In this series, elements of architecture were taken out of their environment and reconstituted in the form of objects on a white background. The infinite nuances of concrete, make us aware of the wealth of the material and of the remains left by the humans and by Time passing by. Even if the architectures seem austere, spaces seeming uninhabited, dehumanised, Cornillet creates a particular poetry and a mesmerising mysticism.
Patrick Cornillet Response:
WWW: The stairs are cut clean and have crisp edges and are completely isolated from the rest of the surroundings
EBI: Now that I'm more confident with this skill, I could try to include more of the surroundings other than the steps to try and show more of the surroundings.
EBI: Now that I'm more confident with this skill, I could try to include more of the surroundings other than the steps to try and show more of the surroundings.
Patrick Cornillet Second Response:
Thomas Danthony
Thomas Danthony is a french artist based in Barcelona. Originally from the South of France, where he studied industrial design, Thomas’s practice is now divided between illustration, fine art and design. Inspired by the extensive time he spends outside climbing and exploring, Thomas likes to simplify shapes to their essence.
This image is my favourite out of the three. I left the sky as it was unsimplified and I think it looks nicer and a little more put together without the simplified sky. It also blends nicely into the buildings in the background making it look more continuous throughout the whole image
This image is my second favourite out of the three. Because the shapes were quite big and bulky, the simplified version looks nicer. I like the shadow around the bottom and on the sides of other buildings. The sky however just looks too dark for the rest of the picture and doesn't match the brighter colours in the rest of the image but overall. If I were to try this one again I would try to lighten the sky. Overall, I still really like this one.
This image is my least favourite out of the three. This one was with a picture i took myself so the colours aren't as nice and bright as the other two were. That alone definitely adds to my disliking of this one even more. The technique in this one is not amazing either, as the lines are choppy and uneven. None of the colours match very well with each other and it just looks dull and sad. The trees on the side and the tree in front doesn't make sense to include in the image as it distracts from the main subject of the image which is the building, not the surroundings. If I were to do this again, I would try to lighten the colours and take out the small details in the picture like the bus stop, the lamp post and other tiny unnecessary details.
Three Strands
Strand 1 - Kehinde Wiley
I like how the picture I took came out as it matches the artists painting fairly accurately. In the edited version, the vines seem to be going crazy and it looks a bit too messy. If I were to redo it I would adjust how many vines I have going over her face. Additionally, the colour of the vines clashes with the colour of the hair. However, one moment in the image i do like is how her hand comes in front of the vine.
Here, since I only had one model, I took two pictures in the same location and photoshopped them together to make it into one single image. The cut between the two is pretty seamless since I used the tree to mask the two pictures together. The edited version of this one as well I think is a little busy, and the flowers cover her face a bit too much, especially on the left, her face is almost entirely covered. I may have adjusted the positioning of the figures and made them a little bigger in order to get it better aligned and spaced if I were to do it again.
I think this is my favourite out of these three as I prefer the pattern on the last image, it doesn't cover her face or body too much and it's a lot more simple. The only thing I could do better is adjust the angle and position I took the picture in as it's not quite the same as the original source image, and maybe get a bit closer to the model as well.
Strand 2 - Patrick Cornillet
Strand 3:
Tavistock Square
This building is called Tavistock Square and it is in Russell Square. The blocky shapes on top add to the interest of the building and make it perfect for this project.
Final Pieces
These pictures link back to Thomas Danthony's work of simplifying brutalist buildings. It also represents a kind of artistic and simplistic style and links our world to a much simpler one.