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I was interested in the contents of a bag, relating to the idea of identity and gradually into narrative.
Photogram- silver gelatin prints
Paper negative- Regular Development
Size: 5x7"
Date: Spring 2015
In this image we were asked to create a photogram that abstracted a naturally occurring object/ landscape. I cut out construction paper into 3 rings. The first ring had one layer of paper and the second ring had two layers creating different values. Those rings were supposed to serve as the ripples that a leaf produces in a river or stream. I then cut out a leaf shaped figure out of black construction paper to make sure the value produced a white color for contrast. This image shows an abstraction of a leaf producing a ripple in a lake. The point of this image is to use abstraction to focus on the lines and contrasts that a leaf would produce when creating a ripple in a body of water. The main aesthetic theory that I used when trying to abstract this naturally occurring object was formalism. Focusing on lines, movement and value the emphasis of this photogram was to use elements and principles of art to abstract a leaf in a lake.