Dec 6

Entry two: Towards the end of the project: By this time, we had already gone to at least five different locations, and discovered more inspiring places for other art projects. I was at the point of editing down what I wanted to print, I knew I didn’t want to print on copper or sheet metal, and the mirrors and glass I had been given or found encouraged me to use them and other found objects. I then measured everything out and then tried to decide which photos were the best and how I was to tackle my goals for the project. After the decisions were made, it was up to my transferring abilities on how the project would turn out.

Research: Through my research I found Blaine Ellis, who is a photographer who travels a lot and focuses strictly on architecture. This pulled me in, because I found I was struggling when coming across the abandon spaces. There is so, so much to look at, and to photograph when standing in front of an incredible space, that is so worn it almost becomes this surrealist sculpture with mountains of different personal things from either the previous owner or the people who have squatted there. I wasn’t sure how to tackle such a landscape of items, and how to think about it because I’ve very unfamiliar with architecture and how to capture it. When looking at Ellis’ photography on the different spaces he’s photographed I got new ideas and perspectives for ways of considering composition and the space as a whole. The subject matters between his work and mine are starchly different but since our essential goals were similar, which was to capture big space within architecture. Being able to see someone else skillfully tackle such enormous space I was inspired to find my own means of doing such.