reconstruction

i like the spontaneity of walking the streets with a camera not overthinking the composition or the context of which the image was taken etc. It is only after you get home and take a closer inspection you find aspects inside the photograph that are interesting.
by reconstructing the photographs i will be creating my own made up scene.
it will no longer be spontaneous but staged.

individual negatives

individual negatives

individual negatives

the battle of lewisham

london life

lewisham high street

silvy photographed every aspect of london life including theatre, fashion and the winding streets. he also captured people from all waves of life - from royalty and aristocrats to uncelebrated people such as children and servants. i want to do the same for lewisham where i have recently moved to, not only as a direction for my work but to get familiar with the area my self and learn about what it was and what it has become.

camille silvy... photoshop layers by hand

Silvy is a man who used victoriana photography to create striking images that portray everyday beauty. He was inspired - as am i -by french romantic poets such as Baudelaire and Rimbaud. His images were almost a visual representation of the same ideas.

I recently discovered that he would use seperate negatives layered together to make one image, similar to how the software photoshop works. I like the idea that what people see in a photograph they assume is real but by using seperate exposures and layering them up, you can create a fictional image.