Manchester?

Seeing as this project is aiming to help us gain new contacts and clients, i have thought that to get as many people as possible to come and see the exhibition, it could be a good idea to actually do two exhibitions rather than one. by having a second exhibition in Manchester it would allow people from that area to see the exhibition too. this is because i feel that there would be people interested in coming, but would not travel to Preston to see it, therefore by having 2 it would open it up to a much bigger audience.
with this in mind, me and Lewis took a trip to manchester to scope out possible locations (moira couldnt come with us as she had plans).

Super Super Magazine - Contact Details.

Like the Gentle Woman I will be mailing Super Super intially with work from my exhibition. Hopefully I will get feedback.






stefan@thesupersuper.com
Website:http://www.thesupersuper.com
Office:2nd Floor,
182 Commercial Road,
E1 2JY
Location:London,
United Kingdom.

Penny Martin

Penny Martin is a must have contact for myself, as she is the editor in chief of the magazine The Gentle Woman. When I googled her name I was very pleased to find out that she was a lecturer at the London College of Fashion.

http://www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/penny-martin.htm#

p.j.martin@fashion.arts.ac.uk

From finding these contact details I intend to send Penny Martin a letter and disc with my work from the exhibition on it, I shall ask for feedback. Once sent I will then follow up with an email a few days later.



Below - Penny Martin

The Gentle Woman

www.thegentlewoman.com

How the magazine describes itself.

"The Gentlewoman is a new biannual style magazine for a new decade. Featuring inspirational, international women, it pairs ambitious journalism with a sartorial and intelligent perspective on fashion that is focused on personal style – the way women actually look, think and dress".

Preston location research.

my primary location thought for the preston area is its bus station, from here there is a clear view of the busy streets below. giving me lots of scope to manipulate and control the lines of focus to render the world below me into a miniture state.

This image clearly shows the vantage point that is the Preston bus station. there are so many angles and points of view of the streets below. which will give me time to experiment. but i allready have a specific image in my head. and this would be from (in regards to the image above) the top left of the top floor of the station, over looking the zebra crossing, which pedestrians use to cross the bus station forecourt to the street opposite. and from this location on the bus station i shall be able to literally have the camera pointing directly above this crossing for full emphasis on a shallow depth of field, which in turn shall create my desired miniture look.

unfortunately i could find a story for another location that i had in mind. but this map shows the general area. i have the idea of photographing from the multi story car park that is situated next to Prestons train station, this will give me a great view of some of the the Fishergate shopping center. and this location is normally bussling with people and various cars driving around. this may not be on the same scale as the potential locations in Manchester, but that doesnt matter. as no matter where i photograph i shall be able to create my desired aesthetic.

Andy Warhol - His paintings and photography and influence on me.

Andy Warhol has had not only a huge influence on me as a photographer, but also on the popular culture we live in the everyday. His outlook on society and what we will become has been very accurate. From his obsession with celebrity to the films he made. If we look at the magazines on the newsagent shelves and the reality shows that we get engrossed in, surely we can see what warhol was trying to depict through his work.
The images below are example of Warhols work and image of the man himself . The images above are of Edie Segwick and were photographed by Warhol. The photobooth style of photography is an idea I want to incorporate into my exhibition. I would like to photograph models and then design (digitally) a photobooth layout.

(above) Warhol photobooth self portraits. I find this interesting as he gives nothing away about who he is. By wearing the sunglasses in the photobooth he is disguising himself.

This still is from Edie Sedgwicks screen test. I hope to find a subject that emmulates charisma in the film I intend to make.

Warhol's Mona Lisa Diptych

Warhol's screen prints represented icons, fame and the way he structured and produced his work depicted the mass production world we now live in. I am inspired by how Warhol appropriated others work and products and used them, I feel that my work is always influenced by other artists and I then add my own twist. That why I feel it is interesting for me to appropriate Warhol as it is slightly ironic .

Warhol's Campbells Soup

Warhol's Marilyn's

Warhol Screen Tests.

As part of my exhibition I really want to attempt to create moving portraits like Warhols screen tests. Here is an image that shows some stills of the screen tests that Warhol made. Warhol made over a thousand screen tests in his lifetime as an artist. This is something I want to take on board as I feel that myself as a photographer I wish to have many dimensions to my work. I believe in being creative and so therefore this type of production will be something I can develop and change. I see this kind of production as an experiment and that the subject/s will help me fail and succeed in where I wish to go as a photographic artist. To produce this format of work I have recruited a film student to assist me, this is for technical reasons, though I still want the look of the film to be influenced by my vision.