Shoot 12 – Selected Images – Andrews Masters Journey

Below are a selection of edited images from Shoot 12. These are of the same samples as found in Shoot 11 but photographed a few days later once wilted. The use of wilted specimens fits well with the work of both McCabe and Lippmann and adds to the previously discussed symbolism of the ephemeral nature of plant life.

For these next two images I simply made the canvas space larger. Presently working at home in a makeshift studio due to the Coronavirus rather than at my usual studio means that resources are slightly limited. This extra space in the frame creates an isolation around the subject. Upon further reflection on the writings of Barthes in Image, Music, Text, and the entire post of experimentation with syntax and concatenation, I have created some Felicity McCabe specific combinations of images in edits of their own below this set of edits.

The below experiments are separated into their own galleries with the inspiring work by Felicity McCabe featured there also. Where McCabes work is in the same gallery space as my own I have captioned it as being her image. In this first experiment there forms a diptych of similar subject matter at a similar height and presence in the frame to each other. There is then a simple divide by a white gutter. The gutter in my example is 20mm where as the gutter in McCabes image is wider. This needs to form part of a later experiment I feel.

In this next experiment I have created a triptych. Again making the sample the same size and presence in the frame but using images of separate specimens each time. The gutter here is wider and set on white again. The dominance of the yellow in these experiments caused by the daffodils needs revisiting in future experiments as a wider variety of specimens will be useful.

In this third and final experiment for this post I have set out again with two samples, different to others used so far, and presented them in the same space. The second image being scaled down allowing for more white canvas space. The consistency of the implement holding the sample is important and mirrors the work of McCabe. The apparatus becomes part of the image, as key to the frame as the specimen itself.