Eldredge+Elise+Final+Project



I was inspired by Karl Blossfeldt, John Paul Caponigro, and Gregory Crewdson in all different ways. One thing I found in common with these artists is the feeling that there is a story behind what you are seeing and the frame captured is only the surface of the story. Gregory Crewdson has many photos in the suburban area, stereotypical houses, and families. John Paul Caponigro takes normal objects and alienates them, as in make them unearthly with photoshopping them to look like they are hovering. Karl Blossfeldt has many pictures of plants, the close up pictures are whimsical and mystical. The mood of Karl Blossfeldt pictures is a mood I will be trying to mimic in this project. I am planning on taking a series of pictures of my house at dusk when indoor lights just start to turn on and immediately after the sun goes down. John Paul Caponigro uses mirroring in his photos and I am going to try to replicate this in the photo by mirroring a section of the house and making it look more dimensional. Also what I am planning on doing is shooting an ordinary object like a rock or a flower and enlarging that and giving it the appearance of it hovering above the house. Then I will most likely photoshop the sky to make it more interesting and to have it fit with the theme better. I will be utilizing level horizon and filling the frame.