Lee_Place

==** The first photo that I chose was the farthest picture on the left. Although the name and photographer of the photo are unidentified, I chose it because I thought it was a different kind of cityscape. I really liked the look of the bridge in front. The big silhouette has a very drastic, powerful look and creates a mood of empowerment. When I saw this photo, I felt uneasy like something hard, or bad happened before this photo was taken. This photo has a lot of leading lines which keeps my eyes moving through the picture. I also thought that the contrast of the colors was very intriguing and the smoke or clouds in the background also helped move my eyes up through the picture. **==

==** The second photo I chose was taken in the Barlow State Hospital. This asylum was founded in the 1850's, but this photo was more recently taken by Tom Kirsch in 2005. Kirsch named this photo " The Hallway of Horror" which effectively portrays the mood in a twisted sense. This photo is intrigues, and while looking at this photo, I felt uneasy and nervous. The mood that is shown is mysterious and creates an anxious feeling that goes well with the picture and the way the tilt of the picture has a worn out feeling to it. The picture is of an asylum which is a place where people were tortured in "hopes to cure" their problems. In this photo, there are leading lines which help to lead my eyes to the back of the photo, where the lighting quickly disappears. This aspect of the photo helps with the creepy, eery feel and makes the viewer uneasy because of the unknown. Overall, when I looked through a lot of Tom Kirsch's photos, I realized that they are all mostly of abandoned, eery looking settings. As one looks closely at the middle of the photo, it's lighter in the middle because of the windows allowing the lighting in. As the light is let in and then cut off, there are darker sideways triangles that give the silent sound effect of making ones heart beat faster with anxiety. I loved this feeling when I admired the picture because it ties in perfectly with the twisted nature of the building already. In his photos, he also uses a lot of leading line to create an interesting perspective to his photographs. For this project, I plan to use a lot of leading lines in my pictures. By using leading lines, it will add a cool effect to the photographs and keep the viewers looking through the photo. **==

==** The last photo I chose was taken by Roman Loranc in 2000. Loranc named this piece, "Trees by the River". In this black and white landscape photo, I thought that the branches of the trees were very interesting and created cool leading lines. The branches that reflected in the water are very blurry and hard to see, but that creates a mysterious, eery feel which is a part of all three pictures I chose. As the smear of the trees gazes on the water the photo itself gives the viewer a teary-eyed effect. Trees represent life, and when life is reflected into another's perspective, real emotions bleed. I really liked the feeling/mood of this photo because the black and white made it feel like an older photograph. In most of Roman Loranc's photos, he tends to create picture in black and white and the subjects are usually based on naked nature (bare tree's, deserted roads, etc). His idea of naked nature evokes true raw feelings and other adventurous emotions from us as humans. His pictures also usually have lots of leading lines and have patterns which create movement throughout the photo. I think that Loranc's photos are really beautiful and I want to try creating photo's in black and white to create an older, eery feeling. As mentioned before, the leading lines in this photo also accounts for repetition. Repetition/balance of this photo is utilized to have the mirror effect on the viewer. As the color of this photo is desaturated and faded, it gives the ability to the photo of making the viewer feel as if the photo itself is lifeless and weak-which ironically is very strong. **==

=Wood Transfers:=

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==The technique I chose to try for this project is wood transfers. I really liked wood transfers because the light wood texture doesn't darken the picture and the wood texture can create a cool background design. I thought that wood transfers would fit my photo and concept well with the light natural feel of the wood. The photo's I plan to work with for the project are outdoor photos of places I've been like Puerto Rico, Chicago, etc. With the wood, it makes the photograph feel more natural. The photo's that I plan to try transfers with have moods of happiness and excitement or calm and tranquil which is emphasized with the calming natural wood.==

__**Citations:**__
//Photography West Gallery's Main Gallery //. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2017. "Barlow State Hospital."Opacity.us. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2017. Photographer Roman intrigues - Original Photographs. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2017.