Futurism

Photography&Motion 

Futurism - Italian movement that is untraditional and unconventional, hate for art of the past. Motifs: cars, electric lighting, construction. It is a celebration of modern technology.

• Realism
• Futurism
• Surrealism
• Cubism
• Brutalism
• Postmodernism 

Eadweard Muybridge- pioneer of photography and motion

Techniques

• experimenting with lighting 

Montage- putting together different objects/element 

Task 1:

Christian Stoll

This photograph (Version) by Christian Stoll is done in a futurism style, It denotes a a birds eye view of a city suffocated buy a saturated population and pollution. This connotes feelings of humans being an inferior species such as ants. However its quite ironic since humanity built it.

Task 2/3:

My attempt at futurism

⬅The photograph on the left is inspired by Christian Stoll and is done in the unconventional style of futurism. The photo is not from a birds eye view since I did not have the right equipment to do so. Instead I took it at an angle where just looking at the photo feels like you're leaning back, to me this represents dominance of the building. In Christian Stoll's photograph the city is represented as saturated and busy, however I wanted my photo to present a different interpretation on a city; to be lonely and isolated. The cool blue tint of the windows connotes sadness.

The aperture I used to take this photo was F18, The reason being it was a bright day and i did't want the colours of the building getting bleached out also it meant the symmetrical lines and architecture stand out much like the skyscrapers do in Version (the photo). The shutter speed was at a fast 1/200 so the picture was not over exposed. I edited my photograph in Photoshop. The edit consisted of separating the building from the background image. Once this was complete I adjusted the hue lighting saturation of the background layer to the lowest, by doing this it creates a more natural monochrome look. Following this I increased the contrast of the building layer to create a 'futuristic look'. I have accentuated the blue tint in the windows by removing the colour from the sky, this makes the building stand out from the background and focuses the eye on the symmetry of the lines. The only blemish is the sun glare, this breaks up the structure of the lines and adds a natural imperfection to the building.