The Comission- Final photos (evaluation)

I have decided for my final photos that I am going to do documentary photos around the Medway Area. I want to show the naturally occurring waste in and around the area. To show people what is happening in their own area and also to show other people of the waste that is occurring.

In one of my photos there is a place that looks like it could be used as bedding for a homeless person. These waste objects have been use to create a home for a person, as unpleasant as the home is, it is still a home. It's sad to think that this is how someone lives.

The commission- Olof Jarlbro

Olof Jarlbro

The Commission- Jonathan Lewis

Jonathan Lewis

Lewis is a documentary photography and i've decided that for the next stage of my project I should look at documentary photographers as i've already got some research on waste photography. I really do like this spur of the moment, capturing that specific time on camera. Showing viewers in an artistic way what is going on in the world.

The commission

From doing my digital photos and my artist research i really do like the idea of the whole natural documentary work idea. I am going to look at some more documentary photographers to get further ideas for my final photos. I think in my final photos I will wander around the Medway area in search if waste to take photos of.

The Commission- Digital photos

I took these digital photos of waste after i'd gathered some ideas after doing my artist research. The photos like the photos from my artist research are all naturally occurring waste in environments that I have managed to capture. I like the idea of this naturalness that I am capturing as it is showing the viewers what is actually happening in our world. It is not fake, it is one hundred per cent real.  It is not set up, this waste is actually in the street.

The Commission- Pieter Hugo

Pieter Hugo

For a whole year Hugo photographed a dump in Ghana and called this collection permanent error. 

We as viewers can see how in this photo the waste in the background and the infertility of the earth. It is just mud and grit surrounded but waste. However there is still the farmer there with his truck and stick ready to work. This brings the photo closer to home and easier to relate to. These normal human beings like us are in these surroundings. It brings into the question as to whether this is right or moral for these people.

I like the level of physical clarity in Hugo's photos. The photos are pristine and to the best possible quality. I think this shows off the wasted lands to it's greatest potential as there is a great contrast between the messy, dirty wastelands and the pristine, clean quality of the photos themselves. I therefore feel I would like to dot he same with my photos. Keep them clear and to the best possible quality.

The Comission- Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan

Remains of a business, St Bernard Parish

I decided that i would start off this project with a little artist research. Im going to look at the photographer Chris Jordan. He manages to create beautiful photos of waste. I really think there is something in the ability to be able to do this that is truly interesting. It brings a slight edge to taking photos of an already beautiful landscape. The trick to this is to make something not particularly beautiful look beautiful. It also then begins to dive into the question 'What is beauty?'. Who says that these waste landscapes are not beautiful? However Chris jordan does not take this view. Chris Jordan said that he 'uses beauty as a tool for seduction' to draw people in to show them the grave issues at hand.

Ballfield, St Bernard Parish

Pants Rack in a women's clothing store, St Bernard Parish

Remains of a home, Ninth Ward neighbourhood, New Orleans