Gcse photography 2013 starting points

GCSE PHOTOGRAPHY

2013

FORCES

INSPIRATION

use the images on the following slides as starting points if you get stuck or

need guidance

Renoir: nature

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Andy Goldsworthy: sculptures in nature

the photos are the evidence

Claes Oldenburg: changing the scale of objects –

what does it force the observer to do?

Frances Bacon: emotions

http://soundcolourvibration.com/2011/05/28/color-in-motion-vol-114-francis-bacon/David Lynch (director) comments on how Bacon inspires him“Yet one glance at Francis Bacon’s paintings and I am immediately sent to a place I feel comfortable in. These are works of hidden identity & the enigma of man and his touch”

How could his paintings inspire you – do the photos of him inspire you?

Photo by John Deakin

Shepard Fairey: personality and politics

The Tyrant Boot print was inspired by the Frederick Douglas quote “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress”. Frederick Douglas, an African American, was a leader of the Abolitionist Movement. He was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, woman, Native American, or recent immigrant. He was fond of saying, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”http://www.obeygiant.com/headlines/revok-tyrants Shephard

Sam taylor-wood: mixed mediahttp://artpulsemagazine.com/breaking-the-medium-of-painting-down

http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/gallery/2/index.shtml?collection=samtaylorwood&mode=dynamic

Fay Godwin: the power of nature

http://www.archivemagazine.org.uk/?p=21

Bill Viola: lighting, culture and belief http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6-V7in9LObI

Viola explores themes such as religion and war through video and photography – watch the video (at home) or look for his installations:

http://www.ressupport.org/index.php?id=101the Exhibition ‘Bill Viola: The Passions@ at the the J. Paul Getty Museum 2000