Object and Body Presentation

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RPHC4001 Object & Body

Unit

Loneliest Job In Medway

Charlie Stanhope


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Initial Ideas

Combining the object and the body

Alec Soth Influences

Relating to own job

Different career paths that people take

Relating to own job

Isolation and Independence

The search for the loneliest job in Medway

Communicating concepts, messages, and emotions


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Initial Influence

Cesar Advert, 2013

Source: www.youtube.com

Barclays Advert, 2013

Source: www.youtube.com
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Contextual Research


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Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Reliable Source

Understanding social issues

Understanding what causes

these issues

Data about employments

and careers

Not entirely relevant to

project idea


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The Lonely Society? (Mental

Health Foundation)

In depth studies about

loneliness and isolation

Covers all aspects

Are we getting lonelier?

Statistics

not everyone is equally sensitive to feeling lonely, as we have different needs

and expectations of our relationships with others

some of us are contented with a small network of close friends, while others

are only satisfied with a vast social circle that gives them many opportunities

to be with others

although evolution suggests that were designed to live in close communities

and sociology teaches us that we thrive in close co-operation with each other,

our modern way of life isolates us from others


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Body Unit


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Visual Research


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Alec SothLoneliest Man In

Missouri

Highlights loneliness and

isolation

Narrative Story

Metaphoric language

Summed up with final image

Soth builds relationship with

the sitter


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George TamesThe Loneliest

Job

Isolation and Loneliness

Dark/Negative situation

Low key lighting Gives a different perspective

on the presidency job

Insight


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Edward HopperNighthawks

Loneliness and isolation

Contrast between individual

and pair

Hidden identity Glass barrier between artist

and subject

Mystery

Empty space


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Martin SchoellerStudio

Portraits

The eyes reveal a lot about

someone

Pin point focusing Detail

Notice things that you

wouldnt notice otherwise

Balance

Depth of field


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Photographic Practice


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BodyMy Approach

Highlight feelings of loneliness and isolation

Photograph lone figure

Use props and objects to highlight isolation

Use objects to symbolize jobs

Carefully choose environment to symbolize job

Emotionless

Depth of field


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Final Images


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Final Image


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Object Unit


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Visual Research


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Todd HidoHomes

Sunset/Sunrise lighting

Uneven yet soft

Atmospheric

Lack of human interaction orinhabitance

Empty

Grubby


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Alec SothNIAGARA

Photographic Decisions

Depth of field

Lighting

Highlight Foreground and Background

Object

Combining influences from

different images


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Alec SothUnknown

Depth of field

Soft Lighting

Attention to detail

Foreground and Background

Using corner to

communicate isolation

Combining influences from

different images


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ObjectMy Approach

Single object isolated within the frame

Small set build

Caf/Bar/Pub Environment

Grubby

Empty space

Low key lighting (Todd Hido influence)

Half empty to glass to symbolize previous human presence


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Main Light

(lighting glass)

Background Light

(distorted with silver sheet)

Fill Light

(background)


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Final Image

Critical AppraisalBody


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pp y

The Loneliest Job In Medway is a photographic project that explores loneliness and isolation that one may

feel while at work. Different people are suited to different types of jobs due to the different roles and

responsibilities that come with them. While some people may work in large groups and teams, others work

alone. Having worked for 5 years as a cleaner, I have experienced these feelings of isolation while in the

work place, and this is where the project idea originally started. My plan for this project was to visit differentpeople who work in jobs that I consider to be isolating, and photograph them in their work environment.

One of the most influential photographers I researched was George Tames. His photograph of President John

F Kennedy, titled The Loneliest Job was especially influential towards this project idea. While an

assumption can be made that the president is constantly surrounded by other members of the White House,

George Tames photograph shows a very different side to the job. Clever use of composition and lighting has

helped to emphasize this feeling loneliness and isolation. I photographed the people I visited alone, with no

one else within the space of the frame to communicate the lack of human interaction they may experience

on a daily basis. In most of the photographs I left a lot of empty space, with the worker standing in the

middle of the frame. This empty space is being used to represent the distance between the worker and

other humans. I wanted to visit a range of different people who work different types of isolated jobs so I

started searching for people at an early stage during the project. This allowed me to document a variety of

different careers and choose the one that I would consider to be the most isolating. The most challenging

part of this project was picking the single image that I believe represented The Loneliest Job In Medway. Ihave learnt that there is no single job that could be called The Loneliest as this is based on opinion, so I

have included three different workers as part of my final submission.

Critical AppraisalObject


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pp j

The Loneliest Job In Medway is a photographic project that explores loneliness and isolation that one may

feel while at work. The Body and The Object are two separate projects however I have decided to combine

the two and use the same title and concept. I was particularly inspired and influenced by the work of Alec

Soth, and the strong use of metaphoric and symbolic language throughout his photography. While it was

specifically this work that influenced my decision to allow both units to have the same concept, it was thework of Todd Hido that influenced my final image for the object unit. I felt that the warm, natural and

atmospheric lighting used in the series Occupied Homes communicated emptiness and isolation. I aimed to

replicate this specific type of lighting in the studio environment for my final image. I wanted to recreate a

pub/caf/bar environment for my final shoot, using a small glass as the object. I wanted this glass to be

alone and small within the frame, indicating that someone had previously been drinking from it. I wanted

the glass to be alone and to stand as a metaphor for the Loneliest Job In Medway. I kept the glass small

within the frame, with lots of empty space to represent the separation between the lonely worker and other

people. I photographed the glass in the corner of the room to represent the isolation of the worker, which

this image is being used to symbolize. I made a plan of the shoot in detail previous to the day that I was

going to take the image so that I had a good idea of how things were going to work. I had obtained the

materials and objects that I required for the set build. My aim was to make the image look as though it was

shot in a natural environment, not in a studio, so my biggest challenge was to replicate a scene which you

may find in a local bar, caf or pub, which I feel I did to the best of my ability.

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