The title for Maries project was Radiation and Mutation. When i heard this i thought of artist such as Julie Cockburn, and Edward Muibridge and such disasters like Chernobyl and Hiroshima. I'll explore the theme on my own and where i might have gone with this heading, this then look at Maries blog and see what else i could add, this way new ideas and perspectives are thrown into the work and maybe give it a new direction or shead some light onto different ideas within the theme.
After the disaster which struck Chernobyl, the radiation caused a much longer problem to the initial crisis of the nuclear power melt down. For generations to come would see this affect in the children born after the crisis. Paul Fusco takes a photographic documentary of the afetr math of the children affected. The images are challenging to look at but powerful too. In the link below is his narrated documentary with his images of the different children affected and statistics of the after math.
I thought this could give some basis, facts or back ground to the idea of waste directly or indirectly affecting humankind in the ways of mutation, disease or disfiguring the form. Taking points from real life and real events which caused such things to happen.
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Julie Cockburn
Julis Cockburn didnt really intend on looking into mutation at all, however the images she created by crafting on top of the photos gave a very interesting aesthetic. There is an interesting article below from a photography magazine i follow online called SEESAW. I'm not sure if this would give any help but maybe it bring an idea of collarge, technique or compossion to your images and maybe have a contemporary spin on what it is your looking at.
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Eadward Muybridge
Eadward Muybridge, prehaps greater known for is running horse set of images, was a pioneer of time laps photography . He was fasinated with the ways of deformed people oftyern using them for his subjects. Maybe one of the most famous sets from this particular series is the child walking on all fours.
I looked at Muybridge really because its stook with me ever since seeing him at the Tate Britain exhibition in 2010
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Ralph Eugene Meatyard
From a different photography magazine i follow online FACTION MAGAZINE i found Ralp E Meatyard and his set of work called Dolls and Masks which give a very creepy aesthetic and one of certain unease. I thought this might be useful in ways of giving ideas to create such unease or ambiance in the images.
http://fractionmagazine.com
I especially like this image above as the focus lies on the massive hand, then you notice the face then the toy doll poking out of the pocket, its an eary image all out of proportions and scale, give a sense of unknown narrative and confusion for the viewer maybe something to play off when thinking of mutation.
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