27/04/2007
Capturing Mum (breakfast)
Just when I thought it could not be done I got her of guard. These are the first photos where she just let me take my photos literally because she as too tired to do anything about it.
I am quite happy with these photos because they are so brutally honest, she doesn't have any make up on she just got out of bed and is waking up.
What I like about them is the calmness about them they are very quite and when I look at those photos it literally represents every breakfast I have ever had in my family.
I would not say that they are very beautiful and the technical side isn't that great either but they are a personal insight to my family.
I am quite happy with these photos because they are so brutally honest, she doesn't have any make up on she just got out of bed and is waking up.
What I like about them is the calmness about them they are very quite and when I look at those photos it literally represents every breakfast I have ever had in my family.
I would not say that they are very beautiful and the technical side isn't that great either but they are a personal insight to my family.
03/04/2007
My relationship to grandmas home
I find my grandma's house incrediblly interesting and it is just great fun taking photos in it because there are so many little objects and corners to find new things in.
I think my grandmas house is a great example of home for me maybe even the example of home. In all the years that I have moved around the world we would always come back here and stay with her. Seeing that I have moved houses 9 times in my life it is really nice to have something that is consistant. Everything in my grandmas house has its spot nothing has been renovated or moved since she had moved in a couple of years after the war. Every piece of furniture was added slowly over the years to create a near to perect beige apparment. A lot of love and thouught has gone into this house and nearly every object has an amazing story that comes with it, this is what I would like to capture in my photos the warm and loving atmosphere of a grannies home.
I think my grandmas house is a great example of home for me maybe even the example of home. In all the years that I have moved around the world we would always come back here and stay with her. Seeing that I have moved houses 9 times in my life it is really nice to have something that is consistant. Everything in my grandmas house has its spot nothing has been renovated or moved since she had moved in a couple of years after the war. Every piece of furniture was added slowly over the years to create a near to perect beige apparment. A lot of love and thouught has gone into this house and nearly every object has an amazing story that comes with it, this is what I would like to capture in my photos the warm and loving atmosphere of a grannies home.
Black and White series of mum
I found that the photos that I took of my mum earlier (the ones where she is working) were not very natural, she is much to aware of the camera in those photos and thats why she acts and poses for the photos. It is nearly impossible getting my mother of guard which is very annoying cause you constantly have to tell her to just continue what she was doing as if she was alone.
What I did below was literally a practice series. I wanted to see what it would look like to take really clean conventional portrait shots in front of a white wall with a flash. I don't think that the photos are spectacular in anyway but I do enjoy how the main focus is draw to my mothers expression, even though it is posed it is still a natural moment between the two of us.
I think especially because my mum expresses her self a lot using her facial expressions and hands this could work really nicely capturing moments.
I found it very difficult working with my mum because she is a very expressive active person who very much uses her hands and facial expressions when she talks, i tryed some simple black and whites infront of a whit wall to so that the main focus could go into her face
What I did below was literally a practice series. I wanted to see what it would look like to take really clean conventional portrait shots in front of a white wall with a flash. I don't think that the photos are spectacular in anyway but I do enjoy how the main focus is draw to my mothers expression, even though it is posed it is still a natural moment between the two of us.
I think especially because my mum expresses her self a lot using her facial expressions and hands this could work really nicely capturing moments.
I found it very difficult working with my mum because she is a very expressive active person who very much uses her hands and facial expressions when she talks, i tryed some simple black and whites infront of a whit wall to so that the main focus could go into her face
Hamburg
Converstaion with JEFF BROUWS http://www.jmcolberg.com/weblog/archives/002558.html#002558
http://www.jeffbrouws.com/
http://www.jeffbrouws.com/
I have stumbled across Jeff Bouws work not too long ago and I am just in love with it . His work is so subtle it that you have to look twice to really appreciate it. His motifs are not particularly shocking or stunning however working with very basic composition and color he can create quite powerful moods.
Unlike ....... Brows suggests a hint a human life in his photos which I think puls me in.
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03-04-07
Maxine Beuret http://www.maxinebeuret.com/pages/sempereadem.html
I came across her on the conscientious blog, I found her work very interesting because it observes and deals with everyday life , her photos are a documentation of how people live their daily lives but what I find interesting is that she never shows people who are actually living there, however from the objects alone you can image the kind of person who lives there. They nearly have a some what surreal feel to them as if they were set up. I especially enjoy the photos of her Semper Eadem collection. This is a collection of photos of public interiors which have stayed largely unchanged and there for they give you a sense of history.
The photos that I have of my grandmas house remind me a bit of this as it documents a ordinary Germans house nothing has changed been moved or renewed for years , I like the way every object has its place and a story to tell nothing is inexpesable. It does not just tell the history of my family but also a history of old German values.
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I came across her on the conscientious blog, I found her work very interesting because it observes and deals with everyday life , her photos are a documentation of how people live their daily lives but what I find interesting is that she never shows people who are actually living there, however from the objects alone you can image the kind of person who lives there. They nearly have a some what surreal feel to them as if they were set up. I especially enjoy the photos of her Semper Eadem collection. This is a collection of photos of public interiors which have stayed largely unchanged and there for they give you a sense of history.
The photos that I have of my grandmas house remind me a bit of this as it documents a ordinary Germans house nothing has changed been moved or renewed for years , I like the way every object has its place and a story to tell nothing is inexpesable. It does not just tell the history of my family but also a history of old German values.
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01/04/2007
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