Task: Shoot 30 Photographs that are influenced by BLOSSFELDT and create CONTACT SHEET (See Weebly Page to explain CONTACT SHEETS)
This homework carries on to next weekend ( Due to the bad weather)
Create a CONTACT SHEET and print it out to evidence in your yellow books.
Load your Cannon Hall Blossfeldt photographs on to a slideshow on your Weebly
Name each Photo on the slideshow EG: ''Fern Fibonaccii Spiral'' or '' Macro close up Petal''
(Also - print glossy natural form photos and collect resources for your fabulous MoodBoard - use the 'EVIDENCE SKETCH BOOKS' link on this weebly for ideas???)
He photographed plants by the thousands - photographs which feature flowers, buds, branched stems, clusters or seed capsules shot directly from the side, seldom from an overhead view, and rarely from a diagonal perspective. He usually placed the subjects of his photographs against white or grey cardboard, sometimes against a black background.
The light for his shots was obtained from northern windows, making it diffuse, but it fell from the side, creating volume. The technique and processing conditions were very simple. The natural forms influenced all photography .
This homework carries on to next weekend ( Due to the bad weather)
Create a CONTACT SHEET and print it out to evidence in your yellow books.
Load your Cannon Hall Blossfeldt photographs on to a slideshow on your Weebly
Name each Photo on the slideshow EG: ''Fern Fibonaccii Spiral'' or '' Macro close up Petal''
(Also - print glossy natural form photos and collect resources for your fabulous MoodBoard - use the 'EVIDENCE SKETCH BOOKS' link on this weebly for ideas???)
He photographed plants by the thousands - photographs which feature flowers, buds, branched stems, clusters or seed capsules shot directly from the side, seldom from an overhead view, and rarely from a diagonal perspective. He usually placed the subjects of his photographs against white or grey cardboard, sometimes against a black background.
The light for his shots was obtained from northern windows, making it diffuse, but it fell from the side, creating volume. The technique and processing conditions were very simple. The natural forms influenced all photography .
The first image looks like a human form... the shapes and natural lines...a vision of the botanical world so vibrant & powerful, it bridges & fuses many worlds. It is a vision of plant forms, classical, yet so contemporary... But why is BLACK AND WHITE Photography so powerful?
Use this resource to help you WRITE ABOUT Blossfeldts photography on your Blossfeldt pages in a sophisticated way....
He taught for over thirty years at the Kunstgewerbeschule (College of Arts and Crafts) in the Charlottenburg quarter of Berlin.
Blossfeldt's photographs are part of the arts and crafts movement of the time and influenced
Karl Blossfeldt believed that "the plant must be valued as a totally artistic and architectural structure." Over a period of 30 years, he photographed leaves, seed pods, stems, and other plant parts, against neutral white or grey backgrounds in Northern light & under magnification. He drew inspiration, like many before him, from the medical botany & herbaria of the late Middle Ages and the 17th and 18th centuries.
Blossfeldt's photographs were made with a homemade camera that could magnify the subject up to thirty times its actual size. By doing so he revealed extraordinary details within the natural structure of the plants. In the process he created some of the most innovative photographic work of his time.
His pictures influenced many architects and artists , who used Blossfeldt's forms on scales as small as ornamental ironwork and as large as the shapes of entire buildings.
Look at this set on FLICKR that show how you can presents photographs of Natural Forms cleverly.
Blossfeldt was a huge influence on William Morris
William Morris was a leading member of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He is best known for his pattern designs, particularly on fabrics and wallpapers. His vision in linking art to industry by applying the values of fine art to the production of commercial design was a key stage in the evolution of design as we know it today.
The Fibonacci Spiral is a very important Photographic idea that you need to research and be ablew to talk about, experiment and use in your work. Blossfeldt's work reveals that Nature is filled with this spiral form.
The FLICKRHIVE mind will inspire you to go down your own creative path?
The FLICKRHIVE mind will inspire you to go down your own creative path?