Week 18th September 2020: I have been making calls and emailing companies to find places to melt on a larger scale, to use the location for a flag pole and shred the larger peices. Still waiting to hear back from all. Called: Salvation Army, Coates hire, Inner West Council, Callan Park, Plastic Manufacturing FIX plastic and Laser cutting.
All of the photo series have been photographed in two locations, the first in Petersham where I had some major safety concerns with my place of residence. The images were taken with two lenses one 35-55mm and a longer lense 55 -300mm, the works work set up in varying areas of the space which was very small. So due to the experience I gained from 301 reflection and frame was very important to me. The works were positioned on the corner of gutters or propped up using foils and mirrors to try and capture the light. The best light was when it was over cast because of the colour of the sky.
The second location was in Summer Hill, not a great time to move during semester however it had to be done. Thanks to COVID I was able to locate a premises that was actually decent. the series of photo shoots conducted at this location consisted of being hung on the cloths line, being propped against canvases, making a mock copy stand out of glass, hanging from the rafters of the awing.
The positions I took a majority of the images on was upside down so I could get the only the sky in the background, so a majority of shoots I was lying on the cement or on the grass or on a blanket or rug and then contorting my self to make sure I had only the subject and the sky in frame, unfortunately during these series I dropped my lense which then took some stress to replace, however it was worth it as I did get some lovely images with the new (secondhand lense ).
Again due to the experience from cava301, I knew what was successful and what was difficult because of reflection and also what style of image I was aiming for. The main props used were a silver/ black rubber mat the size of a yoga mat found on the side of the road, glass sheets found on side of the road, large canvas (donated from a Freind of a Freind). Small freezer (purchased last semester). Small sandwich Toaster (purchased last semester). My camera and two lenses mentioned earlier and my iPhone. All materials used in all of the photographs have been collected over the entire semester (still can’t stop, I am like a plastic scanner, I see it jutting out of the environment like a sore thumb!)
CAVA 390 