Photo experiments

Over the weeks I have been collecting micro plastics, found plastic objects, and children’s toys. These have been from water fronts and parks where I do my morning walks. After contemplating the recent artist research, I structured some of my frozen experiments around them.

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Before freezing I experimented with melting the found objects, this relates to global warming (industry pumping out all of the rubbish I am collecting). Then once frozen I experimented with photographing the objects with in the ice. I did this from all different angles, such as upside down and on the gutter of a roof. I am more aware of my frame and reflection this semester as I lost a number of good shots due to this last semester.

I decided to bind all of the straws together, the straws resemble people, and the tie (bruscutter plastic) is binding us together, with pressure about the common problem that is upon us.

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For this series of experiments, I’m really happy with the way the dummies turned out, I used the sky as a background so the white with the clear plastic makes a lovely abstract composition. When I was melting them it was clear to me how terrible it is that we stick plastic in our babies mouths as soon as they are born.

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It’s really shocking on how quickly I have been able to gather a new bunch of balloons. They photograph well because of the colour and abstract forms they create. I have tried melting them to turn them into more of a mess.

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After completing the first straws photoshoot, comments that initiated more ideas resembling my passion towards this seriesb work came to light. The first was the plastic netting bundling. And the second being that making the straws into links…we are all inextricably linked to the problem of waste.

I have collected some plastic fruit/passionfruit bags, I have filled them all with the found plastic objects. I am grabbing onto the idea of the net being the collective, we are grouped in the same problem. The peices are people. Photos in the next blog…