Throughout the book, we get pictures which relate very literally to music, but also images which do not. In these two images we can see that, with the first one not clearly having any relation to the Chicago music scene. If we were to see this image on its own with no context, it could have come from anywhere, whereas the bottom one we can easily see is coming from some kind of stage setup.
By inserting these less obvious images into the book, Schmelling is trying to reflect the lives of the musicians. We as the audience are being shown what these people are seeing and experiencing in their daily lives, and these more random, miscellaneous photographs are representing that. |
Out of all the photos I took that day, this was one of my favourites. While it does not show much of the person or anyone around him, you can see that he is being watched and supported by the people standing at the top of the bowl because of the shadows which are cast down. Without seeing a lot, the audience knows that there are other people there and, because the skater is positioned over those shadows, you get the idea that they are watching him. I also liked the lighting as it meant there was a good amount of contrast and the shadows created distinct lines. They effectively break up the image and make it more interesting for you to look at while also keeping it simple.
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I visited an exhibition at the Tate Britain by Mark Leckey called O' Magic Power of Bleakness. This was an audio visual exhibition with three different videos and stories created. In the gallery, a life size replica of a motorway bridge on the M53 on the Wirral, Merseyside, where Leckey grew up, was created and put inside the gallery. Throughout the different films and images, the bridge is a recurring motif and is the setting for one of the stories, which maintains the connection with between Leckey and his art. Each presentation was different in what it was showing but also the way it was presented.
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