Landscape Final Ideas

I've always been really interested in the ParkeHarrison's work.  But clearly it's very hard to do, and I feel like very hard to be inspired by without replicating it.  What I want to take from this is the idea of creating an alternate landscape, a place that does not exist in the world we know. Also kind of like the Allison Davies photos I posted first on my blog, which I now see that I said "kind of reminds me of ParkeHarrison in color" so that makes sense haha.  So I've know that that's what I'm more interested in with landscapes and I've been thinking of ways I can do this.  I think using infrared film and cross processing slide film might help give the effect of an unnatural setting...maybe using a holga as well.

This is slide film I  accidentally shot with a holga and had cross processed.  I really like the effect, especially with the flash on a person, so I could use a figure interacting with a landscape and I think that might look pretty cool.

I'm really drawn to the dark skies of infrared film. It's not really green enough out yet to get the white trees and grass but I think that's okay because that feels like a little too much for me. The skies might be enough.

So WHAT to take photos of yet...I'm not so sure. Guess I should just start shooting with the different films and see what's working and what I can do from there.

satellite photos of japan before and after

New York Times posted these interactive satellite images of Japan, you can move the slider in the middle back and forth to see what was there and what is no longer.  Pretty shocking.

David Wojnarowicz - Buffaloes

I'm sure many of you will recognize this from history of photo the other day, but I really loved this photo and thought it applied to much of what we're been talking about in landscape.  I didn't realize but it's taken from a diorama at a history museum, which was one of the situations we discussed during the far away, near project. Also when the woman from the Benton described all the background information to this image it changed it's meaning entirely for me.  First she said that David Wojnarowicz made this photograph shortly after he was diagnosed with HIV...new meaning number 1.  Then she described what the diorama was illustrating was hunters who would literally back bison into a corner until their only option was to jump off the cliff, historically known as a "buffalo jump".  She then described how during the 80's and during this outbreak of aids, the american government was abandoning their ill citizens because church and state have never been fully separated and homosexuality was condemned.....new meaning 2.  Without knowing all of that I still would have liked this image and thought it powerful because of its content, however I doubt it would have stuck with me til now.  Also it made me realize how important it is to read like Janet was telling us last class.  If I had read more about American history I might have been able to put these visual clues together myself and it would have been much more rewarding.

article: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/slinkachu-concrete-ocean-at-andipa-gallery

Andrew Borowiec photographs of Ohio.  I've always liked stuff like this that kind of points to how ridiculous something is that you would only realize when it's put into a photograph.  Like a house with a forest behind it laying down hundreds of feet of fake grass.

more: http://andrewborowiec.com/series2/index.htm

coolio landscapes

Trying to figure out what type of landscape photos I'm most intrigued by...this is definitely one.  It's more conceptual and constructed, as if the land is a huge stage setting.  Kind of reminds me of Parke-Harisson photos in color.

more: http://www.wipnyc.org/blog/allison-davies