Benches: 1st Shoot

I went on this shoot with the work of Anthony Hopewell in mind. His works on benches incorporated quite a few memorial benches and their views. He displayed the photo of the bench and its view side by side however, I had the idea that I would add one more aspect to the display of photos which would be the memorial plaque itself.

These photos were taken in a park and a cemetery and I found that the setting was too similar, the lack of variation of the design of the benches and the setting made it an incredibly dull shoot to do. Images 5-8 are the view from one particular bench and because there is not much to look at I would not consider using any of these for my final images as they are very boring to me.

-Image 73 (seen left) is one that did stand out to me most but it was mostly for the sections of the wood on the bench and the way they travelled across the frame. This is what I would like to carry over to my future shoots because I think that only photographing part of a bench can work very well in some cases when trying to approach this theme in a more artistic way.

By looking at the contact sheets I felt that the concept of memorial benches was quite restricted and bland as I like to look at the benches from different angles and portray them in a more artistic and abstract way. I want to create images that are pleasing to the eye rather than looking plain but having more of a story behind them.