Final project evaluation

In the last few weeks of the project we have started to write connecting essays, these essays compare our work to the work of other photographers. I found it difficult to do this as i struggled to find pictures similar to the ones i have taken. However, it did get slightly easier by the last essay as i was looking at smaller similarities, like tone and lines, things that i hadn't considered when writing the first four essays.

I have found that the physical experiments to be the most enjoyable part of the project as i liked seeing the photos, that i had taken, printed out and finding interesting ways to change the appearance of the photo. As well as the physical experiments, i found looking at Robert Mapplethorpes work to be interesting as i like how controversial his work was at the time. This made it more interesting when we tried to take photos that were inspired by Mapplethorpe as it made me realise how different people used to view subjects, such as homosexuality, in the 50's-80's compared to how people view it now.

Overall, i have found this project to be useful as it has helped me to understand the elements of a 'good' photograph so i can take and notice what photos are good and bad.