Research - John Stezaker

John Stezaker attended the Slade School of Artin London graduating with a Higher Diploma in Fine Art in 1973. In the early 1970s, he was among the first wave of British conceptual artists to react against what was then the predominance of Pop art. His work is surreal in tone and is often made using collage and the appropriation of pre-existing images such as postcards, film stills, and publicity photographs.

The technique he uses very much interest's me and I like the how each photo is unique. This could work in some photos in panel two and many even in panel three, This artist model also relates back to my other one Duane Michels, so this can continue onto that. 

Updating you on my work

I have almost about a month or so to complete my whole folio! Overall, the process of my work is going good but I am having a very hard time trying to use the artist models I have researched and put them into my work somehow. 

At the moment the artist models I am/have been using is:

• Eadweard Muybridge
• Keith Carter
• Duane Michals
• David Hilliard
• Arthur Tress

The other artist models that I have research just haven't worked into my work, which I kinda had a funny feeling about. Panel one I love so much! I love how the high contrast has made these photos so 'out there' and interesting. Panel two I like but the two middle photos of the hand and arms are really annoying me so I will be needing to take some more photos and probably plan out some ideas of what I can put in there. Panel three is coming along quite nicely. I love the black and white effect as it makes it look like an old photo, which is the whole idea of that panel. I need to find some more artist models to use as the ones that I was originally going to use just have not work. So back to planning for that one. 

Overall, I reckon I should be done my whole panel by the due date if I keep going the way I am :)  

More ideas for panel three and some Research - Arthur Tress

Still planning for panel three seeing that I have not been able to take any photos lately because of the weather! I am waiting for a nice sunny day to be able to take photos and lately it has been horrible and cold so yea..

Looking through my artist models I don't even think I am going to be using the last ones I just put up. Im changing my mind all the time! I was looking around Duane Michals (one of my other artist models) and I found a guy called Arthur Tress. One of his pictures really stood out to me and I know the perfect place where to take this photo. I going to use this idea plus Duane by changing it around.

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Ideas for panel three:

1) Using the garage as a setting. Thought that this could be kinda interesting looking back at my artist models seeing that there surroundings look dirty

2) Backyard. This can relate back to panel one with trees and flowers everywhere

3) Tables - Sally Mann uses this idea but I'm going to be using Michals as well.

4) Drive way - Take some laying down shots. Arthur uses this too