Monday 22 November 2010

superstitions in photography- Ansley west

Ive actually found it rather difficult to find photographers that has looked at superstitions and old wives tales, so far the only one ive been able to find is the work of Ansley West. In her work shes used a very conceptual approach to her work. Ansley West is fine art photographer from Atlanta, Georgia. She received her BFA in photography from the University of Georgia. Her art interprets narratives both real and speculative through her compositions, often using herself to recontextualize those stories.
Her superstitions project are a collection of images that are in triptyics and while she uses text her images are very conceptual and i really think some are stunning visually. 

The images are often related to the idea and obviously set up, while some looks candid and documentry style, they have been created in that way and i really like this. This idea of a mix between documentry and conceptual is something i want to look into my work. I love her use of colour, and how maybe one image maybe suggestive of the superstitions while the other two are not as obvious or always so related. i dont really like the text, but it does help to make the connection between the images and the basis of the work. 
I also love the idea of a dyptic or even more so a grid effect for some of the images, i think it would work better with some of the images more then others which i think stand alone images would look better, but i guess with experimentation i could see what works best!






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