Edits

To bring the project together as a series, bringing the red shelf to different environments, it would make for a more diverse series taking it to settings other than landscapes. Urban/city was the next move.

I wanted to avoid people in frame, leaving people out of the photographs creates a stranger world with less to associate with. So my first choice was to shoot at night, for two reasons: 1) avoid the crowds, 2) It would create a whole different mood/set. Something to variate. 

I believe the images work very well. The setting I chose was a pedestrian underpass, the lighting is incredibly moody/ominous, the shadows cast are sharp and bring even more shape to composition. Above, the shapes and lines of the setting work beautifully with the red shelf, quite a geometric image.

Below, a moodier photograph. The shadows are softer and the red shelf here, in contrast to much of the project, is subtle in shot, but it works here with the mood of the image. Soft shadows, darker tones. Well composed with the frame split into three sections: left staircase, strong shapes - right corridor with shelf, soft tones and dark shadows - bottom floor, one general tone/colour to balance the image. 

The corridor of the underpass made a beautiful setting. Its symmetry was a great tool to use when composing the photographs and the lights (and shadows they produced) made for great patterns/details along the walls. 

From previous shoots (beach, Salcey Forest) I brought in the mixed placement of the red shelf, laying down, upright, diagonal etc. It made for a great series of images. The general lack of colour of the setting contrasted well with the red shelf, being an impactive highlight in every image. The shape of the object still continues to bring to light the strangeness of the scene we are presented. The lighting helps add to the mood, making is almost fantasy/dystopic?

I had also contemplated photographing in urban areas in daylight. Avoiding crowds/people proved difficult and the images didn't give the same feeling of strangeness. Perhaps it was the specific setting I had chosen, I may try again in a simpler area (street-side? with less people, ally?) but this particular area didn't work well. The daylight bleaches the object also, and set alongside an urban area it seems, perhaps, ugly. A worthy attempt but the images are definitely not as strong as previous. 

Photographing closer up did help, however. The object is less bleach and the simplicity of the object helps calm down the business of an urban area. It could potentially work.