Research~

Robert Capa

A Hungarian War Photographer, Also older brother of Cornell Capa. Capa covered five different wars, Spanish Civil War, sino-Japanese War, World War 2 ( he documented WW2 across Europe, London, North Africa, Italy the battle of Normandy and the liberation of Paris and Arab-Israeli War.

D-Day. This picture is effective because it's an action shot, and shows an effect of rush. Capa truly risked his life on several occasions to snap a shot of warfare.  "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough." - Robert Capa  
This picture of Capa's caught my eye. It's very powerful and had a big effect on me. The photo seems to be split in half, on the left-hand side an army holding their weapons at the ready pointing towards the opposite side to the photo. On the right-hand side is a person casually holding a flower, the person looks like she is smelling the flower. To me, it seems the photo is purposely sided. The flower, symbolising peace, on the right-hand side for a reason, being that it is the RIGHT side, or correct side. To choose peace over warfare.

Lawrence BeitlerFamous for his photograph, the lynching of young blacks, in Indiana, 1930. Thomas Smith and Abram Smith were accused of raping a white girl. Three men were originally accused, the third man was proved innocent and saved by the white girl's uncle. The other two were hung by a mob of 10,000.
 

What's upsetting about the picture is the fact that some of the crowd are smiling. This image is hard hitting, this is because it's a real picture of two dead people, it's horrific and displeasing. It make me think, I'm glad things have changed with racism.

Eddie Adamswas a American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and his coverage of 13 wars.

Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnam’s national police chief executing this Viet Cong captain. Adams later said that he regretted that the world did not see Loan as a hero for his actions in Vietnam. The photo captures The face expressions very well. The Viet Cong captain's face is very powerful, I almost feel sorry for him being in that position, just by his face expression. 

Research~

Agah Harap

Agah Harap's latest “Super Hero” photography series depicts old black and white war and political photos doctored by including familiar fictional super characters. I like they fact he’s put a fictional figure into a serious picture. To me this suggests that the soldiers are really as heroic as the popular fictional heroes. 

The soldiers in the picture, are taking art work from the houses that they raided. This used to happen the World War 2.

In this picture, Batman has been put in with a crowd of soldiers. Witch to me, has the same reasons for the picture with Superman.
Though in this photo Batman is facing the opposite way, which indicates he's different from the soldiers.  Perhaps because he is fiction. He is in some ways the same as the soldiers, he is seen as a hero, but in other ways he differs, as he is more of a vigilante, and is also fictional.

.Cornell Capa

A Hungarian Photographer who works for 'Magnum Photos', also founder of International Center of Photography .

In this picture, two prisoners are playing chess. I like this photo because it's not what I expect prisons to be like, and is a nice way to think happens in prisons, and is what prisons should be, prisoner passing the time nicely. To me the picture looks peaceful.

This photo distresses me, as the people behind the barbed wire, look cramped and personally i do not like this. I looked up why these people are put behind the wire, and found they are arrested for the assassination of Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua in 1956 , which changed my view on the picture. At first glance I didn't like the idea of these people being like this, but when i understood the reason I felt better.

Obesity~

* Consummation- A social and economic order based on fostering a desire to purchase goods and services in ever greater amounts.    

'Victoria's Bakery' - Ipswich Town Centre

One thing about obesity, in my opinion, is that it is easily given in to. There are so many temptations,    and then there's the issue of mass consumption. Obesity only occurs in a society of mass consumption, which  contrasts to a society of mass poverty. Society's of mass poverty, the level of consumption is low, therefore the chance of obesity is low.

The 'Candy Cart' in Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre - Ipswich.

Having attractions like the 'Candy Cart' in a place where the majority of people would be, is a temptation for small children, or even adults. Having the price of the sweets so low, also increases the idea of mass consumption.

'Buttermarket' - Ipswich Town Centre

Temptations, like a 'Ben&Jerry's' Ice cream, vending machine, can be a possible lead to over weight or obesity. If your out shopping for a day, and need a snack, a pot of ice cream, wouldn't be the healthiest choice, and as the vending machine is bang in the shopping centre, it's quick and easier to get to.

The Market Place in Ipswich Town Centre.

This image shows evidence of mass consumption.

Packages, boxes and creates for food supplies  sold on the market, piled up in the centre of town, is not a very attractive view, and shows how much food we sell/buy within a day.

Overall, my idea of what causes obesity and the main problem, is mass consummation. My idea on how to solve it, is to cut down on vending machines and sweet stalls in popular areas. 

And the rest of my prints...

Test sheets to not waste big pieces of light sensitive photography paper. To test out the settings and adjustments on the enlarger machine, so it is just right to go on to the final big picture.

My second print came out decently well, though it took a few tests to get it just right.

my Third print, and the test strip..

My Fourth Picture,
I liked this one the best, as it has a nice range of shades...

This is my fifth print, and its test strip..

This is my first print~

Behind  The Scenes.
I used the aperture set at 5.6, because my negatives where quite thin, they needed a lot of light to come through, I also set the magenta to 45, so the photo had more contrast.

I then used a technique called 'Burning' and  'Dodging'.

Burning, is where you make a selected area darker. I used a piece of card with a hole in the middle, as a tool to make certain area of my picture darker.

Dodging, is where you make the majority of the picture darker, but using a tool to ~Dodge~ certain areas, using a dodger, witch is a long  stick with a circle at the end.. looks a little bit like a flat balloon.

Contact sheet~

This Is my 'Contact Sheet' 
A Photograph of my negatives.
I used this to see which photos came out well, and to help decide which I want to make bigger prints of.