For
my concentration I wanted to show decay in both manmade and natural
objects. Growing up, I’ve lived in mostly forested areas, and my father is a
collector of machinery and old cars. Finding the decaying objects
would show the kinds of environments I was raised in. Some elements
of design I used were texture, and abstraction. I chose this
theme because I love the look of rusted objects.
My first two images are natural decaying
objects. In both images I contrast life and death, and I think this strengthens
my theme because of the emphasis on the death in both pictures. For example in
the second image of the decaying leaf there is a small plant growing through
the main leaf, showing life compared to death. In my next section I have seven
photos of decaying manmade objects. I use many different principles of design
in these images such as contrast, movement, rule of thirds, and point of view.
One of my strongest images in this section is the image of broken glass. I
edited this image's color in photoshop because I wanted to show beauty in decay. The next
section I finished off by creating several diptychs. I wanted to compare and
contrast the decay of both natural and manmade objects. The last image of the
rotting onion and the rusting spiral is really strong because each image has
the same composition, and the warm and cool colors help provide a bit of
contrast in the unity.
