One image in my first adventure with double printing was less representational and more abstract than the others.
I liked it and thought that it might be the beginning of another series of double printed photographs exploring abstraction found in billboards/posters. Others agreed and so I been to think about line, colour, shape and texture.
The work, when printed fell into groups. The first group (only one in this group!) was black and white and featured curved lines, rounded shapes with a textural dimension created by the images being photographed.
The second group was black and white with multiple (mostly subdued) colours. In the main the lines were straight and there were both flat and textured sections in each photograph. The texture was created by the images being photographed.
The third group was black and white with bold stripes of colour. This group featured strong lines and saturated colour. The texture in this group was created by the CMYK printing process and the folds in the paper resulting from the paste-up process.
The final group featured much darker combinations with only a little white. While featuring some straight lines these were less geometric and the texture held a certain mystery.
I presented these images, together with the first group of double printed photographs, to Kristian, Brian Schutmaat (who was visiting the PSC) and the rest of our group.
Everyone was very interested in the abstract group of photographs (I think more than the first group of double-printed photographs) and urged me to not think too much about ‘edge’ or trying to ‘fit’ into a particular genre. Instead they encouraged me to ‘go mad’ and ‘go down the rabbit hole’ experimenting with many and varied ideas. We talked about:
· identifying multiple sources for images such as newspapers, text, old books (Russian photobooks, encyclopaedias)
· varied techniques such as scanning, adding, collage, digital illustration
The group talked about the materiality of the photographs, especially where black was printed over black creating an interesting effect, and about the photographs referencing other photographs and the CMYK printing process.
Bryan said his favourite image was the darker image with the blue vertical stripe. Personally, he said he found it the most sensory photograph, the one which provoked an emotional response. This image could provide a starting point for another series.
Bryan also wondered about revealing my process and I’ve since been thinking about ways to revel change, time and movement. I’ll return to this in a future post.
We talked about making links with art movements such as pop art and the new formalist movement. We also talked about photographers/ artists who might provide inspirations including:
· Danica Chappell http://danicachappell.com
· Justine Varga https://www.justinevarga.com
· Drew Nikonowicz http://www.nikonowicz.com
· Daisuke Yokota https://www.lensculture.com/daisuke-yokota
· Charlotte Cotton https://www.inthein-between.com/charlotte-cotton/
· Daniel Shea http://www.danielpshea.com
· Georg Parthen http://www.georgparthen.de/en/
Finally, we talked about taking these printed images to the next step
- going big
- printing like posters, same size and same process
- printing on different papers
- using float frames for exhibiting
- exploring presentation options including laying the photographs flat.
After the session I talked to Peter (in the Printshop) about options and he said that he was happy to double-print up to A2 as it was possible to accurately register both images but that this was not possible double printing with the rolls. He said there were many options of varying prices for printing posters.
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