Travel postcard

The three photographs above are the beginning photographs for one of my postcards, this postcard represents travelling and how important it is to get away (see the world). I like the montage style on the photograph which makes it feel very like a postcard and look like a brief glance into the future, rather then knowing everything.  
         I want to carry on this style with my other photographs. They may also have some writing over the top such as quotes or simple lines of advice such as 'Never stop smiling'

Practice techniques

 

Here are a few photography techniques which I had practiced with (unrelated photographs to the project itself). 

The top technique is zoom exposure when you zoom while talking a photograph, I want to use this technique to represent time flying by as I feel it shows the world rushing around you. The photograph above I used in a project in my BA to show the stresses of adult life. The concept is similar but I will retake to work with this project and to not so much show someone stressed but to show how life passes you by quickly.

The second photograph is one I practised with to make a photograph look old. I wanted to have the effect that the photograph had been around for a long time and wasn't in perfect conditions anymore but held an old memory on it. I don't know if I will still use this in my project it depends on how I would represent it.

The third photograph  I practised with is using colour popping, a simple technique which can be very effective. I wanted to try this technique out, because I feel it could be used in my project for certain photographs, to show how some things don't change and these would be in black and white.

Presentation of images

Having just looked at how Frank Warren displayed his work has given me some thought into how my work could be presented. Although the submission will be of the images on a cd. This won't show how they should be seen.
I have a few ideas of how they could be presented and how I will show this on a cd.
My first idea was that all the images could be put together in a photo book, this could suggest that they were all sent in one go, and I would photograph each double page spread being opened on the lap of the suggested receiver of them with the hands as though they are flicking through the book itself.

Another idea would be to have a letter box, with the post cards all attached together by string being slowly pulled through the letter box by the receiver, slowly revealing each bit of advice. This would work nicely in an exhibition with a mock up of a letter box as it would make for an interactive exhibition for the public, although there would need to be care with pulling them in and out.

Frank Warren

After talking to John, I took a look at Frank Warren, an artist whom got people to send him postcards with there secrets on. The project itself doesn't directly link to mine, but is very inspiring. I have asked our group to do postcards for my with advice they think they would receive from the former selfs or give to there younger self, as of yet I have only received two, but I intend to ask everyone I come across over the christmas holiday, as I want more ideas to go into my project to make the images more creative and look personal.

In his project people send postcards, often with an image and writing over the top. They are truthful and people can let go to the things which they have kept secret, which makes them very emotional because you know it was real and came from the heart. A truth in which some people would never admit to the world in person. Without knowing these people you get a feeling for whole they are. They are very powerful images and even though many just done by every day people most are strangely empowering. They make you want to write your own secrets and send them in.

Here are a few examples:

I decided to look at ways in which Frank Warren show the postcards for inspiration towards how I could present my own postcards if they were going to be exhibited. The two images below show two different ways in which I have found he shown the postcards:

Even though this project is on a much larger scale then mine, so therefore there is many more postcards, I like the two ways in which he has chosen to put them together, it makes them more interesting to look at, and get people involved more while looking round the exhibition. Especially the second example where they are hung from string, you would have to go up to each one individually and even hold them to being able to read and see them properly.