Michael Hughes created a series of images after accidentally discovering a method of replacing famous landmarks with cheap souvenirs in photographs; upon discovering this he scoured the globe for hundreds of monuments to take perspective photographs. Although this is not entirely relevant to my magazine, I can use this technique to help me; the concept of replacing part of a picture with another object to make it appear as if the object belongs in the space it is contained is not a particularly over-complicated process, and it could be easily implemented by simply making an artists face replaced with a picture of their face to represent a different personality, or to portray a different side to that person. The format has been used in previous works of literature, such as magazines, previously, and the reception has been mostly positive. The reason I really like this idea, is just because of the endless possibilities that Michael produced; there were an infinite amount of landmarks and famous places that he could visit to replace monuments, and even vehicles in some cases. The same applies for my magazine photo, there is a near infinite amount of possiblities that I could work with in order to implement this function if I chose to.
Denis Darzacq is a Paris Photographer who enjoys depicting people in Mid Fall, or Mid Jump to give the illusion that they are suspended in flight. Chinese Photographer Li Wei also enjoys the same concept, but instead involves himself in his images; placing himself into life threatening situations in order to get the perfect shot. The image on the left is of Denis, we can see a character who appears to be floating, with the shutter used to reduce blur and give the impression he is in a fixed position. The photo on the right is of Li; instantly we can see that the situation is changed, with a very scarily life threatening scene presented. Although Li's photography appears very dangerous, it is not as dangerous as it seems; Li is quoted on saying that in some photos, such as the one below, certain safety procedures, such as scaffolding, are edited out whether that be physically removing them in post-production editing or altering the camera's position to remove a sense of depth. Although the photos that Li takes are not as dangerous as they seem, there are still some health risks that come about with them; he is also quoted on saying that the risks depicted are not dangerous, it's attempting to take the photo that is dangerous, as it
is literally required for him to be in correct position that he wants to achieve. In the photo we can see here, he is frozen almost upside down at a scarily large height; this photo would have required for him to be in that position, even if it was for just a second, meaning he would have propel himself in order to achieve the correct frame; although this appears to be of a extreme height, in actual fact it is not at all that high, with a floor underneath the structure that the lady in the photograph is sitting on, and presumably there would be a crash mat or some sort of way to catch Li as he falls down. This concept of photography is very interesting because it is very original; although mentioned before, this is not the first appearance of this concept, it really is one of the best representations that I could find. The concept of the time frozen still photography is perfect, because with photographs we forget that everything is put to a halt, and within the frame we have movement, it's not very often we have an image where everything has completely stopped moving. I could implement this into my Magazine very easily by having the person/ people I am photographing jump off the ground before taking the photo, although chances are my photo will be from the waist up, meaning unfortunately i could not include this within my plans. I would love to find a way to get this into my project, as it would open up a range of possibilities that could be achieved through the photography, allowing for many original images.
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