ElizabethJan 10, 2023
Hinterlands

Help a fellow out pls.

I’m looking to follow #photographer who work on projects. We all have styles, themes and motifs within our work but some photographers work with a particular project in mind.

If that’s you, say hi and tell me about your project. If it’s not you but you know of others who do, also tell me.

I’d also be grateful if you could boost this post so it reaches as wide an audience as possible.

#photography
#Mastoart
#foto
#fotografie

Jan 10, 2023 at 5:32pmWeb
Show threadIain SarjeantJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands Can I suggest the hashtags #PhotographyProject and #PhotographyProjects to try to build a community... :)
Show threadIain SarjeantJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands Ah, you beat me to it! :)
Show threadHinterlandsJan 10, 2023
@iainsarjeant it’ll be interesting to see the response level.
Show threadIain SarjeantJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands Yes, indeed.
Show threadgeoffreygevaltJan 10, 2023

@Hinterlands My #photographyproject is on a bit of a hiatus, due to the continuing pandemic and trying to finish my novel.

I am interested in what others are doing, though.

My project focuses on people who love their work, are experts and have learned from, and have stories arising from, mistakes. I aim to create 'digital stories' out of them, ie., sound, 'text' and images, often in 'video' format.

the only one I truly finished was this: https://geoffreygevalt.com/projects/nick-cowles

Nick Cowles — Geoffrey Gevalt Tells Stories

( Click title or photo to view video) I began this project in early 2019 and am now finishing up. Covid-19, indirectly, paid a part in my stretching this over time, but, actually, it was fun to prolong the process of taking photographs of work at Shelburne Orchards and of chatting with its owner,

Geoffrey Gevalt Tells Stories
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023

@Hinterlands I've been building a collection of images of the beaches / tidal areas around the Outer Hebrides - exhibition in 2020 and returning to Talla na Mara on the Isle of Harris in August. In a nutshell, I take the same photograph and use the same processing at each location, the topography of the location is revealed and emphasised in the resulting image.

Just started the selection process for August...

https://www.ansolasoir.com/post/curation-begins

I have another project too, but more of that later...

Show threadHinterlandsJan 10, 2023
@ansolasoir This sounds a fascinating project. How long have you been at it?
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands I took the first one in 2018 but it didn't really start coming together until the following year. Some locations haven't worked so have to keep going back - others have been very rewarding in different lighting and times of year. The light in the Outer Hebrides is something else (An Solas Òir is 'the golden light' in Gaelic).
Show threadHinterlandsJan 10, 2023
@ansolasoir It’s hard to know quite when to stop. I’ve got a body of work focussed around solitude and set on Cape Wrath and I know I could happily head up there twice a year for the next 3 or 4 years.
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands Yes, I understand fully - I have lots to do on the Isle of Lewis - plenty to keep me busy. 😀
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands do you have a link to share?
Show threadHinterlandsJan 10, 2023
@ansolasoir Not quite yet. I’m finally, after 3 years of saying I’m doing it, actually putting a web site together where this and other projects will sit.
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands Looking forward to it.
Show threadSteven Lawson PhotographyJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands @ansolasoir These are really striking images and the project sounds fascinating
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023

@stevenlawson @Hinterlands Thank you both, more images here...

https://www.ansolasoir.com/stripes

#PhotographyProject #photography #MastoArt

Stripes | An Solas Òir | Outer Hebrides

Images of the landscapes of the Outer Hebrides.

An Solas Òir
Show threadSteven Lawson PhotographyJan 10, 2023
@ansolasoir @Hinterlands There's a wonderful abstract nature to this prject when you see all the images side by side
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023
@stevenlawson Thanks Steven.
Show threadMichael MartenJan 10, 2023
@ansolasoir @Hinterlands those are beautiful, and an interesting idea behind them too.
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023
@MichaelMarten @Hinterlands Thanks Michael.
Show threadMichael MartenJan 10, 2023
@ansolasoir @Hinterlands Have you seen Robert Weingarten’s book “6:30am”? It’s not a dissimilar idea. One of my favourite photo books. Excuse the terrible photos, I am in bed sick just now, and this is just the book taken off the shelf and placed on the coffee table in the living room!
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023
@MichaelMarten @Hinterlands new to me, thanks for sharing!
Show threadMichael MartenJan 10, 2023
@ansolasoir @Hinterlands just seen he has some of these on his website - really worth seeing in large, not on a mobile screen (as I’m doing!). https://www.robertweingarten.com/630-am/8u01cwd6amnep0egvrejfl37f83fqb
6.30 A.M. — Robert Weingarten

After making test pictures from various points around his ocean view home in Malibu, he decided to turn his normal working procedure upside down and inside out by creating a set of strict rules of engagement with the motif. The subject would be sky, sea, and city observed over the course of one year

Robert Weingarten
Show threadMichael FaintJan 10, 2023
@MichaelMarten @Hinterlands agreed!
Show threadColorblind CowboyJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands Hey there! I tend to be very project-based and would like to connect with more project photographers. I create books, 'zines, and conceptual photography pieces. Some are short-term, like one afternoon put into a book. Another, in particular, spans 25 years — photographing this wall of posters in Seattle, Washington.
Show threadSimon BlackbournJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands I don't really do planned projects, but I often find themes when I go back through my work, so I group those images and then continue to explore that theme. So I guess they are projects, just not particularly organised or planned ones. I have a feeling that if/when I finally get my website going, that will force me to be more project oriented.
Show threadSimon BlackbournJan 10, 2023
@Hinterlands Good examples of this being my 'Vanishing Point' and 'Shrouded' series that I showed at the Dartmoor Collective exhibition in the summer. But now I'm wondering if there's a difference between a 'project' and a 'series'? What's the definition of a project?
Show threadHinterlandsJan 12, 2023
@simonblackbourn I think that a project has a purpose other than the simple accumulation of similar images ie the project has an output that is greater/different to the sum off its parts
Show threadDavid KrooshofJan 11, 2023
@Hinterlands Hi, I am a photographer, building my own camera at the moment. I shoot portraits in medium and large format analog, but also images based on video, to make trails of bat and birds, and people.
Show threadObsidian Urbex PhotographyJan 11, 2023

@Hinterlands I kinda see my whole body of work as a #photographyproject. I document abandoned places all over the world, and present them as photo collections within a blog post to share context and history.

Within this I have a new smaller project, where I use my grandad's film camera and/or lenses to create a vintage series. The first installment is up, featuring Soviet relics and ruins from my recent trip to Georgia and Armenia https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/blog/vintage-lens-series-helios-44-58mm-soviet-era-relics-of-georgia-armenia/

Vintage Lens Series - Helios-44 58mm - Soviet-era Relics Of Georgia & Armenia

Armed with my grandfather's Helios-44 58mm lens and an adaptor, I embark on a journey capturing Soviet-era relics of Georgia and Armenia.

Obsidian Urbex Photography | Urban Exploration | Abandoned Locations
Show threadPixelJan 11, 2023

@Hinterlands yup hands up here too. Although I’m doing a practice led MA for which my first *short* project ended being something other than photographic, which was terrifying being amongst practitioners who are actually good at that ;)

Mostly though I do nothing but project work, often long term. Because I think at a glacial pace ;)

Show threadLuke HarbyJan 11, 2023

@Hinterlands Constantly working on projects. Want to start a new one, but I am having to save a bit for the next big film purchase.

My last one was called 'Mimic Variable' and was a sort of 'Still Life but stepped back a bit'.

https://slackwise.org.uk/work/mimic-variable/

Luke Harby - Work - Zombie-Cycling

Luke Harby. Artist working with photographic film.

slackwise
Show threadIan HillJan 12, 2023
@Hinterlands Hi - nice to meet you. I've published a number of projects as e-zines on https://issuu.com/printedland if they are of interest
printedland Publisher Publications - Issuu

Show threadMorag PerkinsJan 12, 2023
@printedland @Hinterlands oh I'm glad you spotted this Ian, I was thinking of your work when people were asking about photography projects!
Show threadartskorpsJan 13, 2023
@Hinterlands hi, yes i am working on projects regularly. but maybe the kind of projects i am doing is not what you had in mind as they are all my own projects, no comissions and not linked to a collective or group of fellow artists. when posting photographs i normally identify the project they belong to in the image description. so if you like, take a look.
Show threadHinterlandsJan 13, 2023
@artskorps No, this is exactly what I mean by a “project” :)
Show threadartskorpsJan 13, 2023
@Hinterlands i’d like to add this: my creative process often has a performance character, regularly involving texts and music as a source of inspiration.
in my projects i take the liberty of not taking anything seriously, neither in the choice of accessories (NERVENSÄGEN: goddesses of revenge with armor in panty liners) nor in the choice of subjects or in the artistic translation (50 WAYS: anti-heroes in nasal spray bottles, put to death using household tools). see on my website.