Progress

The format of the thesis is the following: there is a written essay throughout which are photos, mine as well as other photographer's, digital as well as black and white. I include photographs which depict or help illuminate what I am talking about. Apart from this written essays are three photo essays, two of which I have completed and the third I am working on. For the third photo essay, I am focusing on mainly residential areas... I have tried to focus on just one residential area but haven't found enough material, so I am looking through all my past photographs to see if I can put together groups with all the material I have to date.

Here are some of the groups I've managed to create so far... some I like, some I don't. Following this are single photographs which I like and I am thinking some of them could be placed within the written essay. All the photographs are scanned contact sheets, so that is why the quality is rather low.
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These next three are all front doors/stoops, but I am trying to present them separately based on format as well as all together.

This looked like it had potential initially (repetition/windows etc),
but now I'm not sure sure.

I took out the church because the form of the windows was so different than the others, but I don't think I'm convinced yet.

These photos very from one of my very first rolls to the most recent one.

Fences.... meh.

This I like. It is a great example of what putting photos into a series can do for each individual image. The framing isn't the greatest, the tips of the roofs are cropped, there is probably too much foreground in some of them... but together, there is a dialogue between them and they all find their own place in the series.

A collection of blank buildingsI think, perhaps, these three work best together.
My cyclops house finds a group...
I think it works and it seems to be an interesting comparison to the above group

Singles...not quite sure about this first one.

This is my very most recent photograph, and I only took it b/c I was trying to finish off a roll this morning. I'm not sure if it's not too... typical? I think that's the word I'm looking for. Either way, there is something I like about it.

Early, early morning in a North Galt neighbourhood

I really enjoy this one, though it has absolutely no predecessor
in any of my other photographs. It makes me think of Lee Friedlander... though I could be completely off.

The tones of the garbage cans are echoed in the tree/columns in the background of the picture. I like the tones of this photo the most... as well as the relationship between the columns of the carport and the tree beyond.

I like this photo on its own much better than I do in the group.

I think it's the scale of this photo that I like.. and the 'feeling'... I'm not sure it qualifies as atmosphere in this case.

I keep coming back to this image.

Pictures

Triptych #2 (train bridge)

Triptych #3 (iron fence)

Today

Triptych #1 (Train bridge)

Groupings

In preparation for the Mx Reviews this coming Thursday, I am preparing some more 'groupings'. I am hoping this exercise helps me look at my existing photographs in a different light, and possibly be an inspiration for more photographs, either to go into current groups or to add variety. I have noticed I have quite a few train bridge shots, three groups, actually, so I think that topic is sufficiently covered for the time being.

I don't think I can have all of these developed in time for the review, in fact, I'm not sure I want to, so I am going to see about developing as much as I can, preparing my presentation and bringing in a projector to show my work. I'd like to get opinions before developing all these photos, not knowing if they will be included in my final selection.

Please ignore the quality variation in some of these groups - some are scanned prints and others only scanned contact sheets. Also, if you notice, some of the groups contain recent photographs as well as ones taken many months ago. I think this is a good sign that, perhaps, some of the pieces is starting to come together into a coherent work.

a.

The train bridge.

This grouping previously included a different photograph. This new photograph is a scan of a final 7"x9" print and I think it is much more successful. I am very happy with this picture.

She is sad and beautiful and I'd steal her if she wasn't chained to the post. But that's probably what makes her so beautiful.

I saw a similarity in composition between these two photographs, though the difference in light might be too much of a distraction... maybe I need a third.

A new addition (of an old photo) to a previous twosome.

Some new, some old photos... backyards.

A large house up on the hill.

Collections.

Here are two of the newest contact sheets & some images from them which were not included in the groupings.

This one was really just for me.

Some Final Prints

Here are some final prints I've made so far; most of these you have seen in a less refined state. In terms of 'groupings' I am still looking for pairs/groups for most of these - that will be the next step. For Mx reviews I would like to present a series of groups or pairs to show and discuss.

I would love to have a third for this group.

Plus this one, obviously.

Here are the groupings I would like to have prepared for Mx reviews. I am not completely confident about all of them, but I figure it's a good place to start. This may seem somewhat redundant to you to see them again, but it's helping me organize everything and see it all together, so bear with me.



Looking at the previous three groups one after another, I realise they all have the same relationships/perspectives. I'm not sure if I like this... they seem redundant.


I am not sure about these photos, per se, but there is something about grouping photographs of groupings that I like... photographing collections and then creating a collection out of them...