I have found the subway I pass through every day has become a space which is overlooked. The architect Le Corbusier described a house a 'a machine for living in', architecture would be as efficient as a factory assembly line. I believe Le Corbusier's theory can be applied to how society treats the modern day under-ground subway. People live their lives travelling to and from work, most using public transport and their local subway to get to it. From observation, people overlook this space they travel through; rushing, faces are forward looking and clutching their bags in search for the exits. They know the route they need to take, but it is simply just a path to transport or to home. I found that my local subway (Waterloo) is a place of simplistic beauty where geometric shapes, edgy straight lines and symmetry of interesting forms surrounds you. The photographs I take for this assignment will focus on the beauty of the space and at the same time showing an aura/presence of a person or people which shows the way people use the space.
Techniques:
Slow shutter speed: Creating mood which reflects the essence of how you feel walking through the space. Shows the movement and rush of people while focussing on parts of the space which is overlooked
Lighting: The flurescent bright lights in the subway, turned on when it becomes dark, gives a sharp contrast between the blacks and whites. It gives a stark sharp edgy mood to the photographs and highlights the form of space.
Long depth of field: Shows the length and width of the subway. Shows the whole space and what is in it.
Artist models pictures
PETER MARLOW:
JOSEF KOUDELKA:
LISE SAFARTI:
MARTHA ROSLER:
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