Richard Wentworth

This is an image of a work by Richard Wentworth. I first saw his work in the tate liverpool during my G.C.S.E's and have recently decided to look more closely at him. He finds his subjects on the streets and photographs random things that begin to make you think deeper into what we would normally take no notice of. I really like how he challenges the viewers perception of mundane objects and situations.
















Here are some of my images I took. They were all inspired by Richard Wentworth:




After receiving feedback on my book project it was apparent that there was a positive attitude towards my photographs both the quality and the selection chosen to compliment them. The diverse composition was “powerful” and “made an impact” which were considered carefully in order to have the best affect on the audience. However it was evident that some of the images had been selected to simply fill a place and had little consideration with a bit of a half-hearted attitude. Or this could be described on a subjective level as being personal preference over which images were stronger than others. Additionally the brief was described as being fulfilled and this was conscious throughout the project; ‘explore Leeds, make a book about it’ this is what I did through reporting the displacement and sense of ‘out of place’. The images were described as being ‘funny’ yet ‘static’. However on reflection, the images were intentionally static in order to present the idea that we pass displaced objects throughout our lives without even noticing yet the moment is being captured through the camera lens. The rationale failed to print successfully and this was highlighted which with hindsight should have been presented on an alternative page as opposed to the first which was glued due to the book binding process. However it was described as being ‘straight forward’, ‘concise’ and ‘direct’. It explained clearly what my intentions were and why it was of interest to me. There was a sense that the images had an impending quality of something about to happen. Similarly there is an invented narrative arising from the images. You begin to question why it has been placed there? What is it doing? Is it on purpose? Were they drunk? Will it be moved? And these are all the issues that I wanted to highlight and raise awareness about. The lack of writing added to the success of the book. There were no descriptions of what you were looking at, it was all to the readers imagination to form an opinion. This was deliberate, the rationale stated what my intentions were and the rest was up to the reader. One of my intentions was to initially shock, and raise questions like why is she making a book on this? But then at the end have the ability to relate to the images. Concluding the project and making the book-sleeve proved more difficult than expected. The template did not allow for the extra measurements after the book had been bound. Looking back if there had been more time I could have considered this and corrected it in good time.