The Follow Signs photo essay is themed signage with the sub- theme of weathering and rust. These themes reflect Murray’s notion of the “ temporal relationship with the everyday image” (Murray 2008, 151). This essay narrates chronologically a ‘road trip’ from the urban city landscape to the coastal suburban landscape. The locations chosen have autobiographical connections to both creators of the essay, reflecting a characteristic noted in Murray’s study of successful Flickr pages.
To capture the images both photographers used iPhone 3G’s. This convergent technology, accentuated the amateur practice of capturing ‘snap shots’ spontaneously. At times the qualities of images are poor however this emphasises the sub-theme of ‘weatheredness’ and the rustic character of signs. The grainy quality of some photos also reflects Murray’s discovery that there is a place for both ‘perfect’ and ‘imperfect’ photography (Murray 2008,161).
Photos were edited in iPhoto; lighting and warm colour tones were adjusted to highlight the signs features. iMovie was then used to compose the photos in a narrative; dissolve transitions most successfully expressed the sub-theme’s character, black outs and white outs were also useful in connecting the photos fluidly.
The music was selected from SoundCloud under the Creative Commons Attributions and Share Alike License. "Summer Jones" by KuyaGood (2012). The track was also slightly edited in GarageBand in order to compliment the video it was placed alongside.
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Joshua Rust
BibliographyMURRAY, S. 2008. Digital Images, Photo Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics. Journal of Visual Culture, 7.
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