As outlined by Murray, photography "whether professional or amateur" (Murray, S 2008) is a platform for expression and interpretation. The eye has the ability to look past the mundane aesthetics of the everyday, in search of deeper, redefined forms of beauty. Thus, a common everyday theme of leaves, specifically fallen leaves are common aesthetics that hold potential for alternative and inspiring textures, colours and patterns. Furthermore, the typically mundane, forgotten, stepped-on fallen leaves are mediums for the redefinition of beauty in the everyday.
The theme for our photo essay is Leaves, with the sub theme Fallen Leaves. We have captured our photos using a Canon D6500, and have photographed our subject in Sydney's Inner Western suburbs.
By means of iPhoto, we have saturated our images in order to resonate warmth and the turn over from Autumn to Spring. This, we believe is an illustration of the ways mundane leaves are given further meaning and beauty. Our 30 second movie clip was created using iMovie. We have chosen the song Orange Crush by composer George L Smyth. This song comes from the soundtrack Sounds of Ambiance, and resonates warmth and natural tranquility. We believe this will reveal to the audience the natural, textured beauty of fallen leaves despite the neglect they face as everyday aesthetics.
References:
Murray, S 2008 'Digital Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics', Journal of Visual Culture, vol 7, no. 2.
Music: Song - Sounds Of Ambience Show #28 - Orange Crush
Composer - George L Smyth
Collection - Rory Tory/Netlabels
NonCommercial - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
Composer - George L Smyth
Collection - Rory Tory/Netlabels
NonCommercial - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
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