Artist research: Alec soth buried
I did my research on Alec soth but I researched a very specific project he did called “buried”. The
project began when he was shooting for another one of his projects called “Hackney Wick” and he
took the photographs and buried them for different periods of time. Why I decided to research this
project in particular is because there is natural editing in the images the elements have caused
damage to the photos but it brings out an odd effect which almost seems planned because the
damage matches the photos in my eyes.
This photograph is just of trash someone has left but how Stephen
was able to capture the image and have the idea of burying the photo brings it to life the way the
chemicals have brightened it really changes how someone would look at this photo.
Stephen gill’s photography interests me the most because he rarely uses models but captures bits of
his life and makes the unnatural relatable in a way.
We see these wires constantly on the back of lorries but Stephen
was able to take it a step further by photographing such a simple thing which anyone can manage
but somehow it seems more impressive and by burying it and allowing the colour to fade it suits the
dirty nature of lorries themselves.
Stephen gills photos bring out a different mood his pictures not
only bring out happiness through colours but sorrow through the destruction of such beautiful
things as seen in this image a collection of flowers faded and distorted by nature itself.
How he came up with an ingenious yet simple idea is beyond me but I believe that’s his style many
of his other projects don’t show a real purpose to anyone but himself and that’s what makes him an
amazing photographer it’s what he sees not what everyone else sees.