Review

The exhibition was held in the Victoria building at UCLAN on the 10^th of December 2014  from 4pm to 6pm. The exhibition started a bit later due to everyone get everything perfectly set up, however the show was really successful.

The show was titled ‘Perspectives’ which everyone thought was correctly titled, as it was the same model in a lot of different styles. Everyone present was there to see around 30 college and HND students photographs, they were all surprised at the level of skill the college students had, because although HND’s photographs were good everyone though they were on the same level as the college students studying photography. It was obvious that all the students had thought a lot about how to layout their exhibition and which photographs looked good together and complimented each other. Each person looking around noticed that no coloured backgrounds were together they were placed with grey/black/white backgrounds; they all thought this was well put together and a very good idea so that the photographs didn’t clash.  

Although the space overall was very cramped and once everyone attending as well as the photographers it was very awkward and warm making it difficult to stay there for a long period of time. Someone thought that it would have been a good idea to have the theme of the photograph along with the name of the photographer so they could fully understand it and look at it in a different way.

A photograph taken by Stefan Eccle’s caught a lot of peoples attention, as the model had mascara running down her face as if she had been crying and it created a very cinematic feel to it; making you want to know the story behind it, the image was also in black and white which added quite a bit of mystery to the image.

A lot of people really liked Saffron Elder’s photograph as it was really sharp and detailed and the model’s expressions is really good, it was also low key lighting but still in colour so you could see all the models freckles and facial features. Although some mentioned that there wasn’t much looking space within the image, which would have made the photograph more successful.

There was one image that was a lot different to the other pieces, which was Josh Bannister’s. He had his plain backdrop also he had put coloured gels on the lights he used one being red and the other blue, this meant that half of the model’s face was blue the other red, which no one else in the group had done so I thought this was a stand out image.  Although the photograph was quite dark, it may have been the correct exposure but I thought if it were a bit brighter a lot more people who attended would have liked it too.

There was a piece of work that was slightly different to the others, which was Elentari Brown’s, she had an idea that no one else had. She made the models eyes demonic and black but she had left the light reflection there to make it look really realistic. It was obvious that it was demonic theme she was looking for and she accomplished it really well.

Overall the exhibition was a hit with everyone who attended, the prints were high quality RAWs with no pixilation once blown up and printed. A majority of the students stayed and answered all the questions they were asked which they answered very professionally.