OLIVIA BLUNDEN

INSPIRED BY THE VIBRANT WORKS OF MARTIN PARR, I SET OUT TO PRODUCE A COHERENT SERIES OF IMAGES THAT CAPTURES THE BEAUTY, COLOUR, INTENSITY AND THRILL OF AN ENERGETIC AMUSEMENT PARK.  I WANTED THE COLOURS TO BE THE MAIN FEATURE OF EACH IMAGE AND WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MULTIPLE FILM CAMERA TECHNIQUES TO CREATE AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING PHOTOGRAPH.  IN SHOOTING AND DEVELOPING TWO ROLLS OF FILM I HAD AMPLE CHOICE AND COULD CREATE A VARIETY OF COMBINATIONS FOR A SERIES.

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I THINK THAT EVERY IMAGE HAS COMPLEMENTARY VECTORS CREATED BY THE COLOURS TO EMPHASISE THE MOST SALIENT IMAGE.  AND THIS ADHERES TO THE SIMILAR THEME EXPLORED IN MARTIN PARR’S EXHIBITS.  WITH THE AIM OF CAPTURING THE ESSENCE AND LIVELINESS OF LUNA PARK IN RICH COLOURS AND FULL IMAGES, I WANTED EACH PHOTOGRAPH TO HAVE ITS OWN UNIQUE SET OF CHARACTERISTICS THAT COMPLEMENT THE SERIES AS A WHOLE.  BY USING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE BOTH MOVEMENT AND STILL LIFE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHILST MAINTAINING A RELATIVELY CRISP QUALITY FROM A PLASTIC CAMERA.

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BY PHOTOGRAPHING ON A SUNNY DAY AND AROUND 12PM, THE TONES OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK WERE MOST PROMINENT AND THE VIBRANCY AND ATMOSPHERE WAS AT ITS PEAK.  ALSO, BY ILLUMINATING CERTAIN COLOURS THROUGH DIFFERENT ANGLES AND PERSPECTIVES, CERTAIN ASPECTS OF EACH PHOTOGRAPH BECAME MORE SALIENT.

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BY DRAWING UPON THE CONCEPTS OF COLOUR, TEXTURE, LINE, SHAPE, ENERGY AND MOVEMENT, I WANT MY AUDIENCE TO EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF LUNA PARK SIMPLY BY LOOKING AT A SERIES OF IMAGES, WHICH THEN COMPELS THEM TO GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC FOR THEMSELVES.