this will be my ambiguous image that Ill use for final inking part
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6 images and their stories (Jordan Thomas)
Image 1: sidewalk dot (ambiguous)
I like to imagine the random black sidewalk spec is there as a result of a faulty building of the sidewalk, lazy paving. I see it at a piece of history from which the sidewalk first originated. It’s VERY intimate with the ground.
Image 2: Manhole cover (ambiguous)
I look at the manhole as a grounded maze. I look at it as a random piece of metal that was inserted to the ground to allow a breathing room, a spacious connection between the underworld and the above ground. It’s relationship with the ground is godlike. It’s a border between two very different worlds. And the maze of the manhole itself is the very journey to navigate to get between the two realms.
Image 3: concrete splatter (ambiguous)
I like to envision the unique splatter shape came from an accident. I see a bicyclist going full speed, then, due to someone else’s incompetence, rhe cyclist had to move, he hits something, and he and hus bicycle fly into the concrete. The way the bicycle hits and scrapes along the concrete and just smacks right into the ground makes an irreversible shape in the concrete that lasts forever. It’s relationship with the ground is imbeded. It’s like a person with patchy skin.
Image 4: Cigarette (obvious)
I see the cigarette come from the hand of somebody stressed. From the type of person wjo smokes on his break, but was immediately called back to work before he could finish, says “ah dammit.” With an attitude and flings his unfinished cigarette to the ground with his fingers before pacing back to his workplace with anger, as the cigarette seeped and burned into the ground.
Image 5: napkin (obvious)
The napkin has a good relationship with the ground, as it adds variety to the ground, the shape the napkin is in and is crumpled tells me that this napkin was lost by somebody who had too many napkins and tossed it aside to be rid of it.
Image 6: receipt (obvious)
I see the receipt as an object that was lost on purpose. A person who has made a purchase, received a receipt, some pennies, and a few silver coins. As a normal person, he keeps the silvers, discards the pennies to the ground, as well as his receipt. I like to imagine the receipt is not too far from the pennies in this photo. Only the ground will accept the receipt.
project:1 lost & Found
Project 1 “Lost and Found “ J’nei Kelly
Story/Ambiguous
Angela is running to get her student Id before the office closes,but first she had to print out her schedule at the library and did you know they won’t let you print without an ID .Admist her conundrum an advisor helped her out by printing out her schedule for her .While running back to the first floor to get the office she tripped on her own shoe and jolted torward a vending machine .She didn’t fall into it but her schedule paper fell under the vending machine.Angela didn’t make it to the office by the time she moved the paper stealing machine
Story/Obvious
A piece of scrap paper on the ground ,well at least now it is .Before it should’ve been a essay,or a drawing ,or a scribble of the next big cartoon .But now it’s just paper crumbled on the ground that means someone gave up on it .Yet this photo came to be and it’s helping someone .Maybe not the originator of the crumbled paper cause that tree went to waste ,maybe not the person who had to cut the tree or make the paper either ,definitely not whoever bought the papers .But in the end it helped someone and fulfilled its duty
Story/Obvious
Over 25 years ago ,the first got milk ad was created by Aaron Burr and since then milk has been a staple in the American diet due to the popularity of that ad and brand .This photo represents the end product of decades work of milk ads.It shows the meaning of the slogan “Got Milk” by showing a spilled drink .Thus bringing a customer in to buy by the cultivation of years of advertising with just a sign of spilled milk .
Story/Ambiguous
A snowy mountain runs through a cycle of evaporation ,transpiration,condensation,Precipitation. No matter what and that cycle will never change .Same thing with the Sun ,it’ll always rise in the North and set in the South .But what do you think would happen if the sun were to reverse,or if the cycle mixed itself up .Would a new ecosystem come to light ?Would snow turn black ?would the shadow on the dark side of the mountain disappear ?or would it live on the other side ?
Story/Obvious
Long ago,this school had a teacher who gave his all to his students and was highly respected.They hung a photo of him in the hall and it was a symbol of his dedication to education.Since his work here was done many years had past and with each and every year his story became less important and wasn’t remembered by many students or faculty.So when the photo of the once prestigious teacher fell all that remained was the remnants of the tape that held it up .
Story/Ambiguous
A black spot in the white paint .Was it there before and never fixed ? Clearly wasn’t important enough enough to be changed or painted over.Maybe it got ripped off by tape or just scraped by a unknowing janitor.Could be that the white paint was under the black spot ? and every got painted but this one place ?Does it hold that much significance?Was it hidden by an important poster or photo or plaque? Which came first ,the chicken or the egg?
Project 1 – Lost and Found
After reviewing the pictures I took, I realized that I mostly took obvious pictures. That’s when I decided to scatter some of my bird food unto their paper.
I’d like to think that a scooter ran over this piece of straw paper because of the flattened surface.
Wet Newspaper
Yunique Griffith’s Photos
Obvious picture (Gum) George was walking down Adam Street while listening to his favorite podcast. He was a man of rage and anger and everyone around him called him impertenent, careless, and curt. As he was crossing the street to get to his job, a drunk man pushed him and started naming him foul names. George responded by pushing him back in which started an altercation on the street. Nearby cops came in in order to break up the fight, in which George spat out his gum at an officer nearly missing him. George was tackled down by both cops and was later arrested for assaulting an officer. Many months have passed by in which the gum sat there with no interaction. There have been many days, both cold and hot, in which the gum started becoming one with that of the ground.
Ambiguous Image (Peeling Paint) On a hot summer day in New York City, there was a local community event in which invited nearby residents for a group activity. Out of everyone there, a young boy named Turner was very excited for what was to come. He loved to paint and it showed throughout his various pieces of art. Each person was given an area on a wall in which to paint on and each had to paint it in different colors. Turner who was only 11 at the time decided to keep the original color of white on the wall while peeling off the old paint from it. Nearby neighbors shouted at him for ruining his image, but Turner was somewhat suprised by his work. Eventually he was kicked out from the activity for negligence. In the end most people looked at what he did and was suprised by what they found. A pig on the wall.
Ambiguous Image There has been an abandoned building in Bedford Park which acts as a symbol of failure to nearby residents. The building was prosperous in the late 80’s serving as a nightclub for the ones that dared to party. Inside the building was a disaster as nearly all the paint was peeling off and termites were desecrating the wood that supported the infrastructure. This building was being dominated by forces that weren’t human and called this place their kingdom.
Obvious Image (Sidewalk) It was an early morning in Brooklyn, New York as construction workers were painting newly bright stripes on the street. This was a brand new street created on Astro Plaza in which commuters can use to travel to the newly renovated mall across the street. Each day had passed by with the stripes on the street forming from a healthy glow to a more scratched up version. Apparently it costs New York City approximately thousands of dollars to repaint and repair city streets. This street became more dirty, rugged, and abandoned. The mall across the street wasn’t doing so well so in response the City Council decided to demolish it. This street has been abandoned ever since and has acted as a symbolic representation of failure.
Ambiguous Image (Hole) John had just graduated from college with a psychology degree and has been stressing out due to the man jobs rejecting his applications. He was vexed and almost felt like giving up. One day his friend Wade told him that he should release his anger in classes that allow you to destroy random things. He also said it was the best way to relieve stress in a more manageable way. John agreed and decided to go home, but when he got through his front door, he saw his girlfriend kissing another man. John was furious and in quick response he punched his hallway wall leaving his girlfriend screaming. He immediately told his girlfriend to pack her bags and leave his house.
Obvious Image It was Halloween, a day in which children trick-o-treat and where people celebrate watching horror films and by visiting haunted attractions. It was midnight and Travis and his friends decided to enter an abandoned house in which was rumored to be haunted by the locals. As they entered the house it was quiet with spider webs and mold engulfed around the building. Astrid, one of Travis friend’s, was hesitating to move any further. Travis offered him $40 to move forward and with that he agreed. As they went through the hallway of the building, Travis decided to take a picture of the spot in which two serial killers have died near. Everyone was scared with one saying that “we shouldn’t disturb the dead”. Travis took the photo anyway and saw ghastly black images of what appears to be evil spirits looming the hallway.
Project 1 – Lost & Found
I found the 6 lost images of Dean, the demon of punishment. He created these pictures to deliver a message for his King, Lucifer. Who is no longer in Hell.
Russell Armfield Project 1
Taking a walk on my way home from Citytech, I found several objects that either have extreme contrast to their backdrops or blend in. I found several organic shapes or items that have a more obvious figure/ground relationship. The first of the obvious relationships is a black dot against a much lighter sidewalk, while the second is a dark color against lighter pavement. The third image of this group is a red piece of fabric against a gray backdrop. The ambiguous figure/ground relationships were much harder to spot than the obvious ones, all of them organic. The first of the ambiguous figure/ground relationships is a dark brown street against a lightly colored sidewalk, with the second one being glass on the sidewalk. The third and final image of this group is a liquid stain on pavement.
I was attached to most of these objects I took pictures of because I was curious about how they ended up on the road or sidewalk. After taking the photos, I made up stories about how the situations or objects on the image came about. For the first of the obvious figure/ground relationship images, I presumed that a drop of wet concrete was dropped accidentally and dried up. For the second image of this group, I think that an old ripped dress had it’s pieces blown by the wind onto the street. For the ambiguous figure/ground relationships, I think the first one was from someone painting a streak with brown paint that dried up over time. The second of the group could just be someone dropping their phone and having the screen crack and fall out. The third and final image of this group is from a spill of soda.
“Project 1 – Lost and Found ” | step 1 :discover
ambiguousThese are the years left over before the earth dies. With each piece of candy thrown on the floor the earth loses a year.
obviousThis image shown above was proof that dinosaurs existed. These are the nails of a female dinosaur that was locked in a metal box, who started to dig their nails into it trying to escape.
ambiguousBefore the sky was the sky, it was just stone people would look up to and just see this layout until one day little holes started to form and dust came out forming the sky we see today.
obvious
This paper of the floor found in Brooklyn was spells of the most enchanted witches and as days goes by it crumbles more and more.
ambiguousThese circles represent the human being who are sisters that came from two dogs, they are the first to be ever found.
obvious Behind these brick walls reside a couple who escaped from hell and all the lines symbolize the years that have been hiding behind there.
6 photos and 6 stories (Project 1 Lost and Found)
Every image has a story and this black slash is no acception. There’s actually a little mouse painter who saw the white wall as his canvas. He felt so inspired and whacked a black slash across the wall creating what we see. He’s very abstract in his work.
This image comes with a short story of how it came to be. And with that we start off with our little termite construction worker. The little termite construction worker is tired of his job and has a passion for art. So decided to carve all these lines into this wood wall on his construction site.
It’s a simple short story for this little rock here. A Mr and Mrs Boulder just took their newborn baby home and named him Pebble. And that is what you see here, a picture of Pebble just brought home from the Rocky Hospital.
Like the previous photos this one comes with a story as well. It’s as simple as an ants putting up a rock wall around their house. They spent days collecting rocks of different shapes and sizes and colors too. Id say this ant family made a pretty nice concrete wall.
This image comes accompanied with a story as well. There were two beavers paving the the black rectangles in the street but one day a couple of rowdy bulls came by and tipped over the huge concrete truck. Leaving a pile of tar basically in the street. Poor beavers.
This image comes along with a story. One day two bunny painters were walking through the streets of BunnyVille when they stumbled upon a blank wall. Both bunny painters became territorial over the wall because they wanted it to be their next masterpiece. So they decided to hold a little competition to see which bunny is the better painter. They painted their little hearts out and in the end the two murals came out exactly the same.
