Spent the weekend editing the work and reading some works I find help me concentrate on refining my edit correctly –namely Robert Adam’s “Why People Photograph” and various chapters in “Image Makers Image Takers” edited by Anne-Celene Jaeger. By the end of Sunday I was down to about 12 images in an edit that shifts away from close-up and is more centred on the idea of space ad how we occupy it which is at the heart of what this work is about. This edit can be viewed at http://davewyatt.com/ttedit3/index.html The edit isn’t perfect yet but it plays well as a series of diptychs from which I can start experimenting with the layout. I also returned to the original contacts and added some I had previously overlooked to the more general edit so that they will be on the radar in case of any later changes to the edit.
I’m generally feeling good about the project at this point. The images are largely busier visually than I had envisioned but this is fairly typical of my work –finding quietness in busy environments. It is not as empty as say Klenz’s ‘Nonsuch’ but retains my of a Chinese character by having that slightly crammed in feeling so familiar in Chinese housing.
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