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Task 1

Alma Haser

What is the story/ context of these projects?

A lot of her projects are based upon her own interests and
intrigues of the world. She likes to distort things to the point
where you’re unsure of where it started and using this to
challenge herself. One of her project is called ‘Save the
Children’ where she worked on a campaign which aims to
capture the pain the children were feeling and the horrors
they had endured. Haser wants to ensure that her images
have a meaningful approach and uses this to make an image
which conveys the feelings of the subject. Her work is very much
thought out to be more than is just shown, for example in her
‘Eureka effect’ series the use of flowers represented the growth
of an idea.

How do we know this from the images?

The images themselves are very well composed and so simple yet
they hold a lot of depth and purpose, her use of many different
experimental techniques such as crumpling, weaving and tearing the photos accentuates the
feelings she is trying to portray.

What is the genre of the photographer?

Surrealism incorporated into portrait photography

What helps to define their style?

She uses paper folding techniques along with collaging to create effects which sparks interest around
her images. Alma Haser has a very distinct way of photographing and ‘designing’ that you would be
able to always tell it is her work.

Stephen Gill

What is the story/ context of

these projects?

This project of ‘Talking to the

Ants’ shows a very experimental
approach to film photography. It
sees him place random found
objects and placing them in the film chamber. From an article I
read about his work, it seems that Gill’s mind set at the time was
reflected in the ‘lack of clarity’ within his images.
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How do we know this from the images?

The fact that you can see all kinds of shape and interpret what you want from the photographs. His
work is more about letting the subject guide you rather than using the existing ideas you’ve already
thought of – you can definitely tell from this series of images that let the objects direct your mind as
there is not a preconceived message being portrayed.

What is the genre of the photographer?

Experimental and abstract

What helps to define their style?

It’s a type of photography which I haven’t seen done before, so it is completely unique. I think for
Gill his style comes under the wing of letting the subject control your mind and not the other way
round.