1.Human Connections

Photography

Unit 4 Art Making and Exhibiting

The photography piece involves the idea of human connections and relationships exploring the way mankind needs human connectivity as an aspect of survival and growth. The piece portrays candid photographs of different types of relationships, ranging from family and platonic relationships to romantic and lustful, this communicates the idea of human connections by utilising different types of connections seen. the artform of photography used to capture moments in a natural way, whilst chain used to present the photographs hanging down from an irrelevant piece of board to communicate strength in the connections established through the photos. The piece displayed from the ceiling in a curved shape, immerses the audience into the piece by surrounding viewers allowing audience members to fully encapsulate the aesthetic qualities of the piece. The aesthetic qualities of the piece intend to evoke emotions of nostalgia, content, and peace within the audience, this piece allows viewers to piece together the relationships presented and draw back to their own connections in life. The use of miscellaneous and almost ‘random’ frames highlights the idea of not all human relationships being the same, some may be similar, but they differ to each individual and are highly personalised. The most successful aspect of the artwork is the photographs; by allowing for a broad range of portrayals of the theme of human connectivity, the piece allows for multiple emotions to be evoked as it allows audience members to either create their own storyline in a way for the images presented and can also think back to their own personal lives when looking at the personal lives presented.​