Matthew Farmer. Photographer & Artist.
These are a few images I took off and around Dunstanburgh Castle on my trip around Northumberland. What’s great about this Northern landscape is that it’s filled with history and countryside, which often come together to create some captivating photography. These Images show Dunstanburgh Castle and the countrysides nature residing beside it.
This image comes under my College Units section in the gallery as it turned out to be my final A level piece. Its a controversial image really that stemmed from a wild development of work.
The Unit was Focused on ‘Distortion’, and I started off experimenting with macro shots and techniques. I soon delved deeper into the meaning of distortion. The unit transformed almost into a study of statements people have misunderstood or proclaimed and twisted or ‘Distorted’ meanings for their own benefit. For example, desperate times such as in various wars certain leaders were provoked into misguiding their nations. The Unit developed into how many people look to religion to find an answer to their troubles, only to adopt false beliefs.
The focus of the picture is numerous hands clutching a Bible; of which features distorted pages of the Bible. This whole picture was entirely crafted using a scanner and photoshop layering to insert hands all around the Bible.
All images are taken by me, Matthew Farmer. Photos are shot in large & RAW format on a Cannon 450D DSLR camera. Any editing is made using Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Mac.
This is a continuation and variation of the Pseudo Space series. In fact, its the total opposite route, the images below are the ‘accidental’ success of making a pseudo theme, but instead of telescopic, microscopic images were made. After realising, I lightly pursued trying to capture microscopic scenes in similar ways I would telescopic. The connection is interesting in that when pictures created trying to shoot something as big as space, can also turn out to be the opposite. It shows the resemblance of how even parts of space share the same forms as things like cells and atoms, the very fabric of life.
Below are images from a project I explored in which I looked to find different ways of creating a space-like setting without photographing space or the night sky itself. These images are the results of me capturing reflections of light from shiny surfaces; an idea that came to me after researching conventions of the genre ‘Sci-fi’, which we associate most with space. As a series Its worked well and I will be adding to this ‘fake’ space theme over time.
Hey! This is an update on new up and coming things I’ll be posting very soon on my blog. The short break was a breath of fresh air while I plan some new projects and think of new ideas.
After finishing a foundation year at Farnham UCA, I felt lost and stuck on what to do, and then I went on holiday to Cornwall and it opened my eyes again to exploring new places and perspectives, therefore I shall be posting:
– The Cornwall Series I, II, III & IV: Images I took while travelling around Cornwall, including Landscape and Art
– A project further exploring the Pseudo effect of creating outer Space which I started in UCA to engage in different ways I can capture what looks like space by using many conventions perhaps found in films
– The macro world of Clashing Textures; another idea I wanted to explore a while ago, to use macro and see more of natures finer details, more of a personal project
– And Finally, The Parallel Perspective World: What happens when we see something upside down, or from above? Would we recognise it? The aim of this project is to show objects such as bottle caps, toys, play areas, household items, things we see every day and make us more aware of things around us, to make sure we don’t take everything for granted.
More will be posted these coming months, so be sure to come back and take a look!
This very brave fellow let me picture them, and this particular shot is one of the best, the bird definately compliments the blue sea in the background.
This small set of images were taken throughout Cornwall, England. Some are simplistic landscapes, some were thought out shots, and others are post edited. More will be uploaded soon and put into categories of location. Enjoy.
I learnt a few things in the street photography workshop, mainly that a lot of people don’t like being photographed, however when they don’t mind, some interesting shots can be taken. For this part of the project my point of view was that Farnham is an old traditional town but filled with lots of modern technology and people, including students and businessmen alike. Both above images capture the older cobblestone alleys of Farnham yet showing off the modern features you would see in any city today.
These two images were also part of my final set, and although there is less symbolism of decay and degeneration in these images, I tried to pick out more symbolic compositions, with the humanity statue glowing and standing as a figure of hope mounted on an unkept and unclean pedestal. While the bottom image isn’t as strong, I tried to capture the iconic Big Ben in the background but the foreground filled with evermore people, including a bus, delivering further people to run down and over populate this centric destination of the country.
The above images are for the people, place and object project which was to take images and construct a point of view. Of which, mine was that even the capital, the central hub of England, as great as wealthy and economic as the city of London is, under the seams its slowly decaying.
Perspective Eyes 