Image Making: 7 Sins Project Crit Post

So in the beginning stages of the project, I started with brainstorming through some ideas on possible concepts for the project. The best ones included collaging books and major works of literature that reflect each sin, taking photos of architectual forms that represented the sins, and light and color.  Colored light jumped out at me most, and seemed a practical concept. So I ran with it.

Here were some initial sketches.

After some experimentation I soon started pumping out some pretty interesting images. Trying to capture an idea through abstract forms and color was difficult, and increased my interest in abstract imagery.

Here are some of the images further into the production phase.

And finally after several crits and many iterations, these were the final images for my accordian fold book, Seven Sins in Light. The order is as follows: Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth, Wrath)

Once again, iterations and sheer ammount of work definitely helped develop better work and better quality.  I also haven't worked much with long exposures, and working under both time and pressure.  These 15 second long exposures became mini performances.