Image 3 - Narrative Disassembly / by David Matthews

Completely disassemble your appliance in a systematic methodical process. Document the process of deconstruction/construction with your digital camera. Use the copy stand or studio lights to take your photographs.

Create an 12 image narrative of the disassembly process. These images should reveal the logical, systematic

nature of construction of your machine. This part of the project is to focus on thinking about how the machine was fabricated and express the process of making the machine itself thought photography.  The images your present should be sequential and reveal and understanding only understood though viewing them as twelve photographs that standing together.

Create 8 or more digital photographs of close-up details of the internal components of your object. (Using the close-up mode of your camera in this part of the assignment.) Investigate the following issues:

Detail - Does the image reveal significant aspects of parts to whole?

  • Texture - Does the image reveal interesting or unusual texture? Are the textures prominent or subtle? Do the textures relate to the whole of the object?
  • Pattern - Does the image reveal interesting or unusual patterns? Are the patterns related to the whole of the object?
  • Color - Does the image reveal interesting aspects of color within the object? Do the images support the knowledge of color theory/color relationships?

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