Visualising Assignment Six: Transitions

April 2015

possible sites and their locations with photos for Transitions Assignment 6

I live in an area surrounded by disused coal mines in which the land is being naturalised. My local coal mine is now a country park, which is far from picturesque. Travelling further afield, the landscape is still not really striking or picturesque. I needed somewhere accessible for morning or afternoon shoots that had some access that I could explore a little. I struggled initially in thinking I was looking for a "view"

Eventually I narrowed it down to two sites which made a 6 mile round trip by bike and when the weather became really wet and soggy, by foot. 

My second site (the furthest from home) was being renovated and "Friar Tuck's Well" was being restored. Through research and developing the context around why I was using this site, I think it was the right site to continue with. This is a transition in both senses of the word - the photographs document changes to the landscape and the space is transitional being once famous to not remembered, to being signposted and once again people are beginning to discover it because of the changes.

Transitions Assignment 6 notes

2 sites

Site 1 Blidworth bridleway

Summary of transformations March to August 2015 (March and April will need revisiting – only “view images” so far)

View 1 (choose one or other for some of assignment images)

·         Open view across field to farm

·         Crops growing in field (can see them develop) Need close up of them, harvest time

·         Grass field in background is mown periodically? for silage

·         Birds appear on grassy field

        
       View 2 (choose one or other for some of assignment images)

·         House to left has colourful trees in garden – change with the season

·         Wind turbines change direction

·         View becomes restricted by foliage overhang

  Bridleway used by dog walkers, mountain bikers, tractors

  Hedgerows – daffodils (image?), bluebells, cow parsley (restricted views over the hedge),   bramble flowers, columbine growing up dead cow parsley (blackberries, apples)

  Animal activity – mole hills

  Birds (? Nest building in spring)

Still to transform

·         Leaves falling from trees –observe 1 tree closely over time

·         Leaves changing colour

·         Weather – snow, frost, mist, rain

·         Harvest

·         Berries, acorns?

·         Hedgerows dying back

·         Litter – little evidence of litter

To do (orange text)

·         carry view photo with me to ensure it is always as close as possible to original

·         Optimise imagesIdeas sent to tutor for comment

Site 2 Fountaindale Moat

Finished assignment - scroll down for photographs

Summary of transformations March to August 2015 (March and April will need revisiting – only “view images” so far of barren landscape) Area too big? Narrow it down – close up images

Main view

·         Changes taking place – will need to optimise and narrow down selection

·         Less water, more greenery, rubbish disappeared? covered

To capture - Weather conditions – frost, mist, snow