Ukraine – more images

Posted: May 10, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

holeThis image is of a crater left by shelling, it has been centred so that all attention is on it. The markings are a little vague  but Ithink that the texture I’ve created is quite like the concrete it is aiming to emulate. By focusing on the crater so much it is left to the viewers imagination as to what other damage has been caused. shields This is three of the shields used commonly in the rioting at Maidan. The first is of a blood stained shield with flowers placed in it by way of memorial. The second is a police shield with flowers of peaceful protest places into the holes. The third is a more battered one emblazoned with the flag of the pro-russian rebels. Through these three objects the different aspects of the event can be seen as well as showing something they all have in common.plane This is a fragment of the MH17 flight shot down over Ukraine, some of the photos taken of this event were particularly gruesome but I didn’t want to show the dead bodies of the passengers. I think that twisted metal shows enough for you to now that people have died. The rather abstract shape when placed in this black space further removes it from reality. Meaning the viewer must take more time to consider and understand the image.

Ukraine Conflict

Posted: April 26, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: subject | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I have started a new project looking at the recent conflict in Ukraine. Using the footage and photography as a starting point I have started to make images which show the situation in the cold and detached style I have come to develop. hotelThis image looks at a hotel lobby nearby to Maiden square on the day of the bloody clash between the police and anti-government protestors. Taking from footage from BBC news I have shown the bodies laying on the shiny floor covered in a sheet. It is the sheet that stops this image from being to graphic. I have put in a small amount of blood so as to make clear that it is a body under the cloth, but I feel that this may be a bit much. I think that the aesthetic of the hotel makes this feel more familiar to people as it looks part of the western world and brings the issue closer to home. greyThis image is of a building that has been damaged by shelling, I think I could have put a little more time into this image as it is a little crude. While the colour is typical of the war torn buildings, I think that more detail and sharpness would have made the image more convincing. I should have probably also tried to make the tiles straighter as that would have created a greater feeling of solidity. crossThis cross is one held up by the orthodox ministers standing in-between the two waring sides calling for peace. While I feel this image does give across an emption quite well with its clear symbolism and eastern european style, I think the painting could do with some work. The shapes are distorted and the highlights are inconsistent, this problem mainly arose from the very low resolution images which I worked from. The paintings on the cross are also very crude, while they are meant to be painted in a medieval style they still lack detail but this would have been tricky working at the size I was. crashShowing the wreckage of the MH17 passenger flight which was shot down over Ukraine, this image creates a very grey landscape. It doesn’t show any of the human aspect of the incident, leaving that to the viewers imagination, on how the people could factor into this desolate situation. I find that the conversation works fairly well in this image but maybe the painting could be less washy.