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Friday, 6 November 2009
Photo Montage - Modern Day Slavery
I decided to do my photo montage along a theme of issues of social justice, especially modern day slavery as this is a subject I feel passionate about. I used excerpts of three songs, "Beloved (Thievery Corporation remix)" by Anoushka Shankar, "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" by Beck, and "The Earth Will Shake" by the band Thrice. Using the narrative effect of combining images, I used photos of people that I've taken over the last few years of traveling through some of the countries most affected by human trafficking and modern day slavery. I also found some archival photos of slavery, to contrast what we know as slavery to the modern form happening today that most people know nothing about. Links to found photos below.
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I really, really enjoyed this piece.
ReplyDeleteThe photography is exceptional and fits well with the themes you were aiming to express. The importing of found materials was a good idea too, it enhanced the piece quite a lot.
The editing style fitted well with the music, and the way that you presented the photographs was a great idea.
Also, the idea of breaking up the piece with several music tracks to create different scenes almost was a very strong idea.
My only criticism is that I feel the piece ends too sharply and could have been improved with either a more punchy ending or a gradual fade.
Good job!