Artist Research - Tessa Bunney

Tessa Bunney was a guest lecturer at our university a few weeks back and I am really sad and upset that I missed this due to a doctor’s appointment. Her work and how she travels is something that really inspires me and is something I would hope for in the future. I think that her work take a more simple approach to travel and documenting what she sees. She looks more closely at detail and captures that rather than the initial view. What I like about that aspect of her work is that it gives me a different view point and way of looking at an image.  You really begin to look before shooting, take time in composition and also look for interesting and small parts of a bigger picture. Making for unique and individual images.

The framing on this image is interesting. I feel like the clothing doesn't give enough away about the person or even the location and I find this rather interesting. It’s not something that I would have thought to do, but then again that why she is a working photographer and I am just a student! I like the positioning of the subjects hands and how they are holding the plant. It looks though out and adds more angles and movement to the image. The green of the plants stands out against the darker green of the subject’s skirt, making them noticeable and a dominant point of the image. The use of the blue colour in the top breaks up the green tones in the image adding contrast, yet not being too overpowering. I really admire the thought that has gone into this image. 

Images that are composed of simple things such as this one of flowers really interest me. I like the repetitiveness of the image and I also appreciate the colours that images such as this have. I feel like I have captured a range of images like this in India that show what the people make as well as them themselves. In this example I like how you can see the little holes in the backdrop (possibly polystyrene) where other flowers have been. This gives a sense of what has been and the amount there was. 

What I find interesting about this image is the depth of field. I like how the focus is on the subject’s hands not what is happening in the shot. Again I think that she has really thought the shot out and what is happening in it. I like the way that you can see other people holding their hand out in the background, although they are not in focus they set a tone for the image, and ad more detail.