Post Project (I) Reflection / by Niclaus Cook

For this project I wanted to explore the intrusion of digital technology onto every-day items. As was seen I focused on books, time, writing, and film. Was my attempt successful... not really. I picked still life because it allows for control. I probably went overboard with the control aspect to the point of making the photos look fake.

I think the records, and the pens are my favorite of the batch. The records picture has depth to it, starting with the phone and moving down to the CD's,  then to the records. I like that the records are not fully lit, but rather receding into shadows. This suggest that they are being lost. The pens picture shows the how we moved from dip pens to fountain pens to the ubiquitous bic ball pen, and finally to the keyboard. The nibs of the pens all point to the keyboards usb, which leads to the keyboard. Thus showing how the many facets of writing have now been consolidated to one object.

I have also posted my digital photos that I took. There are different setups for some. Though they offer little more then the film photos accept that they did not have the processing problems.