Gordon Magnin
Analysis
Gordon Magnin is a Nevada based artist who works with photography, scans and collages. Magnin grew up skateboarding and at a young age started getting into trouble. He later studied structural engineering and architecture. He uses inventive geometry, patterns, repetition and perspective to distort consumer based images. His work has been shown locally and internationally.
Gordon Magnin is a Nevada based artist who works with photography, scans and collages. Magnin grew up skateboarding and at a young age started getting into trouble. He later studied structural engineering and architecture. He uses inventive geometry, patterns, repetition and perspective to distort consumer based images. His work has been shown locally and internationally.
My Response
I made some images in the style of Gordon Magnin's work. For this I took portraits of classmates against a white background. I then used Photoshop to draw shapes over the photos. I rotated and moved the area inside each shape to distort the original picture. I finally converted the picture to black and white.
I made some images in the style of Gordon Magnin's work. For this I took portraits of classmates against a white background. I then used Photoshop to draw shapes over the photos. I rotated and moved the area inside each shape to distort the original picture. I finally converted the picture to black and white.
Below are two photos I made at school using the portraits shown above. For these I used circles to distort the photos.
At home I took some photos of my family and distorted them using the same method. This time I used circles and triangles as shapes. These are shown below.
What went well
I think when I edited the photos they looked very similar to Gordon Magnin's photos. Distorting the photos was quick to do as the step by step editing instructions were easy to follow. I was able to repeat the process with the pictures I took at home adding more complexity by overlapping the circles and using more than one shape.
Even better if
I think I got a little bit repetitive with the shapes and I could have mixed it up a bit more and used more complex shapes like hexagons.
What went well
I think when I edited the photos they looked very similar to Gordon Magnin's photos. Distorting the photos was quick to do as the step by step editing instructions were easy to follow. I was able to repeat the process with the pictures I took at home adding more complexity by overlapping the circles and using more than one shape.
Even better if
I think I got a little bit repetitive with the shapes and I could have mixed it up a bit more and used more complex shapes like hexagons.