Patrick Cornillet
Analysis
Patrick Cornillet is a French painter born in 1968. His painting are very realistic and look almost like photographs. His work investigates issues concerning the ugliness of modern architecture and the environment. He draws buildings or parts of buildings without the context of their environment. They have no people, scale and often no sky.
The isolated concrete makes us aware of the materials and of the remains left by the humans and of time passing by.
Patrick Cornillet is a French painter born in 1968. His painting are very realistic and look almost like photographs. His work investigates issues concerning the ugliness of modern architecture and the environment. He draws buildings or parts of buildings without the context of their environment. They have no people, scale and often no sky.
The isolated concrete makes us aware of the materials and of the remains left by the humans and of time passing by.
My Response
I made some images in the style of Patrick Cornillet's work. To do this I first had to find some buildings similar to Cornillet's work. I shot a local school that has a grey modern concrete look. I then chose my three favourite pictures from the shoot and edited them. I used Photoshop to remove the background and foreground from the picture to leave only the buildings floating in white space. For one of the images I placed the building on a picture I took of the sky, which is one of the techniques Cornillet uses.
Below is a slideshow of my photoshoot.
I made some images in the style of Patrick Cornillet's work. To do this I first had to find some buildings similar to Cornillet's work. I shot a local school that has a grey modern concrete look. I then chose my three favourite pictures from the shoot and edited them. I used Photoshop to remove the background and foreground from the picture to leave only the buildings floating in white space. For one of the images I placed the building on a picture I took of the sky, which is one of the techniques Cornillet uses.
Below is a slideshow of my photoshoot.
What Went Well
The location I found for the images was good because the building are simple and made from concrete like the buildings Patrick Cornillet paints. I used Photoshop to cut the buildings out from their surroundings. To do this I used the lasso tool to select the areas I wanted to delete. I also used the pen tool to draw around the areas to delete. Both methods worked well. I think this is because I took the pictures at night with the building lit up. It made it easy for Photoshop to find the difference between the light foreground and dark sky. The final three picture look like Patrick Cornillet's work and I really like the one where I placed the building over a picture of clouds in the sky.
Even Better If
I think I should have taken more pictures of the buildings. I don't think some of them are very good because I've included other objects like trees, fences and bushes. I also think I could found some other places to photograph such as stairs or bridges instead of trying to fit in a whole building into the pictures.
Top Three
Below are the three images that I edited.
The location I found for the images was good because the building are simple and made from concrete like the buildings Patrick Cornillet paints. I used Photoshop to cut the buildings out from their surroundings. To do this I used the lasso tool to select the areas I wanted to delete. I also used the pen tool to draw around the areas to delete. Both methods worked well. I think this is because I took the pictures at night with the building lit up. It made it easy for Photoshop to find the difference between the light foreground and dark sky. The final three picture look like Patrick Cornillet's work and I really like the one where I placed the building over a picture of clouds in the sky.
Even Better If
I think I should have taken more pictures of the buildings. I don't think some of them are very good because I've included other objects like trees, fences and bushes. I also think I could found some other places to photograph such as stairs or bridges instead of trying to fit in a whole building into the pictures.
Top Three
Below are the three images that I edited.