Strands 2: Daniel Crooks
Analysis
Daniel Crooks is a photographer and artist from New Zealand. He collects and combines fragments of movement in his videos and photography. In his video work Crooks poses questions around abstract concepts such as being, identity, time, and space. His portrait photography destabilises his subjects by splicing together multiple exposures.
Crooks captures and alters time and motion by manipulating digital imagery and footage as though it were physical material. He breaks time down, frame by frame. The result is works of art that can been seen as digital time slices that are subtle and not usually visible to the human eye.
Daniel Crooks is a photographer and artist from New Zealand. He collects and combines fragments of movement in his videos and photography. In his video work Crooks poses questions around abstract concepts such as being, identity, time, and space. His portrait photography destabilises his subjects by splicing together multiple exposures.
Crooks captures and alters time and motion by manipulating digital imagery and footage as though it were physical material. He breaks time down, frame by frame. The result is works of art that can been seen as digital time slices that are subtle and not usually visible to the human eye.
My Response
My favourite Daniel Crooks work is Static No.17. I set out to create something similar to this close to the area I live. To do this I went to several busy locations in my local high street and set the camera up on the tripod. I took dozens of pictures of each scene as people walked past. Once I had a lot of images I moved the another location and did the same. Once I was home I used photoshop to layer the frames from each location on top of each other. I then selected areas from each layer to keep and delete using the rectangular marquee tool. Once I had finished this I flattened the layers and made some contrast and colour adjustments before saving.
The slideshow below shows some of the original photos I took before editing them.
My favourite Daniel Crooks work is Static No.17. I set out to create something similar to this close to the area I live. To do this I went to several busy locations in my local high street and set the camera up on the tripod. I took dozens of pictures of each scene as people walked past. Once I had a lot of images I moved the another location and did the same. Once I was home I used photoshop to layer the frames from each location on top of each other. I then selected areas from each layer to keep and delete using the rectangular marquee tool. Once I had finished this I flattened the layers and made some contrast and colour adjustments before saving.
The slideshow below shows some of the original photos I took before editing them.
What Went Well
My final picture looks quite similar to the Daniel Crooks work. I like that the picture was made very close to my home and that you can see some of the people more than once as they move across the frame. This shows the passage of time well.
Even Better If
I could have made the strands thinner to match the Daniel Crooks picture. I like the shiny pavement in the rain, but I think the feel of the finished picture is quite gloomy. It might have been better if I chose a different day with nicer weather for the photoshoot.
Final Image
Below is the final image I made.
My final picture looks quite similar to the Daniel Crooks work. I like that the picture was made very close to my home and that you can see some of the people more than once as they move across the frame. This shows the passage of time well.
Even Better If
I could have made the strands thinner to match the Daniel Crooks picture. I like the shiny pavement in the rain, but I think the feel of the finished picture is quite gloomy. It might have been better if I chose a different day with nicer weather for the photoshoot.
Final Image
Below is the final image I made.