inspirational holga images

infinite print

final images..

so before starting this project, i wanted to define exactly what "infinite" and "print" meant and how does one interpret the two when placed together..and as i defined both and did some research i couldn't help but think how a photograph is one of the most reproduced things. when printing from a negative, one can make as many prints he or she desires, there is no limitation, it does not change or get destroyed. the beauty of a negative is you can create a print at any size or shape it is in our control. 

So for my project, I plan on developing a serious of prints from a HOLGA camera. This camera seemed appropriate because of how the negative is developed. Unlike a 35 mm camera, it does not "spit out" frame by frame images but rather an ongoing print that overlaps one another. I felt as though the overlapping gives it this sense of never-ending, each image flows into one another, hence the word infinite. 

In addition, thanks to the lovely technology we are given today negatives no longer HAVE to be printed only by an enlarger. We are able to scan them in digitally into our computers, so that i can print right from my desktop printer. so for the first part of this project, i plan on exploring a few different rolls of film..as far as what i am shooting i haven't set any limitations, i just want to explore different places. 

I then plan on creating a unique object through the images i capture. As of now i was thinking of possible trying to make a film piece? not exactly sure if this is considered a unique "object" but I wanted to head into that direction...

maniputlation without intent

Ok..so for this project I faced a few obstacles, to say the least, and did not receive the outcome i had intended for. With the design I created, I had a difficult time transferring the image I saw on the computer screen onto the direct screen used in the studio. I ran into complications with emulsion, transparencies and exposure. What should have been a three step process became a BIG headache that led to frustration. However, if there is one thing I learned about this project and manipulation, its that manipulation of an image can happen unintentionally.

 I look back on the process when making the actual design, and as I was working through it, I never considered how this image would act as a screen print. Now, that i have gone through the steps i realize, that depending on the process you chose to print, it may not always be what you hoped for. In one way, this can be a beautiful thing. The screen print I have, looks nothing like the original image however it has become something entirely new and possesses this unexpected quality to it, which is actually quite nice. 

This "problem" I had made me think more about the printing process and how one never really think about the end result, before you create the image. I realize now, that depending on the medium you chose each print can be totally different. With that said, I am curious to see how other printing methods would produce this image.

round two

As i kept coming back to the first verison of this i felt as though the line quality and swirls didnt flow as nicely throughout the word. It didnt have that sonic quality that i was aiming for, so i went back and restarted. Here are the new images of my process for the second comp. I am much happier with this piece then the first.

these are a few pictures that were taken through my process in illustrator. Some of the image is shown but it has not been completed.

thought this was funny...here tiger woods in a nike ad and his mouth is manipulated into the nike symbol