I am feeling really enthusiastic about the bottle/jar
installation piece, and have begun considering what subject to photograph, with
the specific aim of putting the image in the bottle. Because the Yacht Club is
of course by the coast, a sea scape seems to be the most obvious choice; with
that in mind I researched the works of Joel Meyerowitz, who did a beautiful
series of seascapes.
As
you can see for yourself in the images below Joel Meyerowitz has experimented
with shooting at different times during the day, playing with distance and
focus, as well as amplifying atmosphere by framing the horizon so that it
appears to be never ending and that there could be no land masses for miles
around.
I find that the images from this series that most appeal to me are those which have clear details in the foreground, for example the photograph below depicts entrancing line patterns in the sand, illustrating the movement of the sea. The toy power boats resting on the show are another little feature I enjoy, as it shows the activity of people without the addition of movement or the physical presence of the people themselves. The fact that the toys are stationary elaborates on the time of day, as if to say that it is time for rest and, similar to the tide, time to retreat back to our place of comfort. The stillness of the shot suits very well with the colour of the sky, and even looking at it now I feel relaxed and somewhat envious that I couldn’t be there to witness it first-hand.
The photo book 'Bay/Sky' which displays Joel Meyerowitz works was forwarded by Norman Mailer and has been a great help in directing my project, if you like these images I would defiantly suggest hunting down this book.
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