Distortion (or warping) is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of something, such as an object, image, sound or waveform. Distortion is usually unwanted, and so engineers strive to eliminate distortion, or minimize it. In some situations, however, distortion may be desirable. The important signal processing operation of heterodyning is based on nonlinear mixing of signals to cause intermodulation. Distortion is also used as a musical effect, particularly with electric guitars.

The addition of noise or other outside signals (hum, interference) is not deemed distortion, though the effects of quantization distortionare sometimes deemed noise. A quality measure that explicitly reflects both the noise and the distortion is the Signal-to-noise-and-distortion (SINAD) ratio.

 

In the art world, a distortion is any change made by an artist to the size, shape or visual character of a form to express an idea, convey a feeling or enhance visual impact. Often referred to as "abstraction," examples of distortion include "The Weeping Woman" by Picasso and "The Adoration of the Shepherds" by El Greco.

Looking at my last brief I feel like I have a good visual representaion but that is all, it is too obvious and there is no therory or persoanality behind it. In this project I want too develop the project more and explore deeper into theory and examples showing more deeper explanation and much more stronger work

 

To look at disstortion in art it is important to look at all examples of it and there are many in the art world one of the most widly known and look at it is Las Meninas a 1656 painting by Diego Velazquez a famous and leading artists of the spanish golden age in the mueso del prado in madrid. The painting is one of the first examples of complex and enigmattic compostion and creates illusaion and un certain relationship.

 

It does this by creating using complex but stimple compostions in the image by placing the figures in diffrent locations and creating a sense of unknown viewing and a question of where are the actual figures. For example in the background there is a mirror depicitng 2 characters in a reflected mirror and also the character in the background door walking a set of stairs.

 

 

The reason I chose to look at this painting was because of its representaion and exploration of the form of distortion and illusion and its bending reality it presents this is an important influence in my own work if I want too create pieces that also do the same effect to my viewers 

 

In photography and cinematography, perspective distortion is a warping or transformation of an object and its surrounding area that differs significantly from what the object would look like with a normal focal length, due to the relative scale of nearby and distant features. Perspective distortion is determined by the relative distances at which the image is captured and viewed, and is due to the angle of view of the image (as captured) being either wider or narrower than the angle of view at which the image is viewed, hence the apparent relative distances differing from what is expected. Related to this concept is axial magnification -- the perceived depth of objects at a given magnification.

Perspective distortion takes two forms: extension distortion and compression distortion, also called wide-angle distortion and long-lens or telephoto distortion,[1] when talking about images with the same field size. Extension or wide-angle distortion can be seen in images shot from close using awide-angle lens (with an angle of view wider than a normal lens). Object close to the lens appears abnormally large relative to more distant objects, and distant objects appear abnormally small and hence more distant – distances are extended. Compression, long-lens, or telephoto distortion can be seen in images shot from a distant using a long focus lens or the more common telephoto sub-type (with an angle of view narrower than a normal lens). Distant objects look approximately the same size – closer objects are abnormally small, and more distant objects are abnormally large, and hence the viewer cannot discern relative distances between distant objects – distances are compressed.

Note that linear perspective changes are caused by distance, not by the lens per se – two shots of the same scene from the same distance will exhibit identical perspective geometry, regardless of lens used. However, since wide-angle lenses have a wider field of view, they are generally used from closer, while telephoto lenses have a narrower field of view and are generally used from farther away. For example, if standing at a distance so that a normal lens captures someone's face, a shot with a wide-angle lens or telephoto lens from the same distance will have exactly the same linear perspective geometry on the face, though the wide-angle lens may fit the entire body into the shot, while the telephoto lens captures only the nose. However, crops of these three images with the same coverage will yield the same perspective distortion – the nose will look the same in all three. Conversely, if all three lenses are used from distances such that the face fills the field, the wide-angle will be used from closer, making the nose larger compared to the rest of the photo, and the telephoto will be used from farther, making the nose smaller compared to the rest of the photo.

Outside of photography, extension distortion is familiar to many through side-view mirrors (see "objects in mirror are closer than they appear") and peepholes, though these often use afisheye lens, exhibiting different distortion. Compression distortion is most familiar in looking through binoculars or telescopes, as in telescopic sights, while a similar effect is seen in fixed-slitstrip photography, notably a photo finish, where all capture is parallel to the capture, completely eliminating perspective (a side view).

Curis manns work intrests me completley the way the bleaching is used in the images is amazing and the concpet is beautiful. Its something that combines both photography and art and is someting Im eager to back into physical making work instead of just images, 

These are my own personal responses to his work that I feel, I have made my own. These images are my own images from my childhood, I think this kind of work makes a much stronger concept and meaning to this project then If I had used any other images, I think this is the direction I want to go in now with my work. Creating personal images with bleach

 

 

For my Website I decieded to make a website with Juxx as Im not going into the industry right away I felt that it was not nessecary to create a profesiional paid website

 

I asked a friend from illustration to help me create a logo I could use for my marketing package, knowing it would also help her in her own brief she agreed

 

After I had the logo I made the buisness cards through Moo.com

 

 

these images are my bleacing images, I painted on the bleach to certain parts of the image making sure to leave myself visual so that the viewer could see or at least make the assumption that its me in the images, What I intend to do was take away the main sillhoutes in the image creating an uneasy look for the viewer, I think these images represent what Im trying to achieve perfectly 

My next step is too work on instax film and see how that will develop with bleach I think with the chemicals already on the film and the process the bleach will work clear as well

 

I have always decided with some thinking and crits that it would be best to use actual photos of me and then use the bleach on them this will create a much more stronger concept and the destruction can relate to me perfectly I think of myself as destrcutive and especially in my work with my confidence knocked in photgraphy and my out come of being a photographer unlikely I feel destructed images represent myself better

 

These are those images each has been treated diffrently, with longer bleaching times or just small application, It was harder then I thought it would be the backs of the film dont allow you to edit in them because there sealed and backed so I had to remove the backs and then bleach into them

 

I then backed the images on too white backgrounds I felt that this presented them better although for the final pieces and exhbition I may leave them without and present them diffrently 

 

I have decided that for hand in I will present them in a book format

 

Altering Photographs

Altering photos is a great way to recycle pictures that didn't turn out well. 



Polaroids

[Piece Work]   [Pinked]  
Left:
Piece Work
collage (altered Polaroid, anatomical illustration, child's dress pattern, and page from old patent book) on 140lb Cartiera Magnani hot press watercolor paper
4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches 

Right:
Pinked
collage (altered Polaroid, child's dress pattern, leaf, and buttons) on 140lb Cartiera Magnani hot press watercolor paper
4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches


[Diptych: Alba]   [The Bone of a Thought]
Left:
Amulet collage (altered Polaroid photo, brass beads, unbleached waxed paper, and fragment from 1854 patent book) and acrylic paint on 90lb Stonehenge paper
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Right:
The Bone of a Thought
collage (altered Polaroid photo, bone fragment, brass brads, unbleached waxed paper, and fragment from 1854 patent book) and acrylic paint on 90lb Stonehenge paper
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches



35mm Photos

I orderd my final book, I decieded to call it Ipsa Destructa, wich is latin for The Destructed I decided on this tile because of the images and I thought presenting it in latin would make it much intresting and fitting for the fine art market

In this project the only thing I would changed is my final outcome although I am pleased with the pictures I wish I could of made them more into of an exhibition and placed them differently instead of them being placed in frames