Megan J Broughton

Elia Locardi

The third artist/photographer that I looked at was Elia Locardi. I found Elia's work on Pinterest when saving travel photographs into a Pinterest board. I instantly took a liking to his work, as I really liked the way he edited his photographs so that they had a magical twist to them. By this I mean, his photographs are edited so that everything looks x10 more enhanced, allowing all the colours to contrast together, making them stand out more against each other. The magical twist is then created because in person it will never look quite as beautiful as it does in his photographs.

Elia Locardi is an American professional photographer, who mainly specializes in travel photography, aerial photography and landscape photography. He has occasional done videography on the side too. He has won two awards, which one is for being one of the best workshop photographers in the world.

The photograph shown at the top of the page, is one of my favourites from Elia. The reason behind this is because, I like the way he has shown the environmental problems that are going on in the world. His photograph might look absolutely beautiful, but if you were to look more into it, it shows all the ice melting, which is a constant ongoing problem that has been occurring for a few years now. Not only can this be seen in the waters, but on the mountains in the background, you can see the dry land starting to come through.
However, all of his photographs are definitely him showing "the world in bold", and making viewers instantly want to visit the country the photographs are snapped in (I can certainly agree). By him having this effect on people, it inspires me to do completely the same. Therefore, one of my final goals, is to make sure that I edit my photographs the way he does, because personally I think this makes people more interested.

Again Elia is completely different in comparison to Justin and Timothy. The reason behind this is because whilst Elia captures mainly landscapes producing them to very vibrant and bold, Justin mainly captures countries different activities, whereas Timothy is more cultural.
However, all three travel photographers never produce their work in black and white, instead they produce them in colour. The colour in every photograph taken by all three photographers are enhanced so that the photograph stands out and becomes eye catching.

Final Major Project For my final major project, I have decided to make to create a Travel magazine. I will be doing an online magazine and also a paper copy. I will do both, as I know that most people will be able to read it on the go, however there are some people who will like to fold down pages on ideas that they like! My Travel magazine will be based towards people aged between 18 and 25. I chose to aim my magazine towards that kind of target audience because a lot of people take gap years between sixth form, college and university, so that they can explore the world!  I will start off by looking at three travel photographers that have inspired me! I will also buy travel magazines from the supermarket and go to travel agents to get travel brochures. I have decided that this would be a good starting point, as I can look into layouts, what information to write and also what photos are good to use!  I will put together a moodboard of travel artists photographs, as this would also help me achieve a good final outcome!

Week 1

Day 1

Today I started my Final Major Project!!!! I was so excited when first given this brief, as I already had a few ideas on what I wanted to do. I had three ideas, therefore the first step I took was to make a Design Explanation wheel. This allowed me to look at the in's and out's of each idea, and what would work more. After doing so, I decided to make a travel magazine.
I knew that this would be something that would have my full attention, as I absolutely love to visit new places. I have also been extremely lucky growing up, and I have visited some of the most amazing places. Therefore, I think this project would work in my favor, as I already have the photographs, all I have to do is everything else!!!!

Day 2

So today, I started the build up to making a travel magazine. I first of all started off by creating a Pinterest board. This allowed me to look at other travel photographs, and see how they produce/create their work. I started saving photographs into my Pinterest board, which then led me to print a few photographs off to create a mood board. After doing this, I then made a mind map, which allowed me to write a few ideas down that were floating around in my head.
I really enjoyed today, as I liked looking at other photographers work (and most definitely drawling over them too!). I liked looking at the ways some photographs purely focus on either the countries architecture and culture. This has inspired me to take similar photographs when I next go on holiday, as I have never really thought of doing this.

Day 3 and 4

So day 3 and 4 are our days off. I work both days, however I found time on the Wednesday (day 3) to nip into a travels agents to collect holiday brochures, and on Thursday (day 4) I nipped into my local supermarket to pick up a travel magazines. Even though not much work was completed, this would allow me to be prepared for my task on either the weekend or Monday to start annotating them.

Day 5

Today I started my artist research. I only came across 3 travel photographers that I liked the look of, these were Justin Mott, Elia Locardi and Timothy Allen. All three artists are quite different from each other as they all look as different aspects of travel photography. I chose three artists that are different to each other, because I could look at comparisons, similarities and different aspects that make their photographs work. I managed to do two photographers quite quickly throughout the day, however I got extremely bored by the time it came to writing about my third artist. Writing about artists is not something that interests me, because even though I enjoy looking at their work, I can never seem to put my thoughts and opinions in writing. I struggle a lot with this part. I decided to call it day at the beginning of writing about the third artist, as I didn't want to write rubbish, therefore I left this for another day. 

Day 6 and 7 (weekend)

On the weekend I never have time to do college work, as I work both days. However, I managed to annotate some travel magazines and brochures. I stuck them down on A2 paper, and circled parts that I liked and disliked. I also looked at layouts and how photographs were edited. All this research will definitely help me later on, when making  my travel magazine. 

Justin Mott When searching for travel photographers, I firstly came across Justin Mott. I instantly fell in love with his work, as he captures some of the most amazing scenes and cultural photographs. Justin likes to keep all of his photograph's in colour, making the colours within the photo; enhanced, to create a more fascinating and eye-catching photograph.  Justin Mott is an american photographer, who has recently started living in Vietnam. Justin's career within photography has taken a massive turn since he first started taking photos in 2004. Since then, he regularly appears on the TV hit Photo Face-off and produces photo journals for other television companies.  When coming across Justin's work, I really liked the photograph of the elephant in the water with the woman underneath (shown above). This instantly drawn me in to look further into his work, as this photograph alone shows how unique and creative Justin is as a person. I really like the way he has captured the woman swimming underneath the water and the elephant above. It shows viewers that animals and humans can all get on in a civilised manner, making peace between both. However, this photograph may spark a negative opinion to some people, this is because in Thailand and many other places elephants are being rode by humans. A lot of people are against this, as the elephants are tortured from a young age, making them more obedient towards humans. This makes the photo even more interesting, as no one knows whether Justin has taken this photograph to show awareness, or if he has taken it from a cultural point of view. As this is my first artist I've researched to do with travel, I cannot compare his work yet with any one else. However, I already know that the way he produces his work in colour is something that I would do to my final piece. This is because, it shows the viewers a clear understanding of what I'm talking about.   The two other artists that I have chosen are both cultural photographers too, so therefore I already know that Justin's work is extremely different

Timothy Allen

The second travel artist I came across was Timothy Allen, who captures a lot of cultural and tribe photographs. Within every photo that he takes, he makes sure that every little detail like face paints and outfits are fully exposed and eye catching. He captures a lot of action shots of traditional dancing and affection between each member of the tribe. A lot of his photographs show the viewers how happy the tribes are, and how they are constantly bursting with pride when in each others company.
Timothy is both an english photographer and film maker. From 2008 to recent months, he has produced many documentaries for the BBC, allowing him to travel the world and capture it all at the same time.

The photograph shown in this document is my favourite piece of work that Timothy has produced. The reason behind this is because, I like the way it shows two tribe leaders finding comfort in each other. The way that their foreheads balance against each other and their eyes closed, shows that they are giving each other affection, even if it isn't physically spoken out loud. Another meaning in which it could have is, that a religious ceremony could be taking place and the two leaders could be binding their thoughts together.

In comparison to my previous research on Justin Mott, they both take different perspectives when taking travel photographs. Timothy takes a completely different approach, by capturing cultural tribes from around the world, and showing the viewers exactly the true meanings of their culture and what brings them together. However, Justin captures mainly the sights and activities that take place in different parts of the world.
With all this in mind, there is one similarity that is clear between both travel photographs. This is that they both edit their photo's so that the main features are exposed and eye catching. They both achieve this, by enhancing the colours within the piece of work, and make some parts stand out more than others. By them doing this, it allows them to grab the viewers attention, and draw them in to the finer detail that takes place.