John Beech
John beech is British artist who is best known for his work using found objects. Most of his work contains objects that others overlook, including trash cans and dumpsters. This is a pieces of John Beech’s work. In this image there appears to some sort of dumpster which has been covered up with green dripping paint.
John beech often takes photo’s in black and white. This could represent the destroyed landscape which us humans have created. He then covers up certain overlooked objects with dripping paint. In this image he uses green which could represent nature as green is a very natural colour. I think he does this to try and show that nature is a lot brighter, vibrant and beautiful than all these man-made objects we have created. By covering them up john beech says he’s trying “to reflect their natural beauty”. When adding the paint, he makes once side quite need and the other side is dripping down.
The image has quite a low contrast for a black and white image and has a slight yellow tint to it. This could mean that the image is older. John beech would have probably taken this image using a film camera then added the paint effect on afterwards by hand. The paint takes up a large proportion of the image catching your eye imminently and almost makes you forget about the background of the image. This could represent the beauty of nature and how it captures your eye more than the man-made objects we have created.
I think John Beech is trying to tell us that we shouldn’t destroy the landscapes natural beauty because we create instead look very dull and creates lot of rubbish. I like this image because at first glance it just looks like a photo with paint splashed on it but actually if you look and think about it, it actually has a deeper meaning. I feel that the work was made for everyone to allow people to reflect on what we are doing to the land and show us that we should be appreciating natures natural beauty in the land.
John beech often takes photo’s in black and white. This could represent the destroyed landscape which us humans have created. He then covers up certain overlooked objects with dripping paint. In this image he uses green which could represent nature as green is a very natural colour. I think he does this to try and show that nature is a lot brighter, vibrant and beautiful than all these man-made objects we have created. By covering them up john beech says he’s trying “to reflect their natural beauty”. When adding the paint, he makes once side quite need and the other side is dripping down.
The image has quite a low contrast for a black and white image and has a slight yellow tint to it. This could mean that the image is older. John beech would have probably taken this image using a film camera then added the paint effect on afterwards by hand. The paint takes up a large proportion of the image catching your eye imminently and almost makes you forget about the background of the image. This could represent the beauty of nature and how it captures your eye more than the man-made objects we have created.
I think John Beech is trying to tell us that we shouldn’t destroy the landscapes natural beauty because we create instead look very dull and creates lot of rubbish. I like this image because at first glance it just looks like a photo with paint splashed on it but actually if you look and think about it, it actually has a deeper meaning. I feel that the work was made for everyone to allow people to reflect on what we are doing to the land and show us that we should be appreciating natures natural beauty in the land.
John Beech's Work
Contact Sheet
Edits
Further Edits
Hanging Plan
This is a hanging plan for my John Beech edits. I have taken one of each colour and arranged them so that the two warm colours are at the top and the two colder colours are at the bottom.
Further Edits
This is what was left from the edits i did. They represent a mark that is left every time humans destroy the landscape in some way. Even when we try to fix and restor the land, there is still damage that has been left that can never be fix.
Development - Anne Jordan
These peices are from a project called Fading Memories. The photos were placed into bleach and over a five hour period the images tones changed.