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‘We have all found something beautiful or intruiging by chance’ -anna gerber

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Introduction Unexpected outcomes is a project exploring the

are expecting to see and photographs that may look

unintentional and chance outcomes that film

so damaged that some may disregard and ignore all

photography can offer. In order to unleash the possibilities

together. However rather than ignoring and disregarding

one must take themselves out of the process, stop

these images this project aimed to embrace them and

focussing on composure and actual outcome and allow

show that unpredictability and the unexpected offered

the camera to work in a playful experimental way. The

when we work in such a way as to take ourselves out of

project consisted of many different experiments, in total

a process can offer much more dynamic and interesting

nineteen films were used which allowed me to collate a

results than if we were to control that process.

substantial amount of material and to investigate many different unexpected outcomes which one may come

Sometimes something we may initially see as a failure can

across when photographing in such a mindset.

offer us a surreal, interesting and alternative answer. By

This project aimed to explored and highlight the ways in

it embraces the chance of failure and an unexpected

which chance can effect a process in a beneficial way. It

outcome. Rather than seeking perfection and an ideal

aims to open up our minds to something fresh, new and

answer it allows chance and the possibilities of something

creative and show the viewer something they are not

unplanned to work to your advantage and offer a alternative

use to. This project consisted of photographs created

answer. The unexpected can sometimes be the most

from the process of chance which lead to outcomes

interesting, embrace the unknown welcome mistakes.

which may not be in focus, may not be the colour we

letting go and allowing an uncontrollable method of working

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Unexpected If we choose to use a film camera in a playful and

You cannot control how the chemical will react and

experimental way, rather than one frame per shoot,

effect the negative as each frame and each colour on the

we allow and embrace exploration of converging lines

negative will react differently. You are unaware of what has

within images. We encounter an element of surprise, the

happened to the film until it is developed.

unexpected. Unaware of what may happen and what result will come of it, this adventures approach allows you to capture photographs of what isn’t actually there. This allows photographs to work much like our memory, melting and converging lines of images together allowing for a tangible image, a moving memory captured in one photograph.

We can explore chance by being creative with the negative itself before development by investigating the chemical reactions that occur when the film reacts with heat and substances. Of course you choose the effect which is applied and the time it is left to effect the negative but inevitably you are out of the actual process.

Take yourself out of the process, stop thinking too much about what you are taking a picture of, just shoot the multiple exposures and endless panoramic, see what happens.

Inevitably you do control the process to some extent but by not thinking too much about the composure of the image can open up what you can achieve, it explores possibilities of the unexpected and welcomes chance, mistakes and accidents. This can end up working to your advantage, answers and potential can be found in something you didn’t mean to create.

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‘Chance doesn’t recognise boundaries; whatever activity you are engaged in, be it art, science, gambling or daily life, you cant cut it out of the equation.’

-Henry Krokatsis

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‘When something malfuncations, it doesn’t necessarily mean that something is working against it, but rather that something is working in tandem with it to maxisize it’s unforeseen potential.’

-anna gerber

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‘Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.’ -albert einstein

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‘ An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.’ -isaac newton

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‘No matter how hard we try to control the creative process, it is inevitable that we encounter an element of unpredictability something unexpected.’ -april greiman

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‘The photograph becomes ‘surprising’ when we do not know why it has been taken’

-roland barthes

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