PROJECT: Iron Chef Photography – Fork
- At March 02, 2008
- By Neil Creek
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Secret ingredient:
A Fork
This project has concluded. You can see the results here. I intend to run a new project each month for this entire year. So far we've looked at what you shoot with, and what angle you shoot from. For this project, I'd like to take a different approach. Introducing "Iron Chef Photography"! This will become a quarterly (every three months) project, with a new secret ingredient each time. The idea behind this recurring project will be to force you to think of new imaginative ways to look at mundane, every day objects. Art is a huge part of the kind of photography we talk about here on this blog. I don't do any kind of photojournalism really, and my main interest lies in fine art photography. One of the most important requirements of artistic photography is creative thinking. Good art is made when the creative process is applied to the subject and its presentation. The purpose of the Iron Chef Photography projects is to make you think about different ways of artistically interpreting the subject.What do you mean by "interpret"?
Lets take this month's secret ingredient as an example. A photograph of a fork by itself, such as the one at the top right of this page, has no meaning, no message beyond "this is a photograph of a fork". The challenge is to give it a new meaning, or - through its use as an element in the photo - to give another subject a new meaning. Are you conveying a political message? An environmental one? Are you trying to shock, amuse or confuse? Does the humble fork have an inner beauty you want to show, or do you see it as a tool for the voracious consumption of death? I encourage you to be imaginative, and explore an artistic message with your submission. Even if it is simply to take an incredibly beautiful photo of a fork. That could be the most difficult photo of all.Project rules
- The photo must contain a clearly visible fork somewhere in the composition
- This must be a physical and literal fork, or its impression, not a metaphorical fork, such as a fork in the road
- Any kind of literal fork is allowed, eg: dinner fork, pitch fork, tuning fork
- Use any camera that you like
- The photo must be taken within the period of the project
- I will be accepting ONE and only one entry per person, so pick your best shot
- Upload the photo to your preferred photo sharing service or blog
- All submissions must be on publicly accessible pages - no myspace or facebook accounts please
- Submit your entry by filling out the form below
- You agree to the Terms of Entry
Some new rules
This time around, there's a couple of changes for the project:- Submissions will be displayed anonymously. This means I will be unable to link to your blog or flickr page till after the voting has concluded.
- The vote will determine the winner of the Public Choice.
- The Judge's choice and honorable mentions will be chosen by an as-yet undetermined judge or judges.
Judging.
Once the due date has passed, I’ll collate the entries and make a voting page where the photos can be seen by everyone. Readers will choose their favourite entry and place a vote for it. Voting will close on MARCH 30th (midnight AEST) and the results will be posted to the blog the next day.
Make sure you read and agree to the Terms before submitting your entry.Iron Chef Photographers... STARTOU!
This project has concluded. You can see the results here.Terms: Any photo that you submit remains your sole property. I (Neil Creek) make no claims of ownership or copyright. By submitting a link to your photo, you grant me the right to include a copy of the photo, or a thumbnail of the photo in future posts on the blog (Neil Creek - Photographer) for the purposes of conducting the project, or to be used as an illustrative example in other future blog posts, or for the promotion of this project elsewhere on the blog or on other sites not controlled by me. In all cases all photos displayed for any purpose will be properly attributed and links will be provided to the creator where possible. You also agree to allow me to place advertising on pages on this blog where your photo appears for the purposes of promoting a prize sponsor, or general advertising on the site, without any compensation. By clicking submit on the form above, you aknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to these terms.
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Chris/Aperture Image
Tricky!
Neil Creek
I know you’re up to the challenge :)
Lynn Koellermeier
I’m about to post my photo. What size do you want?
Neil Creek
Any size you like, but I’ll be downsizing them to max 900 wide, 700 tall. This makes them an appropriate size to view on screen.
Katie Nelson
Thanks for the great challenge!
Oleg Kurapov
Thanks for great motivation! Tried my hand at it last weekend – still not satisfied but will keep on working to submit my entry.
Chica
Oh I am so in on this, but I have a couple questions first. Do you want the entries to be simply photographs? Or can I take a photo of a fork, and manipulate it into another photograph of mine, or are we limited to creating the scene for one photograph?
Neil Creek
Thanks Katie and Oleg, good luck to both of your on your submissions.
Chica, I don’t want to say “no photoshopping”, because almost every photo can benefit from some processing. However this is meant to be a photographic project after all. I’m going to leave the decision about how much photo manipulation is permissable up to the judges. If they feel that the photo doesn’t demonstrate sufficient photographic skill, and depends too heavily on post-production, then they may be less inclined to select that photo. However, if they feel the post work adds to the success of the photo, without taking too much away from the skill of the photographer, then they may be okay with it.
So I suppose it’s up to you to decide, but do keep in mind that this is primarily a photography project, not an image manipulation one.
Chica
Thanks for clearing that up, I will concentrate more on getting the image rather then post production then, it’d give me more of a challenge anyway. :)
Chica
I tried submitting but the form keeps saying I have to fill in all the required fields, which I did accurately, and no typos either. :/
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Very well written post however, I would recommend that you turn the No Follow off in your comment section.
Keep up the good work.