Folio Major Assignment Idea

For my assignment I would like to present images accompanied with my own recording of sound effects. The inspiration for this idea came from the famous British chef Heston Blumenthal, whom  created a dish called “Sound of the Sea,” where you are encourage to listen to the sea while eating this dish. He wanted to awaken all of the diner’s senses. I thought that maybe I could somehow do this with my photography. I would like to show all my images with my own recordings of sounds. The connection of which the viewer may or may not at first glance fully understand. I would like conversations to start up and happen because that’s when I truly believe photography works, becomes popular and powerful and truly memorable. I would like the viewer to look deeper into the image and perhaps see what they are not looking at, what is not there. Almost like listening to the pauses in music. My photography is what I believe in and what is happening with our generation today. It is the contrast between some of the images and the sound recordings that you will hear that will initially and deliberately create the confusion and questions in the viewer’s mind, which is exactly what I would like to do. My other images will be less complex but I’m hoping will still encourage the viewer to look more closely and with the aid of the added sound recordings have a fuller sensual response.

For two examples I am thinking of a canyon of office buildings, bird calls, and for another example it seems nowadays we have nature all around us but all we hear instead is the sound of cars and traffic noise.