Exploring Narrative and Juxtaposition

 As a weekly project in the design studio module, we were tasked with taking photographs showing five different colours in the same range. I chose blue, and so I found 5 different things around where I live (Cheltenham/West Wales) which were different shades of blue. We were also encouraged to show texture in these photographs. Secondly, it was asked that we brought in five additional items which were all showing different form and characteristics, and could be related toa narrative which explored juxtaposition. 

This is an image of my composition which explores juxtaposition and narrative. My five images were the sky, my blue denim jeans, the blue ocean, the foliage on a Cedrus atlantica tree, and the dome of Pittville Pump rooms, photographed with a telephoto lens on my DSLR camera. I believe that these images all explored different shades, and textures quite well. My five objects were five leaves, all from differend deciduous plants, all in different autumnal stages. The juxtaposition which I was exploring here was hot and cold. Blue being a cold colour, and the range of different autumnal colours being warm. 

The rationale behind my choices and pairing of these objects and images was also because of something I noticed when collecting these 10 things. I noticed that almost all blues, remain the same/roughly the same colour all year round, no matter what the season is, for example blue skies can be seen year-round, the ocean is almost always a different shade of blue, and the Cedrus atlantica is evergreen. On the contrary, most plants and trees only show these vibrant, warm colours for one season a year, autumn. This made me think, is this nature's way of making people and animals psychosomatically feel warmer at a time when the weather gets cooler. Similarly, are the leaves are mainly green during the warmer months to help people and animals feel cooler when the weather is typically warmer? I found this fascinating to think about.