I chose to use these two photo's as my final pieces because they were the most successful in terms of response to Hatakeyama, my idea of stacking and layering and the overall topic theme of comparing contemporary and traditional architecture. These photos relate to Hatakeyama because they both follow the rule of thirds; in the case of these photos, a bus, phone box and either old or new building. The layout of the two photo's are very similar to each other, however still look different because of the use of angles and depth of field. I also like how it seems as if the phone box is 'travelling' or showing the different scenes it is in, in this case they are edited into different scenes. The London phone boxes are very old and by editing them into the foreground of (modern bridges) is altering history and showing the transition from 80 years ago (when they were first introduced) to today. Furthermore, in my first photo the coach has 'Trafalgar' written on the side, showing once again a very traditional aspect written on a contemporary vehicle. Moreover, this photo shows clear progess through my artist research as it can be linked back to Joel Meyerowitz, because through the car you can see some sort of text. Hatakeyama also used 'stacking' to create his street scene in his photo, so i responded by layering photo's and erasing specific objects to create one photo. Visually, i want to show the contrast between old and new in every day scenes, for example with the bus (contemporary) and phone box (traditional). I also aimed to show the variation of ages of buildings and objects in a depth of field, for example in my second final piece the bus and phone box are in the foreground, and as the modern bridge descends, you follow it to St Paul's. I also feel that my photo's were successful after i adjusted the contrast and brightness of the objects in the foreground, because you can now focus on the background more, which is as equally important in showing the comparison between old and new.
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