YING FANG (42416310) ECHO WANG (42977851)
MAS110 Photo Essay - Cafe
In this photo essay, we have chosen Café as the theme
to represent the topic of everyday aesthetics. Café is quite common to see in our
daily life, maybe they are located in a beautiful Avenue or just the corner of
a street that you usually walked by. Having a cup of coffee or just seating
there and spending time with friends is such an enjoyable feeling. We think
Café is a form to represent everyday aesthetics because it is common to see,
however it rarely obtains people’s attention as an object. If we pay more
attention to the details of the surroundings, we may find the fascinating interior
design and special decorations of a Cafe can really be a pleasurable scenery.
In the process of collecting photos, we have taken a large amount of photos in
Sydney different areas such as Surry Hills, Circulate Quay and Coogee Beach, and
there are a few interesting photos in this video were captured in China when I travelled
before. According to Murray’s(2008) concept of everyday aesthetics, we tried to
discover the aesthetics of Café from its very simple and detailed aspects. For
example, the artistic painting on the wall, the lovely handwriting menu on the
board and the vintage style furniture setting in the shop. All of these little
details bring us a sense of beauty. In the end, the best 18 photos were
selected to form this video. In addition, we have chosen ‘Summertine’ as the
soundtrack because this music is in a relaxing Jazz style and the soft and sexy
voice of the singer is perfectly matched to the atmosphere in the Café. We hope
this video represents the aesthetics of everyday life through representing
these Café in an aesthetic way, and also hope it gives you a pleasant and
relaxing feeling.
Murray, S 2008,
Digital Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday
Aesthetics. Journal of Visual
Culture, 7, 147-163.
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