After showing my lecturer, Tim, my mock up image so he could gain a visual for my idea and themes, he couldn't help but notice that the image I made was ripped particularly within the eye, which he thought was significant, and that I should look into it.
When thinking about it, I think that this could be the narrative within my images that I have been long thinking about. I need to think about why I did the technique specifically on the eye, and what it could means in terms of the development of my images.
These images are very intriguing because of the subject that he is dealing with within them. My initial thoughts of them were that the images were of torment, especially because of the image on the far left, you can still see the eye, and the burning technique that he has used has really given it a somewhat evocative perspective of it. It does fit in well with my new found idea of exploring the theme of eyes within my own images, and how different effects can mean different things within the composition. I think with my own work I may show some people my images and ask them to write down what meaning they get from the, which I think will be interesting to see and will give my images more meaning and would remain open to interpretations, and could perhaps gain greater depth by knowing what other people see within the images, rather than what I see within them.
I did attempt and burn some of my own images, in the style of Simoes. I think with greater care and a bigger commitment to the technique, that I would have come up with something quite interesting, but because of the risk that burning images does possess and the time and patience needed to create a piece of strong work, I don't think that it will be something that I will continue with for the final outcome of my project. I do think that this research is relevant in contextualising the work that I am producing,