May Week 3 → Documentation
Photography Day
Earlier, I had once considered scanning for documentation, but on the May W1 coaching, Sander pointed out that since my work uses so many fluorescent inks, metallic papers, and collaged layers, photography might capture the prints better than scanning. The (un)finishing series in particular relies on textures and material reactions that flatten badly under a scanner. So this Friday I brought a few posters to school to see how they would look photographed.
22 May, around 3pm, at Sint Lucas Antwerpen, started testing. The weather was clear, but the sun did not hit the inside of M0 directly — it was indirect daylight from the window, no overhead lights, a brushed silver metal table as the surface. I observed how the light moved across the table for a while and chose a spot where the reflection was even but still alive.
The silver metal table turned out to sit surprisingly well against the prints. Even with its scratches and ink stains, the surface felt closer to a working studio than a solid-coloured background would have. So instead of just testing a few, I ended up photographing all the prints in one go — 93 shots in total, taken in RAW with iPhone 17 Pro Max.
The final photographs will be edited and uploaded to the Sint-Lucas online expo. The behind-the-scenes images stay here as part of the processfolio!