(Anon, 1969)

For my first image, I found this image from EYE magazine in the late 60s that incorporates photography and typography which are both disciplines that I’m very interested in. This represents the counterculture movement within this period after the second world war where people were protesting the violence of war with the slogan “Make Love, Not War”. This image, with the wide eyes of the model, flowers blooming so close to her, has a spirit of innocence within it that draws you in – causing you to lower your guard. The typography looks folded out of paper, giving it a handmade feel that contrasts the realistic photograph, but aids to the idea of a community of revolution that comes together to make a difference to the world they live in.

(Are You Experienced, 1967)

This second piece is an image of a silk screen printed design for the Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix Experience. I was really drawn in by the use of a neon sunset gradient contrasted with a muted camo green colour. I think this helps the colours, especially the blue outline, to intensify even further and give that sense of psychedelia. The crisp outlines paired with the fantastical subject matter that might’ve been regarded as childish gives a feeling of almost being out of this world. As if he has developed to a more accepting and experimental mindset than the normal culture surrounding him, perhaps represented by the girls in the back that appear to be whispering.

(Image from the Stonewall Riots, 1969)

This last image is a photograph from the Stonewall inn riots in 1969 that were a major turning point within the fight for equal rights for people of varying sexualities and genders from the norm. This was truly going against the main attitudes in society due to being LGBT still being a criminal offence in nearly all of the USA. Within this picture, the poles holding up these banners and flags give a strong geometry to the image that breathes the sense of passion and intense belief that these protestors have for the cause. All of the people in the image have such determination on there faces, complimented by the forceful phrases on the banners that really make a statement.

Bibliography

Anon, (1969). EYE magazine.

Image from the Stonewall Riots (1969). (n.d.). [image] Available at: https://labod.weebly.com/timeline.html [Accessed 7 Nov. 2017].

Are You Experienced. (1967). [image] Available at: https://us.culturelabel.com/products/jimi-hendrix-are-you-experienced-1967-hapshash [Accessed 7 Nov. 2017].