George Logan Research Note

GEORGE LOGAN 

        George Logan is well-known for his composite images that are interesting but sometimes thought provoking. George was born in Bellshill, Glasgow, Scotland until he moved to London where he is now based as a photographer. He is a multi-talented artist who works with people, animals, locations and still life. George currently has three travelling exhibitions in the UK and his work has been exhibited in Shanghai China because of its popularity. The images are all composed by him to introduce new, funny and interesting ideas to people.  

This image is photographed and edited by George Logan who creates composite images. The image shows a small animal that appears to be a small monkey chasing a zebra. We know that a small animal like this would not scare a bigger animal like a zebra and cause it to run away. However George is trying to explore different ways of looking at things and making slightly comical and strange. Therefore we know that this photo is a composite, this means that the different aspects have been edited together. He would've had an image of one of the animals running across the same background and then would've edited the other animal in to make it appear like a chase. The image is very well composed in terms of the background being slightly blurred and covered in fog, this allows us to focus on the foreground of the two animals. If the background was in full detail then we might not notice the small animal at first. 

This image by Logan is of a cow on a diving board. It is a very interesting and comical image of a scenario that we wouldn't expect which informs us that this is a composite photo. It appears in the photo that the cow has a towel round his neck and a swimming hat on which adds to the comedy of it as we know that this is not a possible situation. The images is very well composed in terms of the symmetry of it. I really like the way that there are definite lines going across the photo which give it a very polished and perfect feel, reflecting the  background of the photo which also appears very flawless. The lines are mainly across the centre of the picture which break the photo up whilst also leading your eyes across the image. The image is very striking in my opinion in terms of the brightness and colours. The very saturated blue and green really strike your eyes and draw you in to a place that seems almost unreal.  

This photograph by Logan is different to the ones before as it doesn't have that comical aspect to it. Instead he has used his artistic skill of integrating animals into the human world to convey an important message. We can see from the photo that there is a monkey on the streets with a sign and rubbish around him. The sign next to him reads 'thousands of animals are made homeless every month' this is due to the human impacts we have on their environment like deforestation and using them for our own entertainment. Therefore it is our responsibility that they are loosing their homes but we don't realise this until someone explains it to us. The image therefore mirrors a person on the street who is homeless and needs help, they (like the monkey) have lost their home therefore it is the same concept however taken slightly out of context. I think this is a really powerful image as it gives you a realisation of what we are doing to the animals home and that we care more that humans have no home when the same is happening to the other life forms around us.