Operational Atlas

OB_014 — Thermal-Print Photography

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Status

Status:: Terminada

1. Operation Data

Internal number: OB_014
Operational regime: Capture and Materialization
Source image: Thermal-printed photograph

Operational description:
Using a thermal print instant camera, the object is captured, and the instant photograph is re-captured using the same camera.

2. Tools and Procedure

Tools / medium:

  • Instant camera
  • Thermosensitive paper

Technical procedure:

  1. Take photograph
  2. Take a photograph of the photograph.

3. Variables

Controlled variables:

  • Camera presets
  • Model composition
  • Direction of the shot

Uncontrolled / accidental variables:

  • The paper does not always come out straight from the cameras, which can affect the print

4. Visual Sequence

Initial image

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5. Visual Selection

Crisis / threshold according to AI-assisted reading / ChatGPT

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Crisis / threshold according to my perception

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6. Crisis and Formal-Perceptual Reading

Main crisis: Tonal, Outline, figure-ground

The operation affects the visual grammar of the image: shape, outline, color, figure/ground relationship, legibility, recognition, and support.

The image, which starts in black and white, loses its outline and becomes less sharp. Figure and ground blend together, creating shapes and patches around it, combining the entire background into a single plane. Depth is lost, and the created patches move into the object. Finally, a complete image made up of irregular patches is visible. Through the transfer via the camera, it stops being understood.

7. Final Evaluation and Artistic Reference

Operation notes / what I learned:
The operation is simple; crisis can be reached easily. The result resembles printmaking. The patches and the lack of outline definition are powerful.

Final_status:
Works:: NO

How it destroys the image:
Works_on::Formal

Level and Richness of crisis:
Crisis:: Alta

Decision:
Selection:: Combinable / Guardar

Possible Artistic Reference

Referente:: Andy Warhol, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Marlene Dumas

Possible works:

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