Playgrounds
Structure and decay
Children's playgrounds have, for many years, been symbolic
of the frivolity of youth. However, as entertainment has become increasingly
synonymous with technology, the role of the children's playground within
society has diminished. As playgrounds have been made obsolete by digital forms
of entertainment they have gradually decayed, leaving many cities and suburbs
with structurally disparate installations.
In this vein, this photo essay illustrates the structure and
decay of our once proud playgrounds, as we seek to demonstrate the
juxtaposition between the playground and the world around it. Through the eye
of the camera, with its angles and effects, it allows the viewer to observe the
natural aesthetic of the structure and decay of the everyday object, playgrounds.
In Susan Murray’s journal of ‘Digital
Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics’, she
explains that this type of photography, in ‘its ability to locate beauty in the
mundane’[1]
has been alleged a new category of photography, called ‘ephemera’.
These photos depict how photography doesn’t just be the
beautiful, meaningful or unique moments in time, but can be just as powerful
and meaningful when not typically beautiful, like a simple, rusted, metal hook.
Photo 10 in photo essay
By Katherine Bineham (42459206) and Hamish Conroy (42455421)
[1] Murray, S, 2008. Digital
Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics. Journal of Visual Culture 7 (147) p.155
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