better here or better here?

working away on the FATT course

"Visual Narratives"

explorations of twilight was my inspiration in 2022, stemming from the book 

"Last of the Light"

by

Peter Davidson

whilst still a subject of interest for me I'm re-visiting the juxtaposition of old buildings and elements of nature using a mix of old, very old and recently taken photographs that I began last year

and, in order to warm up, I've spent some time this week cropping various images, spinning them around and layering them into two contact sheets

reminds me of going to the optometrist... each lens trial followed by 

"better here or better here?"

after the fourth or fifth time it's just all a blur

these have all gone through a few more iterations than four or five and I'm feeling much like it's all become a hair-splitting adventure so I'm calling one done and the other needs just one more image added and it will also be deemed done

{I hope}

here are three versions of the first sheet

the original version

a slightly cropped at the bottom version

and finally, with the bottom two images cut off completely

 I like the last one best, the simplicity of it

the following are all the images I used

the only one I didn't alter at all is the black and white landscape - that photo was taken by my 

grand-parents in the 1950s and is a particular favourite of mine

the Yukon River on a foggy morning in August

a very large rock high in the hills

side of a building in Dawson City

Yukon landscape 1950s

Air Stream Caravan in Whitehorse in the 1950s or 60s

Yukon River November 2024

from the Dawson City Museum 2024

below is contact sheet #2, with one more piece yet to come

two little ones at home sick this week so it's been busy days for me but thankfully it was one right after the other rather than both at once

and now that everyone is healthy again, next week I'm planning to take this imagery further in a few different ways 

after I finally make up my mind on the missing piece that is...