So, i've tried my hand at manipulating some images, using Microsoft Word's 'format picture' tools. I've used Word for a few reasons, firstly being that I like the imperfections that come with the lack of control I actually have of the outcome. Secondly because I don't know how to use Photoshop and the familiarity and simplicity of Word is comforting. These images or images like them will be used in collages during the semester.

So as you can see above I've taken a photo of some strangers on the Midland line and then removed the background and applied a black and white setting. It's very special because the original image is so bland and the edited image has so much atmosphere - the profiles are priceless.

Here i have done the same with a Transperth image from the interwebs:

Here are some more I made. Please note they are only the basis of any work to come. For the past year thematically I have been working with a bundle of concepts that circulate around public transport. Such as nodes & networks, tickets, strangers, routines, waiting, urban space and the politics of public space. So generally i take photos of people waiting or commuting on public transport with my iphone and make things from it. I feel like cutting a select part of the images out creates an awareness of space. 

 I also have a few videos of bus window reflections and another few videos of bus handles swaying in time as the bus turns. I need to work out how to make these videos into something. 

Ellen