Louis Minty
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I’d been about Bristol with my film camera, taking photos of music venues that’d I’d been writing about for an unrelated article. But it got me thinking about what people think of each one, what stereotypes and views are associated with them. So I scoured the internet and collected a range of genuiene reviews, before breaking out my typewriter and punching them into images of wherever they were describing. It leant the prints this nice tactile feel, essentially embossing the text.
I’ve obviously treated the images from the originals as well - the gradient maps (which were based on colour schemes used by the venues themselves) provide a much more contrasting background to help the text be legible. Some slight posterizing of the background also helped to remove some detail, and much like focus in a photo subtly draws your attention to what’s sharper: the text.