Photo Project: The Urban Alphabet

Urban Alphabet
Cities provide us with a wonderful resource in juxtaposed objects. Magnificently textured drain covers from a different era next to a modern paving and street markings, an ultra-modern skyscraper freshly sculpted out of the earth, yet forever posed against the immortal sky… they’re all there for the taking.

This project intends to test your skill at seeing these juxtapositions, to fashion shapes that have meaning to us in language, out of shapes (objects) that are intended for other purposes. You could also do variations of this, and create an urban alphabet out of interesting lettering that you see around you in the city.

For this project, you will have to look at lines, outlines, textures, parts of objects, and techniques that you can use with your camera (such as using depth of field) to take shapes that are not quite what you want, and re-shape them into the english alphabet.

Try to find a diverse range of things to work with. Try macro, landscape, square crops, diagonal frames, whatever it takes… The idea is to see everyday objects in a new light.

You can find more such projects at the Photo Project home page.

Pic: maloupictures