Coleman Manufacturing Company was the first textile cotton mill in the United States owned and operated by African Americans in 1897 organized by Warren Clay Coleman. The Mill was located 2 miles from the county seat in Concord. Richard B Fitzgerald, a businessman of Durham, NC was the company first president. The mill was “allowed” to spin, weaved manufacture, finish and sell warps, yarns, cloth, prints and other fabrics like wool, cotton and other materials. Black workers was hired here and had the chance to learn industrials skills but financial problems began to take place and in 1904 the company was unable to remain open once Coleman died. The bottom Image is the original image and the top is the one from today. I tried to portray what is that we see today compared to the old. Most of the building is tore down and windows covered.
The rugged border is taking from the Library of Congress.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if your top shot had water or if making it seem like a reflection on water was part of your concept but you did a great job in transitioning one image to the other. I really enjoy the texture throughout the image, it could, good job adding that to the top and bottom picture.
ReplyDeleteHi Terrence! I think you showed a really great landscape and it looks like you had a lot of fun making this. I really like the texture you added and the history behind it makes it even more interesting. I think it's really effective that you chose to show the bottom be the original image and the top be the one you took recently. One thing I think you could have improved on would be to make the image just a smidge more blurry (to show depth of field) and to have the sky be a bit brighter, since often times the blue in the skies would come out really bright since the process was blue light sensitive.
ReplyDeleteThe concept behind your image is really interesting and fits perfectly for this project. What wouldve been neat is if you made the bottom image look like a reflection from a puddle, rather than being flipped upside down. The scratch marks also look good.
ReplyDeleteThis turned out so good! I think your concept is very strong and the use of two different photos to create a reflection was very clever. If anything, I would add some more distress to the edges of the image.
ReplyDeleteThe idea is a really great one. I think it could be stronger if the point of view was similar, especially as there is a unique tower in the front. I would also modify the texture a bit as it almost looks like film grain (more like fro 35mm film) than a wet plate aged texture.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the concept comparing new to old things in the same reference. I really like the feel of the photo and the editing and spots within the frame look very realistic. My only real critique would be adding more to the borders to give it that eire feeling of how old it is.
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