I started to explore glitch art and computer generated faults with patchy success. I used one of these corrupted images which I was most happy with to pursue a slightly different path.

From this starting point, I added to my collection of old album images, finding some which appealed to me on eBay. I wondered if part of what I like in above image was the starting image rather than the corruption? I chose another interesting picture as a different starting point in some pictures I got from Germany showing small boy and a cat. I mention Germany as the boy is wearing tradition clothing. I enlarged a section of corruption in red from another image and layered image so that boy and cat most clear with background washed out and the water at bottom of image covered in red.

I then experimented with the image of the boy and cat and removed them from background seeking to simplify image..

These test pieces focus on a single image treated in different ways. I chose to work with this image as the original photograph showed a boy and cat peering into a river or pond. This water theme is something I played with thinking as I did so of the river between life and death. I think the boy peering into the water is something which works well for me. It a thoughtful pose with no hint of fear and no sense he is being watched. I wondered about the cat and whether there a mythological element to this. I would have to do some research into that.

My final image in this sequence #10shown above is one I enjoy the most although I admit that part of that enjoyment comes from the fun in the making. I will revisit my editing as not yet entirely happy with final output. The image shows the boy placed in my photograph of a Scottish Loch with multiple layers of texture of seaweed, dicolourataion of water, and reflections of the clouds and hints of stones beneath the clear water contrasting with patches of still clear water.

As can be seen with view of original, I created the reflection on the computer and played with adding texture with a nod to an element of corruption.

I show this original as I been wondering whether a few select images I have found showed be used without editing and in their natural size and form. I will show more development of this idea next month.