EX65 Diptych
A diptych is an artwork consisting of two painted or carved panels
Its history is a bit more complex.
diptych
/ˈdɪptɪk/
noun
noun: diptych; plural noun: diptychs
1. a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book.
2. an ancient writing tablet consisting of two hinged leaves with waxed inner sides.
In Photography a diptych
is two photographs that relate to each other, presented as one. It can also be one photograph cut into two and presented as one.
For a diptych to work, there has to be some form of connection between the two photographs. This may include, but is not limited to:
subject
tone
line
colour
story
composition
emotion
style
Personally, I like the two to work together as one. I first started creating these at art school when my photography teacher George Schwartz introduced me to them, showing me how my work was connected. I was spending my time photographing intimate landscapes and rubbish tips and litter in the streets. He showed me that I could create a whole artwork by combining the two together. I will see if I can add some of these original diptychs’ I created 38 years ago.
How do you make two work together? Well, that is something we need to explore and discuss.
I love to put the two side by side in lightroom and look at the photographs, re-crop them, modify them, and work on them beside each other so that I can make them work well together.
When presenting the two, you need to consider how far apart they will be. I lay them out in the printing section of lightroom, though you could also do it in photoshop.
Lets see what we can get away with, when it comes to how the two work together. We will be discussing the first of the diptychs you post when we have our meeting on Friday. This is so we can share the love with many people.
These two are part of a triptych. I wonder where the third is?
I don’ think I have the join right in this pair? I need to re-crop them so that the flow between the two is much smoother…
Another diptych created by cutting up a photograph into two. I have gone for a square and a oblong shape.