For my image composite, the most difficulty I faced was in forming a concept that would best represent the nature of my project one. It went through several iterations before arriving at a place where I thought the concept worked well. Ultimately, I made the decision that the gear aspect of the first project was not extremely imperative to the collection as a whole, so for my composite, I decided to make it about the photo element of my project one. Instead of a single composite, I decided to create four individual composites out of the film photos from my project one. Using a gallery as an inspiration, I thought using the pictures to speak for themselves is what would best represent the collection as a whole.
Furthermore, to tie everything together conceptually, each composite borrows one element from the composite before it. Whether or not that element is visible in both photos is not necessarily the case, but in every new composite from left to right, one element is borrowed from the previous composite to make something new. Conceptually, I felt this represented how a collection builds of itself, each image new by their company, just like a composite.
The backdrop of the white brick wall was chosen based off feedback from the class, and I think it works well to add some flavor without distracting from the focus of the project. Overall I thought this was tough but fun project that really made me think about the images in the first one. While at first I felt limited by them, by the end I felt my limitation to those photos was something that helped me be more creative in assembling my composite.