Digital Photography & Imaging / Project 2A & 2B: Digital Imaging & Poster Design
28/04/2021 - 26/05/2021 (Week 5 - Week 9)
Ngu Kah Shin / 0347666
PROJECT 2A (Exercise 1): Photo Manipulation
For this project, we had to follow a step-by-step tutorial by Mr Martin on how to photoshop an image of Shazam into an image of the Hearst Mansion. Then, we were required to take an eye-level photo of ourselves and photoshop it into the Mansion as well. All of these were to be done on Adobe Illustrator.
PROJECT 2A (Exercise 2): Recolouring Black & White Photo
]PROJECT 2B: Poster Design
Summary on Refugees in Malaysia:
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)defines refugees as those who have “fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country”. Although it is difficult to determine precisely how many refugees are in the country, the latest figures from the UNHCR in Malaysia indicates that there are currently a total of 170,460 refugees and asylum seekers registered. It is important to note that despite Malaysia having its doors opened to refugees, we don't really treat them as such.
Despite Malaysia being a member of the UN, the Malaysian government did not sign the 1951 Refugee Convention. This basically means that the Malaysian government did not agree to take part in the UN’s Convention to provide for refugees. In other words, Malaysia lacks the legal infrastructure to manage refugees. It is not obliged to provide for them in areas such as employment and education.
Here in Malaysia, the registration with UNHCR is probably the best form of protection that these refugees would be able to get as it gives them a form of identification document to show to the authorities if they are stopped. The official site also mentions that the issuance of the UNHCR card is to indicate that the bearer of the card is under the protection of the UNHCR. Before you rejoice over this form of protection, do note that they can still be deported. To add on, The process of this registration is exceedingly slow due to the huge number of asylum seekers coming into the country.
The fact that international protocols recognising refugees have not been ratified in Malaysia should not excuse us from turning a blind eye to the welfare of refugees in our country. When refugees are unable to return to their country, they become our humanitarian responsibility. Since refugees have no legal status in Malaysia, not being able to officially work, they often work in low-paying menial jobs where they are easily exploited and work on manual labour jobs only to find out they will not be paid.
For now, however, the position on refugees is ambiguous at best. They are allowed entry into the country but not into society. This paradox is not sustainable from a social cohesion standpoint. Hence, Signing the 1951 Refugee Convention is hugely symbolic in that it registers the government’s interest and seriousness in taking care of refugees in Malaysia.
Visual research and idea exploration:
Chose these 3 to further pursue the idea and made mockups to develop the designs.
1. Unpaid refugees
Neither kids in the poster chose where to be birthed. Very unfortunately, one of them ended up in a place of warfare and low supply of clean water. She does not have a proper shelter to shield her from the sun nor the rain. She doesn’t get to have brand new soft plush toys or freshly baked barbie themed cakes on her birthdays.
The torn paper effect right across the middle indicates the contrast between the two toddlers, and the wretched fate of the refugee toddler as the photo of her is positioned behind the other photo. The title, slogan and information is written on a strip of paper to bring emphasis to the words. The world is unfair but we could make someone’s life a little better by lending a hand. We could be a voice for the unheard.
2. Life of a refugee
“You have to understand, no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land (Warsan Shire, a British Somali Poet)
Every waking minute of a refugee is a risk. The perils of a refugee living in a foreign country are high, many have jobs with unstable income, many children unable to receive education, and all are at risk from being deported. Is the life of a refugee invaluable? Is it fair to have them die so easily just because they were born on a land of corrupt?
3. Not my choice
Neither kids in the poster chose where to be birthed. Very unfortunately, one of them ended up in a place of warfare and low supply of clean water. She does not have a proper shelter to shield her from the sun nor the rain. She doesn’t get to have brand new soft plush toys or freshly baked barbie themed cakes on her birthdays.
The torn paper effect right across the middle indicates the contrast between the two toddlers, and the wretched fate of the refugee toddler as the photo of her is positioned behind the other photo. The title, slogan and information is written on a strip of paper to bring emphasis to the words. The world is unfair but we could make someone’s life a little better by lending a hand. We could be a voice for the unheard.
Below are my first 3 mockups. Mr Martin further helped me by giving a handful of tips and tricks to refine the posters I made. He suggested the poster 'Do our lives worth any lesser?' was the most appropriate. The other two were less provoking and the images used were less suitable. As for the one he chose, he advised making the poster dull and sombre. I then made some changes to the background, adding clouds, making the background black and masked the whole poster with a worn-out effect layer.
Neither kids in the poster chose where to be birthed. Very unfortunately, one of them ended up in a place of warfare and low supply of clean water. She does not have a proper shelter to shield her from the sun nor the rain. She doesn’t get to have brand new soft plush toys or freshly baked barbie themed cakes on her birthdays.
The torn paper effect right across the middle indicates the contrast between the two toddlers, and the wretched fate of the refugee toddler as the photo of her is positioned behind the other photo. The title, slogan and information is written on a strip of paper to bring emphasis to the words. The world is unfair but we could make someone’s life a little better by lending a hand. We could be a voice for the unheard.
“You have to understand, no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land (Warsan Shire, a British Somali Poet)
Every waking minute of a refugee is a risk. The perils of a refugee living in a foreign country are high, many have jobs with unstable income, many children unable to receive education, and all are at risk from being deported. Is the life of a refugee invaluable? Is it fair to have them die so easily just because they were born on a land of corrupt?
Neither kids in the poster chose where to be birthed. Very unfortunately, one of them ended up in a place of warfare and low supply of clean water. She does not have a proper shelter to shield her from the sun nor the rain. She doesn’t get to have brand new soft plush toys or freshly baked barbie themed cakes on her birthdays.
The torn paper effect right across the middle indicates the contrast between the two toddlers, and the wretched fate of the refugee toddler as the photo of her is positioned behind the other photo. The title, slogan and information is written on a strip of paper to bring emphasis to the words. The world is unfair but we could make someone’s life a little better by lending a hand. We could be a voice for the unheard.
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