Book Proposal

Since the theme of my photography has been centered around technical theatre production, I knew I wanted to reference that work in my book though I couldn't see any way of doing so without cutting all my photos into the shape of a lighting instrument. However, while working on a show I discovered an interesting lighting accessory called the I-Pro. This device combined the functionality of gobos (pieces of glass or metal cut out in a way that allows an image to be displayed within the beam of light) with that of gels (colored plastic that cancels out all rays of light except for those present in the type of color the gel is). While I couldn't get my hands on an I-Pro, I did find that I could get my hands on the film that the I-Pro cools (ensuring that the lighting equipment doesn't melt it) - transparency film. My book will be comprised of photographs printed onto this transparency film so that, when the photographs are mounted in front of a light source they will display the image onto a surface. In order to allow each photo to fit into the mount in front of the light, they will be connected to each other by a detachable o-ring. Below are images of transparency film, the specific lighting instrument that will be used to present the photos, and the desired effect.

Using a snap ring like this will allow the images to be contained in a booklet form while also making it easy and convenient to swap individual photos in and out of the lighting mount.

This is the type of lighting instrument that will be used to display the photographs, as it has a lamp strong enough to project a decent looking image, while not being too large to use in a classroom nor so hot that it would melt the photos.

Transparency Film - in theory the light should project the image printed on it, as the film
will not be opaque enough to block out all the light, and any colored ink should cancel out
all wave lengths that are not their respective color.

Example of projection done via Rosco I-Pro - this is the desired effect that I am going for.