Using Jonas P Kako's work as inspiration

Jonas Kako is a German photojournalist and his piece simply named 'Nuclear Rubbish' is a piece I have found very inspirational in creating images for text and image. The main thing my eyes are directed to in this image is the strong contrast between the strong yellow colour and the dark, gloomy, eerie colour of the clouds and sea. The yellow has connotations of warning and danger which is reinforced by the distinctive nuclear sing on the barrel which is something I find really intriguing and interesting to look at. However the darkness of the background has different connotations of misery and shame which when added to the other connotations creates a really meaningful image.

This is a set of images I have created using Kako's 'Nuclear Rubbish' piece as inspiration with a fire alarm sign as the template.

With this image I have enhanced the red colour on the sign to bring out the connotations of anger and aggression with it. I also added a shadow on the edge of the picture and I believe it's quite effective as to me it looks like something spreading across the wall but it's quite uneven and doesn't hold an even shape therefore I believe it creates quite a disturbing and discomforting feel as to me it holds similarities to something like bacteria or a disease spreading.

With this edit I have added a glow to symbols and text within the sign and overall I believe this is quite effective as to me it creates a flickering like effect which obviously a fire would do.

With this edit I have extracted the colour out of the sign and the text and also duplicated the sign and text slightly over the original. I did this as the 'Fire alarm call point' text overlap each other and it looks quite confusing in my opinion. I also added colour aspects to some of the symbols including the flames which were originally white however with this I have used yellow, orange and red which are the colours we would associate with fire and therefore I believe it creates a more alarming and dangerous response from the person looking at it.