My Research and Chosen Images For My Final piece
The Research
After having researched Pinterest I came across a selection Images under the hashtag ‘desolateputoface’ which really was intriguing in my opinion. I liked how the images portrayed a surreal and unrealistic approach yet still contained an understanding of what the image is. These Images present us with unreal representations of a persons face and they link to the idea of hidden identity. Below are a couple examples of the photos created by the anomonys photographer/graphic designer.
Analysing This Work
The thing which first inspired me to take a closer and more detailed look into this style of work was the vibrant colours used to create the surrealistic figure. Not only does this image look interesting and creative but it give’s an impression of hidden identity. It appears that the editor/photographer has purposely covered the person in slime to portray a sense of equality and that we are all humans no matter your skin colour, race or religion and therefore meaning we should be treated equally. A lot of the images appear to be males in the streets which may be referring to gang members and in this case the dripping slime relates to the fact that they are ruining and destroying their lives by doing bad. The part of the images that are not slime are fairly basic and unedited, contrasting with the slime.
Choosing my Images
At this point, I didn’t believe that many of my images from the several shoots i have collated were suitable for this theme/genre of photography. I decided it would be best to do a photoshoot to ensure that i could get the best possible images that could relate to this style of work and best portray a sense of surrealism and abstraction. The intention for this shoot was to capture portrait shots with an abstract background to further relate to the theme of the project. Thus in mind, i intend to take photos behind pier road carpark where there is some great structural features which hold the carpark together. Also I will collate images on streets to link to my inspirations images.
Photoshoot
I believe this photoshoot was highly effective in achieving the aims I set out to do. Thus being getting some quality portraiture shots which could be further adapted to replicate a similar yet personalised image to my inspiration. I believe the natural lighting in the daylight photos was very helpful in allowing me capture the detail in my models face and the background too. The flash which was used in the nighttime and darker locations was effective in creating a focus on the model/models as the flash highlighted the foreground, being the model, and not the background.
Selecting My Images
In the process of selecting my images, I had to carefully go through this last photoshoot and start narrowing down my images to the best 50 then 25, 10 and then finally to arrive at the ones I intended on using. I wanted to select the images that showed a good understanding of using the camera for example using ISO and shutter speed and those that of course had the best lighting composition and were most appropriate to reflect a sense of abstraction whether it be in the editing process or the photo how it is.
Selected Images
