I chose this as my final images as I think it is a good interpretation of Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson photos from their series ‘The Identity Project’. In this series  they apply cut outs of facial features from  magazines onto their subjects faces to create a new form of facial expression, like they appear to have cosmetic surgery. This provides a juxtaposition between everyday humans and the images seen in advertisements e.c.t

The image has the contrast between cold and warm colours. The blue tints on the cut out face is balanced out with the blue shirt the model is wearing which is contrasted with the warm colours on face similar to the hair, makes it complementary. The image has a background which is created from taking the photos in a studio. Unlike Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson’s photos where they sometimes incorporate a background of a bedroom or something personal, I decided to keep the background black as it keeps the focus and emphasises the model and creates contrast between the bright white cut out and the dark background. In Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson’s photos they physically stuck the cut out on to the models face whereas I had the model hold the cut out in front of her face creating mask like effect. The cutout is mostly centered  creating a division between the paper and face down the middle of the image. Although the cutout is not the same size as the models face and does not meet to look like a real face, Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson also did this to make it obvious that the cutout are not edited on after the original photo was taken. I made it so the cutout is bigger than the models head to emphasise the seriousness and harshness on the models face (as well as the cold colours) which is contrasted with the warm colours on the models face to show power. The lighting used when taking the photo was harsh to highlight the models features and to brighten the face on the cutout making it stand out more than the actually models face. It is also portrayed harshly to create a harsh division.

The concept of the image I found when exploring Brno Del Zou and John Stezaker photography when they manipulated faces to create a different appearance for them. The concept for Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson series is beauty, identity and fashion. The idea came from challenging brainwashing ideas of beauty as it is expressed in culture and especially in the illusion of beauty as represented in fashion magazines.  The series is to picture an individual’s face as a collage of collective images: models, standards, norms of beauty, to question the construct of personal identity. It focuses on Photoshop creations, and the impact that this beauty has on people. Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson covered eyes and lips of models from fashion magazines on real humans and the result is a mixture between reality and glamour.

Throughout the project i developed my ideas and overall I think this photo sums up my portrait project and my final ideas well.