Rosanna Jones

Rosanna Jones is a 19 year old photographer and mixed media artist  who distorts and tampers with her photographs to create unique mixed-media pieces that are both beautiful and disturbing at the same time.  She is based in London and recently graduated in Fashion Photography from Falmouth University. Rosanna explores how body image – whether positive or negative – can unconsciously effect identity. Through Rosanna’s work, she questions and challenges the ideas of beauty in regards to how a person feels internally compared to how a person is perceived by the outside world.

I believe there is a strong link between Rosanna’s work and the theme of loss of identity. This is seen through the use of camera settings which she intentionally uses to capture a sense of lack of identity. For example using slow shutter speeds to create a motion blur on peoples faces or using aperture to focus to foreground and blur the background, thus being the models. She also makes the most of the natural things, like smoke which she seems to have used in many of her projects. She uses this smokey effect to help hide certain features of a persons body and reveal some too.

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This image happens to be effective purely due to the simplicity yet effectiveness that it has. Although the image appears to be rather simple, it can be interpreted in a variety of ways, having many connotations. I believe this photo was taken through some glass or a window with the tape stuck onto the window. The photographer would have used a low aperture setting to allow a shallow depth of field, ensuring only the tape is in focus. The eyes are the key symbolization of a persons identity which I believe Rosanna covered to give this sense of a loss of identity. The tape, which is vibrant, help to attract the viewer and influence them to intake the messages associated with the picture. One message may being that you shouldn’t judge a person on their identity as we are all equal. I believe the messy positioned tape could reflect the harsh stereotypes that people make based on appearance. The  untidy tape acts as a leading line to help guide us around the face of the model. The eyes have seemed to been tampered, by the way in which they have purposely been covered. This may relate to how the person has been effected with what they have seen wrong in our society or how their personality has been tampered with. Overall this image is influential and a very captivating that helps to reflect a loss of identity through the use of a strong contrast and symbols that represent this.

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