Jesse Draxler

Draxler has such a strong presence through his powerful imagery and attitude of mystery. He charges his work through poignant cuts,scratches ,rips and abstract brush marks.  His work typically remains within black and white pallet in order to hold the bold composition of the piece itself.I chose his work as there is such a strong abstract presence as he address his own individuality to enhance an image altogether.when talking about his inspiration he is seen saying:”There is something about defacing an image that is not mine that I dig, much like graffiti I suppose. Image denial, rebellion, a subtle violence or aggression is inherent in that process,Transforming an image from something I may not really care for into something that speaks for me is gratifying, like creation through destruction. Mine now.”

His visual influence is so abstract and even he himself has said it is his own self exploration as how he can make an image his own,In Morden societies culture everything around us is influenced by something else. Fashion and his natural environment is additionally a factor seen effecting his work.He portrays his emotion weather that being a bad or good day into his work to symbolise a numb or positive feeling.He sees himself and his work as one big a ‘human canvas’

I was inspired by his work as he influences peoples appearances and beauty through his own  concentrations of his emotions at the time and how this behavior effects the image and itself overall effect.He not only uses collage and editing within Photoshop but also adds substances such as fire and a life effect captured on an image itself. he has such a strong concentration of the subject and only being  surrounded by a white background.This image also connects to alternative aspects of itself,using smoke from the eyes and fire from the mouth to symbolize the artists feeling of anger and self isolation. additionally the tones are so exposed with the contrast of white and black throughout with only a glimpse of color.There is an absence of self being and identity within this photo as he has no eyes and mouth so every freedom and sense of self expression and feeling is removed,this is a metaphor for again how we have to behave within a conditioned environment of society and a code of how we have to behave and the conventions of how our voice and personality can be removed by the voices of others.

inspiration for shoot;

For my shoot inspired by his work I will be mostly concentrated on varying angles and lighting of a person and then the main aspect of the image will be the secondary development of how to emotionally enhance the image itself. This could be through editing the image,using collage,using a fire substance or a  material to form texture,or possibly using Photoshop to create an  unrealistic altered effect to the image itself.I want all my work to have a strong aspect of originality and also unique editing circumstances and compositions to make a  detailed  analysis of the piece itself and more of the meaning behind what the image symbolizes. I will experiment with the ideas developed above but then also the way in which this changes how that persons beauty conventions have been altered and how the new image mimics a feeling or tone or presence to the piece as a whole.