Background:
The early 1960’s featured a number of diverse trends. It was a decade that broke many fashion traditions, mirroring social movements during the time. During the late 60’s there was a backlash by radical feminists in America against accouterments of what they perceived to be enforced femininity within the fashion industry. Instead these activist wore androgynous and masculine clothing such as jeans, work boots or berets.
Plan:
For this photoshoot I will be taking the images in the studio to give me the best lighting for recreating these AD’s I will use two different subjects one in each of the images. I am going to be dressing the subject in clothing that is almost exact or close to what the subject in the original image is wearing.
For the first recreation seen below I have found someone I feel will work best to take on this photograph and I have asked them to dress in a way similar to that of the original picture for the best possible recreation I can gain.
I will be trying to show my inspiration from Cindy Sherman by the way I am having my subjects try to embody the way the original subject was standing and acting.
First recreation:
Above shows the photograph that I have chosen to recreate. I had my subject stand against the wall and try to recreate the pose that the model was standing in herself. What I feel could have been done better would be to find an actual wall to take the photographs against rather than in the studio however I feel the rips on the floor of the studio I feel help with the recreation.
Above shows a contact sheet of the images I produced on the day of the photoshoot. As can be seen some of the photographs came out too dark when I began to adjust the light, however this was able to be fixed in the camera settings with some adjustments. Taking and thinking of the inspiration from Cindy Sherman I tried to have my subject embody and look at the original image a couple of times to try and recreate and represent the woman in the original photograph.
Unedited Best Outcomes:
Below shows my 6 personal best outcomes from the photo shoots. After selecting these I will go in and start editing my 2 favorites to be more like the original picture and to enhance them more.
