For my first photo-shoot, I have decided to focus on taking inspiration from the photographer Chris Porsz , and have decided to recreate archival photographs from the past (using the same now grown subjects) in order to portray the journey of the subjects through their life, and to show the changes they have undergone in the time between the 2 images being taken. The comparisons will be easier to make due to the fact that the subjects will be recreating the same poses in the same environments, thus showing a reflection between the 2 time periods, and showing the differences and similarities between the subject then, and now.
The below images are the archival images that I may be recreating using the same subjects:
The following images are contact sheets showing my decision making process for the images that I will carry through to the editing process:
Key: Red S.P = subject posted incorrectly – Red cross = rejected image – Red C.A = camera angle is incorrect – Green tick = possible final image
I also edited the original, archival images in order to make them seem more 2D and flat, rather than lying on the original background that i took the images on. The contact sheet for the archival images is below:
On top of the above contact sheet, I have also made use of Photoshop in order to edit some of the images rather than taking multiple photographs of subjects, I have used a single image that is more recent (e.g a school photo) and have edited it to match the original so that the 2 can be compared. Below is an example of an image I will be editing to match the original:
