Hw- task 2 -CCA Galleries International

Claude Cahun X Clare Rae Exhibition 

Clare Rae- Exhibition

I chose this image by Clare rae due to how it stood out compared to the rest of her images, although her images all stick to a theme of portraits clare seems to try and adapt to the environment around her. She does this by positioning herself inside holes in buildings or by climbing onto rocks at the beaches or the sand dunes. This image she has physically lied across a rock this i found particularly weird as i had never seen an artist do that before. I particularly like her images because she works with black and white. For me i think the images that have quite a lot going on in the photo as in the surrounding that she has chosen, it creates more shading which also brings out certain detail that maybe if she hadn’t done it in black and white we would not have been able to spot due to sunlight or if the image was too bright.

Claude Cahun

This is an example of Claude Cahun work. This was my favorite image due to the elements of weirdness in the picture.  I think this picture is unique due to the fact its not simply sticking to the idea of just normal portraiture photography. Cahun works with black and white so therefore she relies on the heavy shades and contrasts between colours to adapt to the type of image she wants as an outcome. Every photo that Claude takes has a story she tends to explore out of the box ideas which in her age would have been seen as a brave but challenging thing to do. Cahun works around the theme of identity. This is shown not only in this photo but many others. She was looked up on as she was known for her exploration of sexuality and she shows that in her photographs.

Overall both artists create ideas of expression of identity and allowing and not being ashamed of showing off the female body. Both artists are expressive and work well in what there trying to create when someone is looking at their images as all images have a story so once understanding the context I realised why their images might have been seen as strange.