Brno Del Zou is a French artist born in 1963. In his “photosculptures” series, Brno Del Zou uses the fragmentation of the body in order to better understand it. The body and the faces are revisited and their volumes are highlighted in order to create installations of multiple scales. In Brno’s work he is trying to explore the human body but by doing this his style, rather unusual but unique really goes with what he was trying to explore. By him being different it makes his work one of a kind and interesting to look at he’s expressing parts of his identity which is what should always be done when creating “your own work”. I like his work due to the layered fragments of the face creating a bizarre outcome, the use of black and white helps with distinguishing the mood that hes trying to share however some of his images have tiny elements of colour which makes the models features easier to spot and draws automatic attention. His work itself is leaning to the more unrealistic side of photography which gives him the ability to work with what he has an extend it for something meaningful which has been fulfilled in his case.

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For every great image is a story or an idea. For Brno’s work its evident that the idea of identity and expression is clearly shown, ashore the story behind it could  be that Brno is trying to explain that our mind can be our biggest challenge we face daily. Some images show various expressions, this can be used to symbolise the feelings we might feel In day to day life. This clearly highlighted the importance of what our minds can do which lead to a powerful message being shown through art and creativity instead of chunks of writing.

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 The set of photographs are all take as portrait at a straight on angle, which allows the models face to be the main focus point which is what Brno was aiming for .The tone of the photograph is quite light as there tends to be no shadow given off the body parts nor the face itself. The lighting used seems to be artificial lighting, which creates  a soft tone allowing the models body to easily be recognised. The background of these photographs are plain which allows the viewer to focus primarily on the distorted models face.

Here are some examples of his work