What is included and who is included?
Image 1:
When first deciding what types of photo shoot I initially came to a halt for ideas. I soon remembered last year i did a fun run which involved powder paint and having left overs I knew I could start getting fairly creative with this. So i asked one of my friends to help me out we went somewhere where not too much mess could be made and then using three different colors of powder paint: orange, blue and pink. I began to blow it on to her face to create ‘patches’ of the paint to give a color and effective look, to me it was important that the picture portrayed different texture so i made sure i was a windy in order to get volume and movement in the hair.
Image 2:
For my second piece, I was at the art center for a rehearsal and one of our costumes was a dirty brown authentic looking dress which i deemed to be perfect for this occasion, and knowing this location fairly well mi was aware of an old set of stair case at the back of the stage so i asked a friend to help me out. I got her in costumer to run up and down the stairs a few time while i photographed as many photos i could in one lap of the starts in order to ha the same direction. This made it much easier when i went on to over laying y images and the stair cases lined up perfectly- this helped provide a much better overall affect.
Why this shoot and how is it connected to identity and place?
Theme: Place and Identity
Image 1:
For my first image I was originally looking closely into photo montages leading to me looking at magazines. That is when I came up with the idea of creating something do to with magazines. This links to identity as nowadays people are so set on being like all the models they see in the pages of magazines and how you should look. The idea that people will do nothing to look ‘perfect’ but realistically there is no perfect. People should be happy with themselves having their ow identity to everyone else. This is where my idea for my image came together. The power paint really helped me provide the image with the her face looking extremely distorted and looking different and original. Creating the opposite of what you would find on the front of Vogue.
Image 2:
For this image i was very much inspired by Francesca Woodman. Francesca Woodman had evidently a hard life with being an inspiring photographer , but with no one to show her work to. Woodman went though a dark stage where she didn’t know what she was doing and constantly went on about trying to find herself. The idea of loss identity and loneliness was clearly represented in her photographs. This is the road i wanted to go down the point of loss identity