During our first visit to the CCA Gallery in St. Helier I saw how the australian photographer Clare Rae uses herself as the main focus of her photographs to represent gestures and performance in reaction to an older French-Jewish photographer Claude Cahun.

This photo of Rae shows her in an uncomfortable and unnatural position. I think that this was a hard photo to do as she is her own model so she had to set up her camera and set a timer or have a clicker, of her in this unusual position.

This photo shows her trying to manoeuvre  herself to try fit into her surroundings. I believe that this photo is almost representing how people change to adapt to their surroundings but to also fit  into society more.

This photo of Claude Cahun, just proves to us that she was exploring body image by shaving of her own hair to prove herself. I really like this photo not just because she has done this to herself, but because she has shown many textures within the photo, from the smoothness of her clothes and hair to the rough textures of the granite wall behind.

I also quite like this photo of Clare Rae in the ruins of an old German bunker. I like this because of the dullness of the sky above it really brings out the rest of the photo. I also like the use of depth in this as you can tell she is far away, although there is depth there is no specific focal point.

Overall I really enjoyed the trip to the CCA Gallery as I learned a lot about both of these fantastic photographers, I also got to compare their similarities and differences upclose.