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.

I really like my image, this is because I think it fits really well into the work of Paul Strand, although his work is predominantly in black and white mine is black and white with added colour just so it stands out much more than it would, if it had been in all black and white. This image is one of my favorites as although you immediately look at the boldness and the more focused plants in the foreground, your eyes can’t help but get dragged to the blobs of colour in the background. This image makes you think about the picture and instantly makes yourself asks itself questions such as, where was the photo taken, and what is the photo about. As I said this photo leaves it in your imagination. To some people they will instantly know where this moment was captured, to others you will be left questioning yourself. Although I really like my final edited version with the black and white and dark colours with the colours drawing your attention, I did this to follow the work of Strand, but I like my original version even more, this is because I feel like it didn’t need to be edited to show its true beauty of the scenery.I really like my photo, because it reminds me of when I was taking it as I was enjoying some family time which is sacred to me. It also reminds me on what I used to do when I was a young child down at this location, so personally this photo has a meaningful background to me.