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Image 1:
For my first piece I want to display my Photo montage, This image show the loss and the lack of identity, I have chosen to print it out on A3 , I am going to mount it on to foam board and have a black background.
* Denotation – What is literally in the image – In the image there is a picture of a girl, and I edited it and and put layers with different adjustments for example I selected a piece of the picture and adjusted the threshold and contrast.
* Connotation – The meaning, what is implied/suggested by the photo – the meaning implied by this picture is supposed to represent a lack of identity, this is signified by the different adjustments in the picture.
* Studium – What we know about the photograph based on our own knowledge of the context.
Image 2:
Denotation:
In the image on the top you can see a person facing away from window, i decided to
For my 2nd piece I have chosen to use 2 pictures from my natural window lighting photo shoot, I think that these two were my best results from the shoot as they expresses what the intention was. I am going to have them on as A 4 with a white background.
Image 3 
I have chosen these two photos from the studio photo shoot, I like these as i had experimented with the technique of Chiaroscuro, evident in the photos i have also applied a filter one one of the photos to make it look like I have crumpled it. I am going to have these printed out as A3 pieces.
PhotoMontage Case Study:
David Hockney:
Was born in Bradford, England on 9 July 1937.
Is an English painter, draftsman, print maker, stage designer, and photographer. He is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Hockney’s of of Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), sold at auction for £70 million, where it became the most expensive work for a living artist. Hockney has experimented with painting, drawing, printmaking, watercolors, photography, and many other media including fax machine, paper pulp, and computer and iPad drawing programs to create his pieces of works.
Examples of his works:
My response to David Hockney’s:
For this I experimented with With using different Adjustments for example I used as filter called ocean ripple where I could select the piece of the picture I wanted then, then I applied the effect making it look like it is under water. The other effects that I have included is Inverted, the colours. Then I placed the different layers on the original photo to create a effect of loss of identity as everything as been cut to change the identity of the person.
Possible photos For mock exam – Self Portraits
* Denotation – What is literally in the image
In the image above I have got the girl position on a chair facing towards the camera, the person is wearing a tiara, glasses and earrings.
* Connotation – The meaning, what is implied/suggested by the photo
* Studium – What we know about the photograph based on our own knowledge of the context
i know that it is taken in a studio
* Punctum – meaning that pierces/pushes you personally – initial emotional reaction (not every photo has a punctum)
On this picture i have used a filter called oil paint where it makes the picture look like as if it has been painted on, Also it can be seen as it it is on a piece of crumbled paper. I like this as it could resemble a lack or loss of identity.
CCA Gallery Visit- Claude Cahun & Clare Rae
The exhibition focused on the different ways that the Australian photographer Clare Rae, who now lives in jersey, has responded to the works of the french photographer Claude Cahun who takes picture to explore the different views of identity and gender through self portraits. Through the the comparison of both artists you could see the the influence that Claude Cahun had on Clare Rae, this was evident at the exhibition, they both did there photos in black and white and and contrasting colors, you could see the similarities of both photographers.
Clare Rae:
In this picture you can see the artist Clare Rae is under this trolley, this could symbolize that she is feeling trapped and scared this tells us that she was trying to explore feminine and how woman feel about them selves. In the picture it looks like she is in an office basement where they keep all the files from years ago, also suggested by her body language it can tell you that she is feeling distressed about where she is. The picture has been done in Black and white which could mean that she is trying to erase the thought or is trying to tell us something.
Claude Cahun:
In this photo you can see Claude Cahun is in the center with a mask which is black and white with a white background. I feel that she is trying to express her feeling on feminine and how other woman or men feel about this photo. I also think it explores the different ideology of how men perceive woman in to day world. In the photo Claude has a straight face this could symbolize the fact she is doesn’t agree that men should treat woman disrespectfully. This photo could also symbolize they way she feels about her body and how she copes with her feelings.
Personally I think that the expedition showed the contrast between the two different photographers and how they response to each others work, and how similar their objectives are, the expedition also showed the different views about being a feminism and how different people have different viewpoints about these artists. I can also express the need to encourage talking about feminine people and not letting themselves down.
Study for Mock Exam: Identity
For My ideas i have decided to use beach junk e.g Sea Glass, Sea pottery, As i think that it would relate to the lack or loss of identity if i place over the picture.
Sea Glass meaning and history:
Naturally produced sea glass (“genuine sea glass“) originates as pieces of glass from broken bottles, broken tableware, or even shipwrecks, which are rolled and tumbled in the ocean for years until all of their edges are rounded off, and the slickness of the glass has been worn to a frosted appearance.
Sea pottery meaning and history:
Sea pottery (also known as “sea china” or “sea porcelain” or “beach pottery”) is pottery which is broken into worn pieces and shards and found on beaches along oceans or large lakes. Sea pottery has been tumbled and smoothed by the water and sand, creating small pieces of smooth, frosted pottery. It is often collected with more common sea glass by beachcombers.
Beach Junk meaning and History:
beach junk can also be known as jetsam this is wear unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore, especially material that has been discarded to lighten the vessel.
i thought that i would have two different photos of member of family, For example i would have a younger generation vs Older generation. Then i would place the sea glass and beach pottery over the photo to disfigure it and then i would use the beach junk to cover the photo in places this would represent loss of identity.
Identity
What is identity?
- Qualities
this is somebodies personality traits e.g the way they look, body posture - Beliefs
Somebodies beliefs in the way they live e.g religion - Geographical
An individual or group’s sense of attachment to the country, region, city, or village in which
they live - Cultural
feeling of belonging to a group - Lack of/loss of
being able to see yourself as the same person in the past, present, and future - Gender
personal sense of ones gender - family
express in your family rules, goals and vision - social
is the portion of an individual’s self-concept - Political
the interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify.
Photo-Montage- History
what is photo-montage?
Photomontage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image. Sometimes the resulting composite image is photographed so that a final image may appear as a seamless photographic print.
History:
- From 1930-1938, John Heartfield used photomontage to create 240 “Photomontages of The Nazi Period” to use art as a weapon against fascism and The Third Reich.
- photo-montages were called “combination printing” and started in the 18th century.
- In late Victorian North America, William Notman of Montreal used photomontage to commemorate large social events which could not otherwise be captured on film.
examples of early photomontage:
Examples of photo montage that I like:
Planning For Tableau And Staged Reality Photography
I have decided to look at Tom Hunter and his styles of Tableau Photography.
In this mind map I have explored different ideas for my tableau portraits. I have explored Tom Hunter, Disney Movies and famous paintings including Bansky. I have decided to explore Tom Hunter and Disney movies in deeper depth to help me decide what I am going to do for My Tableau.
For Disney I would look at scenes in different Iconic Movies:
Snow White:
Frozen:
Natural Lighting Contact Sheets
We had a task to go and find natural lighting around the school. we decided to go and find some light by a window as we thought it would bring more natural lighting here are some examples of what our come is :
Best Outcomes:
I like these outcomes because I found that they showed the light bouncing off the face. As you can see from the bottom photo I found that one the best we took as we have managed to capture the light bouncing off the glasses into the eye, also I found that if we used somewhere dark the photos would come out under exposed however to stop this we changed the white balance.