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Identity photo shoot planning

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My chosen theme for this shoot is self expression; how people express themselves through what they wear and how they communicate (facial expressions and body language).

The purpose of this photo shoot is to explore diversity within the community, how people within the same community differentiate themselves from one another, as well as how they react differently to being placed in the same environment and treat identically.

The shoot will take place in the photography studio where I will take photos of my friends in the exact same way; the camera angle and where they are standing will be identical every time, but it will be up to them how they pose and express themselves in the photos. I will also let them decide what they want to wear for the shoot.

They won’t be doing the same leaning pose as here but the shoot will work in a very similar way. The angle and basic setup will be identical but it’s up to the people being photographed to express themselves. The only difference is that in my shoot I won’t make everyone pose in the same way, that will be up to them.

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When time was prime — 1*

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For my project I will be following the style Koenig and the subject of it is my late Grandfather as I have a large amount of photos from his life and from when he lived in his house which is now empty and being redone for renovation, and it is almost completely empty with no wall paper not carpet and no ceiling just the floor above.

The project is an exploration in the sense of loss and change. The photos will be framed as such that they will be in the position that they were taken and should line up with the main features that still remain in the house, I will then take a step back and take a photo en capturing the photo and the background to show how the area as changes and how that his absence from the space has meant that a change has come about. It will also comment on how that the house and the area reflected his personality and that once he left his personality left not long after.

 

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Identity and Place Case Study- Sarah Maple

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Sarah Maple was born in 1985 to an Iranian Muslim mother, and a Christian father. Most of her work stems from her mixed cultural upbringing, and challenges the traditional social role of women, and also concepts of religion. Some of Maple’s work can be viewed as controversial as she’s pictured herself doing things such as smoking in a hijab.

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Images/paintings by Sarah Maple

 

Mind Map

Analysing

Image by Sarah Maple.
Context

This is an image from Sarah Maple’s Disney Princess series.

Visual

In this image we see 3 people in what seems to be a scientific lab setting. ” of the people are in the background and the third person is in the centre of the frame dressed as snow white while handling a beaker.

Concept

I think this image is very powerful in breaking gender stereotype perceptions. This image shows a Disney princess in what could be considered a very professional and respected job role. By having a stereotypical female, who’s wearing a dress, and makeup taking on the role of a princess Maple is trying to convey the fact that females are fully able to be in respected job roles.

 

 

Analysing

Context

This is a mixed media art piece, Created by Maple then photographed by her.

Visual

This image shows a white lampshade in the shape of a female body, with the message “women are no longer viewed as objects” written on it in a black pen.

Concept

This image is very powerful in conveying Maple’s opinion on the female body. Although the message written on the lampshade says that women are no longer viewed as objects, this image suggests that she doesn’t think that’s true. This is due to the fact that the message is literally written on a lampshade, which is an object, in the shape of a female body. I think this is a very interesting image as the artist has contradicted herself in order to gained the viewers attention, in order for them to understand the concept of the sculpture.

 

 

 

 

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Claude Cahun and Clare Rae comparative essay

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EXAMINING THE ARTISTS’ WORK 

For this comparative essay I have chosen to examine these two pieces of photography due to the contrasting nature of the composition and the surroundings.

Firstly, I thoroughly enjoy the work of both Cahun and Rae, Rae following a similar style to Cahun in which she is part of, or the main subject of the photo. Rae tends to incorporate herself into the landscape more as opposed to being the focal point of the image. The strange contortions that she sometimes does during photoshoot is an attempt to flow into and become one with her surrounding. The soft and subtle clothing that she chooses to wear during these photo shoots, illustrates a delicate and fragile side of her that allows her to blend in. I have also noticed that in the majority of her photos she is facing away from the camera , or she is at a disctance where it cannot be seen clearly. This once again suggests that she doesn’t want her identity to shine through as  our face is one of our most distinctive features, rather allowing her environment to be the biggest contributor of the image. In this photo, her attempt at fitting into the cart makes her seem small and insignificant in the maze of archives surrounding her. Rea, like Cahun, works in black and white imagery which again allows her to blend well into her surrounding with the monotone shades that her photography produces.

The work of Rae, although similar to Cahun’s, has some distinctive differences. Cahun also tends to set a lot of her photos outdoors, yet the main target that Cahun has is to explore and capture her out of the ordinary identity. Her strong facial features are clearly captured in the image. The smooth curves of her arms and face are the main center of the photo, contrasting the busy flowers that are in the foreground. Due to the technology of the time, Cahun worked only in black and white imagery but I feel this is was also an advantage as she allows all the character to come from the interesting compositions and themes as opposed to color and tone. Cahun is often discussed in relation to Butler’s idea of the performativity of
gender because of the role that gender performance plays in Cahun’s photographic self- transformations. While Cahun and Moore’s photographs of Cahun are certainly relevant to Butler’s theories of gender it was the ideas such as androgyny and the “third sex,” raised in the 1920s and ‘30s, which truly influenced their work. This image was prior to Cahun shaving her head and completing her androgynous look, portraying more as female. Preharps even the flowers in which she has chosen to stand in is a sort of irony of the traditional views of society and how women are viewed as “innocent flowers”.

 

Claire Rea, Les Blanche Banques 2017

 

Claude Cahoon JHT/1995/00032/p
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Gender identity

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Gender identity is described as being one’s perception of their own gender. This can be the same, or can also differ from one’s assigned sex at birth.  In today’s society it is relatively agreed on that children form their own personal gender identity by age 3, and they are able to do things such as choose toys that are considered “appropriate” for the gender they identify with. This shows how we live in a society where genders can still be stereotyped to the point where children who see themselves as being females choose to play with dolls, and children who see themselves as being males choose to play with toy cars.

In this day and age, I believe that it’s more acceptable than it used to be to do and wear things that a few years ago would be deemed as “not appropriate” for the sex you were. For example, until 1993, Women weren’t allowed to wear trousers on the U.S. Senate floor as trousers were considered “menswear” and In 2003, male employees received paid statutory paternity leave for the first time as taking care of  children was seen as “women’s work”.

Although, advances to break gender stereotypes have been made in the past few years there are definitely many stereotypes that are deeply rooted into society, which I think would be very interesting to explore for the theme “identity and place”.  For this project I will be focusing specifically on the female gender. Most of this project will focuses on challenging stereotypical views that society may have of females.

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Not my images.

Mind Map

 

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Lorna Simpson – Case Study

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Five Day Forecast 1991

Lorna Sampson has created this image of a person of everyday of the week. Conceptually, she created it to show what her life was like when she had to work multiple jobs in order to fund her hobby of art/photography. There are words which hold negative connotations towards them at the bottom of the image, this implies that Sampson did not enjoy the multiple jobs due to the chaotic and horrible life style it bought. Technically, the images are presented in black and white which allows the images to be high in tonal regions. The main formal elements within this image is repetition, due to the same image being used, and texture due to the creases found in the tank top. The creases inform us that this person does not have much time, due to the multiple jobs, therefore the creases are found upon the shirt. The main focus point is the models waist, these are used to help guide the viewers eyes around the frame. It seems that the ISO used was low due to no noise being presented within the images. The shutter speed is likely to be kept low as there is no intended blur within the repetitive images. The aperture is likely to be on a ‘normal’ setting as the images are not significantly light or dark. The depth of field is large as within the images everything is in focus. The background found is plain white, which also adds to how plain and boring life was like working these multiple jobs. With the models arms being crossed conveys a negative connotation to how this model is feeling. Psychologically speaking having the arms crossed means that people are not likely to take on information that people are saying and are very close about their life. This implies that maybe the model is very closed about their life and entraps the feelings. Towards the bottom of the images there are a bunch of  adjectives which all hold negative connotations, this positions the viewer to understand this time in Simpson’s life. This piece of works links into loss of identity as it shows that by having multiple jobs made Sampson unhappy, less sociable and she lost her identity. Colors are not used as that presents an identity, which was not the aim of the piece. Moreover, one of the words used is ‘Misidentify’ which implies that she is mistaking her identity and slowly loosing it due to her lifestyle.

Taking from Sampson’s piece I like the idea of only presenting the body of my model. This means that an emotional attachment can not be created as there is no face. Moreover, I like how black and white has been used to take away color, as colors can help build a persons identity. The use of negative words about losing identity could easily be implemented within my work allowing words and photography to combine to create a powerful piece. As an action plan I will carry out a photo shoot where I will capture my model without capturing the face. I will do this by placing the model in random locations and positions in order to create different meanings.

 

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Identity

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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.

 

 

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Initial Photoshoot – Place

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For an individual, the people they spend time with impacts how they evolve as a person. These people can influence their future both negatively and positively. The most influential people in MY life are my family and close friends. My small community helps me navigate through life with support with double the enjoyment of each others company. 

To respond to the stimuli of ‘Identity and Place’, I have photographed moments of which i’m with family and friends to capture that memory and moment. 

Analysis

Within these images I used natural light when available, however in the images taken in the evening, i used flash for them. This is due to me wanting to capture as much detail as possible without over exposing my images.