Studio photography is used to shoot a wide variety of subjects, including people, animals and wide variety of products, from automobiles to jewelry. A photography studio will usually start out as a blank space, meaning just an empty room. In this case, my theme of portraiture allows the models emotion/expression to become bolder and more intense than an usual everyday background.

In the images that i have picked from particular photographers, they seem to have more character compared to other photos that i have seen. In Lisa Visser’s photos the models look very innocent and the fact that these photos are in black and white make them look even more simple and pure than usual. As well as this, the blank expression on their faces makes it even harder to know what they’re thinking/feeling; this can make the viewer feel slightly unnerving and uncomfortable, especially because they are children and most children are full of energy and would rarely have a blank expression on their face. The studio setting intensifies this unnerving feeling as there is no meaningful background for the viewer to observe to be able to know something about the models life, unlike environmental photography. On the other hand, Mads Perch’s photos express a lot of emotion through colours and contrast. The dark and dramatic black background contrasts immensely with the model that has a lot of colour projected on her. By having a large amount of different colours on the model, her expressions become more meaningful, maybe even more mysterious as the colour is filtering her facial expressions. Her photos are interesting and inspiring as they catch the observers eye as the the lighter colours against the black background make the white shades stand out more and the human eye is automatically drawn to white/lighter colours. Again, the studio setting intensifies this as all you can see in the photo is the model, no background. As for Nicolas Savine, his photos are similar to Lisa Visser’s work, as they are also black and white and a lot of his photos also have the model making a blank expression. Although, he has some models pull a different expression, therefore showing emotion, this can make the viewer even more uncomfortable, especially if they’ve seen the model with no expression, this is because the model can come across a fake; as if they don’t actually have emotion but they are only showing emotion because they are being told to.

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