Linking to the theme of Loss of Identity:
The string that has been sown onto the photograph is meant further illustrate the lack emotions that the model is struggling to show/express them more. As well as this, the string can also be a sign of being trapped and being tied down to your own emotions which links to loss of identity as it represents people not being able to control how they act or how they feel.
Editing:
I edited three of my best images from one of. my photoshoots to look more like Lee Jeffries work. I made the photo black and white and I intensified this by lowering the red and yellow tones do allow more contrast to be seen. These images were the most successful as they were the most in focus, the most intense and you can see minute details such as the freckles on the models face, similarly to some of Jefferies’ models. I also edited the photos to be in black and white because the loss of colour links to the sub theme “loss of identity”. The centre piece links well to this theme as the background tells the observer no further information about what the model is like personality wise or what their life is like as well as what their past/background is like. I cropped the images in order let the observer focus more on the details of the models face, this is similar to what Jefferies does with his own photography.
Final Process:
After mounting my photos onto foam board and sewing on red thread onto my final image, the photos below were my final outcomes. With the photo being in the style of Lee Jefferies work and getting the inspiration to use thread from. the photographer Maurizio Anzeri, these outcomes turned out very much in the way that I wanted. For deciding the composition of my final pieces, I was thinking of having two A4 sizes cut down to be square photographs and placing either side of the larger A3 photograph which was also cut down into a square. I chose these particular photographs to be this specific size as I thought that the photo with the model looking straight into the lens seemed less intense therefore it would make more sense for it be the centre piece, compared to the more intense and dramatic photos where the model looks as if they are in agony due to the string pulling on their face. I decided to do a geometric pattern on the centre photo as some Maurizio Anzeri’s work has simple “swirly” looking patterns on his own work, too add my on twist to it I decided to make it more jagged and I thought that the pattern fit the other photos better this way as it makes the photo more dramatic.
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