In the first edit I used ‘p’ and ‘x’ to filter through 120 photographs I flagged 34 images. I then went onto rating the photos 5 star meaning ‘yes’ 4 star meaning ‘maybe‘. After Rating the photos I went onto colour coding and selecting which ones I would consider my final edits. From them edits I look more closely at them and compare two photos to get the final edit.
In total there were 206 photos I had to filter through them I used a system of red, green and orange: no, yes and maybe.
as there were so many I then went ahead and made another set of contact sheets of the possible outcomes and narrowed it down even more to 175 possible photos that could be used to creat a final piece/oieces.
“Black women’s heads of hair are galaxies unto themselves, solar systems, moonscapes, volcanic interiors.”- Elizabeth Alexander.
Using advertising photographs of black women (and men) drawn from vintage issues of Ebony and Jet magazines, the exquisite and thought-provoking collages of world-renowned artist Lorna Simpson explore the richly nuanced language of hair. Surreal coiffures made from colorful ink washes, striking geological formations from old textbooks, and other unexpected forms and objects adorn the models to mesmerizingly beautiful effect.
born August 13, 1960, is an African-American photographer and multimedia artist. She made her name in the 1980s and 1990s with artworks such as Guarded Conditions and Square Deal.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Simpson was showing work through solo exhibitions all over the country, and her name was synonymous with photo-text artworks. In her early work around the 80s and 90s, she tries to portray African American women in a way that is not derogatory or actual representations of the women portrayed.
Her works have been included in numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally. She is best known for her photo-text installations, photo collages, and films.
Prior to receiving her BFA, Simpson traveled to Europe, Africa, and the United States where she further developed her skills through documentary photography.
Simpson sets two women side-by-side; a household servant from 1860 and a wealthy homeowner from 1960. allowing parallel and haunting relationships to be drawn.
She commented, “I do not appear in any of my work. I think maybe there are elements to it and moments to it that I use from my own personal experience, but that, in and of itself, is not so important as what the work is trying to say about either the way we interpret experience or the way we interpret things about identity.”
AbstractFormalism, is the concept that a work’s artistic value is entirely determined by its form. To understand formalism, you have to know what form is. Form is the shape of something, and the visual aspects that come together to make that shape. It’s purely visual aspects.
Formalism emphasizes compositional elements such as color, line, shape and texture rather than realism, context, and content. In visual art, formalism is a concept that suggests that everything necessary to comprehending a work of art is contained within the work of art. The context for the work, including the reason for its creation, the historical background, and the life of the artist, is considered to be of less importance. Formalism is an approach to understanding art.
Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental, conceptual or concrete photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials.
“My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.”
I used a rose because a rose is pretty but also has thorns which in a way represents my personality, through all the good there is also the thorns and bad parts.
The colours of roses all mens different things for example:
I decided to do this small photo shoot in my bedroom with a mirror because I liked the atmosphere of the environment, also a persons room shows a lot about their personality because its years of accumulated information, which is often hard to fake, and can be a more reliable indicator of what someone is like.
We leave clues about ourselves in a space, either deliberately or unconsciously. The first sets of clues are, identity claims. These are deliberate statements we make to others about who we are. Maybe you use your space to tell someone about your culture, or the politics you believe in.
My room beyond the furniture, which isn’t really coordinated, it’s filled, and decorated, with fairy lights, candles and plenty of prints, colourful artwork, photos and cushions. It’s probably quite cluttered but it always feels cosy to me. As an artist, I’m a big day dreamer – so good lighting and comfy surroundings help me relax, while being surrounded by colour and images can inspire me creatively.
I actually decided that most of these were not really to my satisfaction and decided I was not going to use many of them.
This photoshoot was taken in my hometown back in portugal, this place is where I normally go on holiday to in the summer it is where i am re-united with my friends and in a way have more freedom to act as myself an do my own thing.
This photoshoot was taken at one of the many beaches in my hometown which is were I spent my time when im on holiday. I love to surf and swim in the wild sea and watch the waves crash, have a bonfire on the beach and have fun with my friends.
Claude Cahun was a Surrealist photographer whose work explored gender identity and the subconscious mind. The artist’s self-portrait from 1928 epitomizes her attitude and style, as she stares rebelliously at the camera in an outfit that looks neither conventionally masculine nor feminine. with her photography one of her many skins is gender-defying as she gives this photograph a very neutral look that leaves to question ‘What is this persons gender?’ this was one of the many question that were going through my head when I first saw this photograph. I think she is trying to show us and tell us that it really should not matter what gender she identifies as because she is still going to be this quirky photographer from jersey and her gender does not identify her. She is the main focus point in this image which is quite symmetrical is a way as she has a heart on both sides of her check and her hair is styled the same and gives it an even more symmetrical look. I am pretty sure this image has been taken in the studio as she is sat on a chair with what looks to be a curtain for a backdrop.
Claude Cahun’s photographic self-portraits present mix of mystery, exuberance, and sobriety. Born in France, she lived most of her life on the island of Jersey with her stepsister and long-term love, Marcel Moore.
Themes of melancholy, futility, and uncertainty run deep through Cahun’s career. Cahun’s exploration of self is relentless and at times unsettling. From circus performer, clothed in layers of artifice, to a stripped-down Buddhist monk grounded by integrity, Cahun is engaged in an ongoing dialogue with abundance.