Diamond Cameo

Henry Mullins

Henry Mullins was an English Photographer born in 1818.

Henry Mullins was the first professional photographer to come to Jersey and establish a portraiture business in the very early days of photography.

Below is an example of one of Henry’s pieces where he makes use of the presentation technique – diamond cameo.

Diamond Cameos feature a series of four portraits that feature different angles or positions of the subject and are placed in a diamond shape in oval frames.

Double / Multi-exposures

Double / multi-exposures are compositions where multiple images are layered into one to create a repetition illusion.

Man Ray

Man Ray was an American experimental photographer born in 1890.

He experimented with rayographs and camera-less photography and was a specialist in the dark room.

These experimental veiws on photography led Ray to discover the emerging surrealist movement in France.

Surrealism was a movement that sought to the juxtapose distant realities and activate the unconscious mind through the imagery.

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Ray’s pieces explore surrealism by challenging the idea of having many compositions of the same subject in one image. He does this by creating a multi-exposure – using the same piece of film to take multiple images of the same subject.

He uses a high contrast in his images and leaves them slightly underexposed to create a gloomier feel.

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition in photography refers to the connection of two images with assumed similarities.

Below is a composition I shot where there is a juxtaposition between the subject and the landscape, surfer and the ocean.

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The images above are both lowkey, they juxtapose in the tonal elements such as high contrast and low saturation but also in a contextual fashion – a surfer and the surfers environment.

Henry Mullins and Michelle Sank

Below are a few examples of a series of juxtaposing compositions where Photographer Michelle Sank responds to Henry Mullins’ works.

She responds by taking modern versions of old Henry Mullins pieces and juxtaposing them according to social, political, class and professional stand points.

Below is my attempt at juxtaposing with one of Henry Mullins’ portraits.

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Sequence/grid

Henry Mullins has a good example of sequencing in his portrait album book.

This is a way of displaying final pieces and showcasing work in an ascetic, accessible and uniform manner.

The following is my reaction to J Grant Brittan’s piece.

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Photo Montage

Photomontage is the technique of making a composite photograph by overlapping, gluing, cutting, and rearranging two or more photographs into a new image. 

John Stezaker

Is a British photographer born in 1949.

He is fascinated by the “lure”of images.

Stezakers’ works focus on photo montage to give old images a new meaning and add a creative surrealistic tinge to his photography.

My response to Stezakers’ work: