For this shoot I wanted to make the most of the lights that are hung up on the sea front between St Helier and St Aubin as I thought it would work well with my inspiration of the grunge/rock aesthetic.
I also wanted to incorporate my inspiration from Edward Honaker and edit the model’s face to show that there isn’t a ‘look’ you need to have to listen to rock and metal music.
Plan:
Who: Amelia
Where: The Avenue, St Helier
When: Evening
How: Fast shutter speed, long exposure, flash.
Contact sheets
Final Images
I wanted to highlight the fact that, for me, music helps me escape reality and the real world for a few minutes/hours. These images, I think, show that the best.
The first image was taken using a long exposure and then moving the camera to create a blurred effect with the light and the model moving to a different part of the image. The viewer could see it as a journey from reality to your own world.
It could also represent the time passing; or the fact that the person who is listening to music is listening to songs from different eras in times like the 70s, 80s,90s etc.
I took this image just as it was getting dark and the sky had a purple hue which contrasts well to the bright lights that are hung on the side of the street.
The second image is a representation of the fact that we are not the same person when we are around different people. The girl on the left represents how society views you, and the girl on the right is the real you who has to see the world perceive you as someone else.
The girl on the right is more translucent, this shows that society won’t view you as you unless you change your appearance or personality. The ghost like figure emphasises that society views her in the wrong way.
This is an issue in the metal community because many women are told that they are show offs, fakers and are only doing things for attention. Society views the metal community as male dominated. This is because of the sexist views that sadly are in our world, women can be seen as weak and therefore many people believe that we wouldn’t be listening to music with screaming and aggression.
For this shoot I wanted to emphasise the fact that you do not need to look a certain type of way to listen to metal. To highlight this, I created a whirlpool effect on the models’ faces so that no one would know what they truly looked like. I also cut out the face of the model on my final image. I left some skin on the forehead to emphasise the fact that no matter how hard you try, you will never be able to erase the true version of you no matter how hard you try.
The whirlpool effect was inspired by Edward Honaker.
