Final images

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photo that I chose:

The first two pictures are from the same shoot “Mexican identity”. This shoot helped me demonstrate one of my origins … Mexico. Why did I want to do this shoot? Since I was little my mother shows me this culture which also mine. I grew up with Spanish, Mexican music, Mexicans in their daily life … One of the famous people I knew from an early age was Frida Kahlo. She is a very famous Mexican painter and around the world. I love Frida Kahlo’s paintings. I have always admired the way Frida Kahlo expresses herself behind her paintings. She is not afraid to show her fears nor passion or her pain. I decided to take inspiration from one of her self-portraits. Not to express my feelings but to somehow honour her. To show the great pride of Mexico. The second photo is a way for me to represent the past that’s why some parts are in black and white.

The third picture is from my “multiple cultures identity” shoot. I was very lucky to have grown up Mexican cultures I was able to grow up with two completely different … Austrian and French. So for this project I had to show this part of me because is very important for me. To do that I search for traditional and stereotypes style that represents the countries I grow up in. The first (pink) I chose a short blonde wig for this photo. As accessory a crown of small pink and purple flowers and as clothing a small traditional Austrian shirt. The second one a long black wig, a wreath of large red flowers and as clothes a typical Mexican t-shirt. The third (red and blue) we can notice the famous Parisian beret that I combined with a sweater with black and white stripes. The last photo is to show me how I am, without stereotypes and traditional clothing. What I want to demonstrate with my photos and that I do not always show my cultures outside but they, as always, mentally.

Review and Reflection

I like the rendering of my photos I think I managed to interpret what I wanted to show but if it was to be done again I will focus more on small details because in presenting my work I have several ideas for the photos that I took and unfortunately I did not have the time to infiltrate these small details. What I mean by “small details” is like for example the inspirational image of Andy Warhol I would have liked to have different colours on my hair, my lips really like Andy Warhol the problem is I have think about it too late. Another problem that i have seen in my images especially my first shoot is the light. Many of my photos were quite obscure but apart from that I’m very happy with the result.