For my personal study project, I will be focusing on the theme of IDENTITY, more specifically youth culture and the transition from childhood to adolescence. I have chosen this theme because I think that I will be able to produce a wide and interesting range of images, varying from tableaux and studio portraits to more candid and street photography.
In the photo it shows the use of two black and white photos layered on top of each other where the lighting in the Photos are natural with a fast shutter speed as there isn’t much light in the photos and with the two people I would expect movement which is easily cause with a fast shutter speed so there is no blurring in the image.
“The snapshot idea has always interested me – the way an object in its dysfunction or contextual orientation become an image; it seems to become an image itself.”
I agree with this statement as a dysfunctional object I find can be very interesting in the way they have become exploring how it looks which you can then photograph and become a new image itself.
The use of a small tonal range is very effective as both images relate towards the blacks and whites giving both the images that simple link between the two. the two images have a contrast in textures as the back photo has a softer texture because of the bed sheets having a comfy look to the image. With the front image it has a rougher texture as the road has a rough look to it and so does the grass with its uneven surface.
“I have found following my own image fascination difficult. It is always in conflict with my conscience intentions and leads me into unexpected, sometimes unwelcome territory.”
I do find with photography it can become bias towards conscience decisions which then again can lead to unexpected territory but it can also lead towards good decisions and the conscience decision can lead to something really impactful.
As the overlaying photo has a fork road where the one road splits into two may reflect the photo of the two women as they could be the one road parting into two. The overlaying photo also covers the women’s faces which isn’t centre so then it could be intentional on how it’s uneven and how it is purposely places on those faces or could be accidental.
“Collage is a way to create the circumstances for digression and for attention to the unintentional or inadvertent, as you say, for allowing a conscious contemplation of the image in its dream state.”
With the overlaying photo is gives both the images attention for this uniqueness whether it was intentional or not but it does allow the the conscience to contemplate the image on its dream like state.
Reviewing and reflecting my year 12/13
ANTHROPOCENE
SELF-REFLECTION-IDENTITY
We were ask to reflect on our Identity and community project. And write an overview of what we had learned so far as Year 12 and Year 13 student and how we intend to develop our Personal Study. Last year we learned about the bases of photography and techniques to take different types of pictures for example when I took my images inspired by Troy Paiva’s style I had to learn how to use two continuous lights and added a grid and coloured gels to them to have the same effect. I also learned about contrasting warm and cool colours. We explored several subjects like Anthropocene, landscapes, many types of portraits like headshots up close, double/Multi exposures, Deadpan passport… This experience made realise how much I apricate Portraits, whether it’s close up or double exposure I find people interesting because I think it’s fun, it’s you who decides the poses and the place so it’s predictable your creativity has no limit. We also learned how to edit our pictures with multiple apps like Photoshop or Lightroom so we have the choice how and with which app we want to edit our images. Last year we worked individually in each project but this year we tried one the NFT project in groups. Is definitely different working individually and working in group. You have learn to share and mixed your ideas with the other members, Organized yourself in relation to others, At least the easiest is that we have to divide up the roles while when we are individual we have to do everything alone so it takes more time. We learned how to create a gif, and edit our NFT video. Even if I wasn’t very interested in the NFT project I still really like how our project turned out and I appreciated working with my group. We had two controlled conditions last year, Self-reflection we investigate the subject of Identity what it meant to us. We study who we were and how did we identify ourselves. I represented one of the cultures I grown up with which is Mexico. I explained one of the most famous artist in Mexico is Frida Kahlo. I love Frida Kahlo’s paintings because of the way she expresses herself behind them. So I wanted to self portraits inspired by her to honour her. I think this could be great for my community and identity project now. Our seconded control conditions was Anthropocene which means a period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth. On that time a knew a hotel that was closed and I thought it could be a great opportunity to take pictures so I could show a place abandoned by humans and which is being destroyed by itself little by little. And create Art with it “But what if we took the packaging of our favourite fast food and turned it into an inspiration from a 17th century painting.” I think they were my best work and I had a lot of fun making them. I explain in more detail, we can see that I have more confidence and the photos are in better quality.