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Technical

Cahun organises the photoshoot and brings preps, such as the ripped piece of paper then, she takes the photo which pretty much the final image. Where as, Schmitz-Garcia takes the photo then edits after using scannographies. this, shows that there is more of a process with Schmitz-Garcia’s photographs. This is partly due to the fact that equipment has been evolved, so there is more potential.

Schmitz-Garcia’s used a dark environment then lights up the face, usually there a a green tint. Schmitz-Garcia uses a more increased saturation. Cahun uses a more natural looking light, during the day.

Schmitz-Garcia’s looks like it would be a long shutter speed as the image is manipulated. Although it is slightly underexposed. Cahun uses a fast shutter speed to make sure there is no blur, also it is perfectly exposed.

Contextual

Cahun is representing more obscure identities within here photographs, it has a high historical context as it was in 1900s-1950s.

Schmitz-Garcia’s is displaying multi-personality disorder in the modern world, which is more relevant to our current time period, which is why i’d like to focus on it more.

Visual

Cahun’s photos are mostly in black and white, as it was the standard in the 1900s. Her shots tend to have an empty background, which makes you focus on the subject more.

Schmitz-Garcia’s photos are coloured but use more dull colours as they’re taken in low light, and have a more serious context. There seems to be some grain in her final results. This is due to the effect that the scanner creates. Schmitz-Garcia’s focus point takes up more of the whole space, as the image is moved out of place.

Conceptual

Schmitz-Garcia’s concept was to stretch the image to visually show different facial expressions and manipulate the figure, it shows something similar to what people with multiple personality disorder would display.

Cahun’s concept was to question identity, gender and the subconscious mind. Successfully she did it by using mirrors, teared paper, outfits and other props to piece together her individual identity and photograph it.