On the side of out Identity and Community project, we have been given the opportunity to submit our work to be printed and presented in the JEP. In preparation for this, we have been asked to gather our strongest pieces from year 13 and present them in different ways: a full bleed, a collage/montage, a sequence and a juxtaposition spread.
Collage
For my collage piece, I have decided to input my collage that i made during the NFT project, this was made by hand using printed images and a canvas sheet displaying same sex models , however due to the paper material, I don’t think that the quality of the print will be suitable for the newspaper.
Sequence
These photos surrounding the middle image consists of close up images of the same models arms. This is my sequence spread as all the images have a common theme. I feel like this spread is the only one out of my project that can work as a sequence due to all the tattoos being so diverse and personalised to each individual.
Full bleed
I chose this image as a potential full bleed as this is my favourite photo aesthetics wise, this image shows a symmetric full chest and neck tattoo. This photo is what I used for my front and back covers as the image wrap will be perfectly symmetrical with the eye in the middle, on the spine of the book.
My next full bleed is a coloured image showing a variety of tattoos, with the main piece being the roman philosopher, Marcus Aurelius. I found the same broken statue as the tattoo and decided to line it up, showing the tattoo and statue together.
Juxtaposition
Here we can we can see two photos both displaying hands, however bring different essences to the photobook. the photo on the left shows an open hand with a tattoo of a day of the dead skull, this give the image a powerful and imitating demeanour. This is strange to see that an open hand gives this feel when you see more intimidating images, they include closed hand. However, the closed hand on the right has a sense of delicacy and remembrance, supported by the background writing.