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Plan

What:
A reecreation (with my personal touch) of the cover of Vogue magazine where Frida Kahlo appeared in 1938

When:
Wednesday 20th of January

Where:
The place was not the most important so I decided to do it at home and as a background a red sheet to add color to the image.

Why:

To represent this iconic person who is part of my culture

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Comparison


This image is more similar than my second shoot. I am placed in the middle of my image like that of Frida Kahlo. Our facial expression is a bit the same, we stare at the camera with a monotonous look a little empty. you can see a slight smile in the corner. What I love about Frida’s facial expression is that she looks confident even she poses in the room, she knows what she is doing. This expression is unique. Let’s go to the small details now, as we can see is that the backgrounds are not the same colour. Is done on purpose. The background of the photo of Frida Kahlo is green a colour that is part of the Mexican flag and the other two colours are white and red so I decided to put a red background to “continue the flag”. Even if we have almost the same outfit, there are some small details that are not the same example: the flowers that I wear are big and red while hers are small and pink those little flowers that are even on the bottom. Frida Kahlo has a traditional Mexican hairstyle while I have a more modern one. It is these little details like that that make the photo something beautiful.

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Frida Kahlo





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In 1929 Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo had been Mexico’s most well-know couple. While Diego was a painter who was famous for his large murals. Frida was famous for being his wife. But in 1938, Frida’s painting were starting to get known. Her style is unique and her art had always been in response to her life. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón is now known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artefacts of Mexico. She is iconic.





Behind the Personal Branding of Frida Kahlo | Vogue





This is a self-portrait  of Frida Kahlo published on Vogue in Paris in 1938. I think this picture is very iconic. I want to recreate this image but with my personal touch. I like to identify myself often with Frida Kahlo because she is an artist with a original creativity. What I love about her is that she is a powerful Mexican women, she is iconic. 










Andy Warhol





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Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. In 1967, Warhol established a print-publishing business, Factory Additions, through which he published a series of screen-print portfolios on his signature subjects. Marilyn Monroe was the first one. He used the same publicity still of the actress that he had previously used for dozens of paintings. Each image here was printed from five screens: one that carried the photographic image and four for different areas of colour, sometimes printed off-register. About repetitions Warhol said, “The more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel.”





Andy Warhol Pop Art Portraits That Changed The Art World Forever | Widewalls





To represent my identity I want to recreate this effect of the same photo but different colours. With this effect I will show the different cultures in which I had the opportunity to grow up. Because these cultures have made me the person I am now.





Comparison










They are both colourful pieces. They don’t have they’re not really in common, they don’t have the same style. The one on the left is the Marilyn Monroe painting that Andy Warhol has achieved while the one on the right is a cover of Vogue. We can notice that Frida Kahlo wears a traditional Mexican outfit, it shows its origin and then the decorative paper behind is green. one of the colours of the Mexican flag. You can also see small details like flowers. they don’t have the same tones of colour. Andy Warhol paints the face of Marilyn Monroe in pink and then surrounded with gold.








	

	
	




	
	

				

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Hassan Hajjaj





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Born in 1961 in Morocco and Londoner since 1973, Hassan Hajjaj, lives and works since then between two countries.  He is also influenced by cultural and musical scenes London, only by its northern heritage African. His artistic universe translates its ability to build bridges between these two cultures. Large coloured compositions, adopting the codes of photography contemporary fashion and pop art, they cross styles, universe and icons.





What I want to create 





Hassan Hajjaj Turns Moroccan Clichés Into London Cool - The New York Times





I come proudly from two different cultures .Indeed I’m Austrian and Mexican, two completely different cultures. This is part of my identity because I grew up with these two different origins and I made it in my own. So I wanted to take pictures that represents my two origins. What I find pleasant in Hassan Hajjaj’s photography is that he shows his cultures very proudly. I love the colours, the poses, the clothes and its makes me smile.

	

	
	




	
	

				

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Claude Cahun

		

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Who is Claude Cahun?




















 Claude Cahun is a woman who has reinvented herself through photography by posing for the lens with a keen sense of staging: dressed as a woman or a man, shaved or wicking, masked or disguised. The most radical pieces, such as his self-portraits made in 1928 or the sets such as “I’m in Training”, foreshadow contemporary performance. Each is a variation on the question of identity and gender, the body and its metamorphosis, individualism and the sense of exception





Analysis





Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob),  Untitled 1921–22






This definitely shows gender identity. We can see the great Claude cahun in full action. In this photo she has chosen to represent herself bald. Even her eyebrows are not showing. She is dressed in what appears to be a fairly masculine costume. The costume is black, quite large and a bit large for her. She has a white shirt underneath that matches her handkerchief . Her position is in my opinion mixed . We can see that her fist is tight as before a fight. And on her right side she puts her hand on her hip which gives a rather relaxed mood. Her face expresses a little questioning.
Although she dresses in a fairly masculine way you can see in her face that her upper lip has lipstick. What could represent femininity. This image is in black and white which creates a good contrast and a dramatic mood.





Comparison 





  • Claude Cahun
  • Hassan Hajjaj Moroccan Pop Art





 These photographers have a completely different style. The only similarity is that the models are placed in the middle but they don’t even have position. In the background of the photo of Hassan Hajjaj we can see patterns and colours while that of Claude cahun you can not really den something. The photo of Claude cahun is black and white which creates contrast while that of Hassan Hajjaj is in colour to make resort the beautiful Moroccan motifs.





                 

	

	
	






	
	

				

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Identity Intro

		

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What is identity?





From Latin Identities, identity is the set of traits typical of an individual or a community. These traits characterize the subject or the collective in front of others Identity is also a person’s self-awareness that makes them someone other than others. Although many of the traits that make up the identity are hereditary or innate, the environment exerts a great influence on the shaping of the specificity of each subject; for this reason expressions such as “I am looking for my own identity” are valid. In this sense, the idea of identity is associated with something of its own, an inner reality that can be hidden behind attitudes or behaviours that, in reality, have no relation to the person: “I felt that I had lost my identity; I started accepting jobs that I didn’t like and with which I had nothing in common. “The concept of sexual identity refers to each person’s vision of their own sexuality, which is decisive in relating to the rest of society. Notion links the biological dimension of the human being with the cultural aspect and freedom of choice.






	

	
	




	
	

				

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HEADSHOTS

		

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Henry Mullin





the collection of his photographs are owned by the Jersiaise Society, many guards arranged on the island were willing to pay half a guinea to have their portrait taken by him . His specialty was business cards . He was popular with officers of the Royal Militia Island of Jersey, at the time it was very popular to take portraits, He made portraits of their wives and children, for older and richer officers. In these photos we can notice the fashion at that time: long hair, whiskers and beards … Indeed the appearance was very similar.





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David Hockney










David Hockney was born July 9, 1937 in Bradford. He is a portrait painter, draughtsman, engraver, decorator, photographer and theorist of British art. These photos look like a collage. it looks like he takes a picture, cuts it into several pieces and then reconstructs it differently way like a puzzle. 










Hockney commented that photography is all right if you don’t mind looking at the world from the perspective of a paralyzed Cyclops for a fraction of a second. Her harsh opinion, however, changed when in February 1982 a curator visiting her home in the Hollywood Hills forgot a Polaroid movie and Hockney began experimenting with it, trying to capture the three dimensions of the surrounding reality. What was born of these experiments are the most amazing composite photographs/photocollages (you call it) that you will see in a long time.





My photos





I took pictures that I used for another  work (portraits with differents lights) I use my favourites pictures from this work. I wanted to create a very fashionable style for my photos. I was inspired by David Hockney.





Plan





Who: For this shoot I asked my mom to pose 





Where: I took my pictures in a studio





Why: I needed different pictures for my montage 





Here are the results:










pictures used for the first montage 





First montage 










pictures used for the seconde montage 





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STUDIO PORTRAITS 1

		

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Studio portraits :





Illuminating a studio configuration, portentous lighting is important. Portentous lighting can be created by adding a lot of contrast. Dark areas are just as important as light areas. This type of lighting requires a number of light sources located in a way that produce very light areas and some very dark ones. The most basic studio lighting uses a main light (1), a fill light (2), and a backlight (3). This is the most common lighting setting for studio-independent objects. A three-point configuration will immediately work well and is an excellent starting point for creating special effects. Light bulbs are useful because they allow you to control your direction and incident points to provide drama to the scene.





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3 Point Lighting :





Three-point lighting is a standard method of three-source lighting, I only use this technique with a few images This technique does not please me too much















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I had a lot of fun with one light, I love the shadows found behind or on the faces of people in the pictures. I often ask people on the cheek picture with their hands their arms their body basically to create more shade.I create different types of lights just by placing the main flash in several different places.






	

	
	




	
	

				

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CANDID PORTRAITS AND STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

		

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A candid photo is of an unplanned moment. There is no posing. There is no direction from you as the photographer.





Tips to have greats candid PhotoShoot





1. Always Be Ready





2. Use the Right Equipment





3. Use a Longer Lens





4. Flash Free Zone





5. Plan Ahead





6. Take Lots of Photos





7. Photograph People in Group





8. Frame Images





Ideas





Candid Photography




















  • Joel Meyerowitz 1962
  •  1970





Lee Friedlander 1965





Helen Levitt 1940





Henri Cartier-Bresson





Who is Henri Cartier ? 





Cartier-Bresson was born in Chanteloup, and studied literature at Cambridge University in 1928-29. He began photographing in 1931 and purchased a Leica in 1933.





Henri Cartier-Bresson





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I looked for people , buildings or situations that we do not see every day. What I find impressive about street pictures is that photographers can create something ”basic” into something original they see things differently. I tried to do the same thing, see the world differently to succeed I changed the angles to create object longer or larger . When I was walking I saw a man in a robe I thought it was very strange to be honest we don’t really see that everyday so I took the opportunity. Even if the man run fast I caught the moment and now I have a original picture. I don’t have a favourite image I think their all different I can’t compared them. I’m happy for results.