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multiple cultures identity

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Plan

What:
Self-portraits with different “traditional clothes” of different cultures and then show myself.

When:
Monday 25th of January.

Where:
Like in the first shoot the place was not the most important so I took the images in a room in my house where could find a white wall I also used lamps.

Why:

To show the different I grow up in and show what they made me.

Contact Sheets

First Selection

Seconde test

Edited


To create these colour effects I used photoshop. To start I had to crop the selected images then paste them on a white sheet for that I had to change the image to layer then the copy and finally the pasted on the sheet. Then when the images were well placed I started with the colour. For that I select a layer then create a black and white mask. The problem is when we create a mask the software selects all the images so to cancel it I double clicked to have the option “create clipping mask” which selects only the chosen image. After that I chose the colour I wanted. But as I wanted the background to be a different colour than me I had to erase the colour on me and for that I use the “brush tool”. In the end to have colour on me I repeat the same process

Comparison


The first thing we notice is that they are roughly the same style just what I was looking for. We can notice the same colours as: pink, purple, red, green and blue. The work of Andy Warhol has several colour contrasts, you can see it on the hair, the skin, the background and the make-up of Marilyn Monroe. On my work I wanted to have a shadow so that when I change it colour, the shadow will change the colour to darker. However we have one thing in common and it is always the same poses what is done on purpose.

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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.