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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

Contact Sheets

First Selection

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.