Experimenting: Pairing photos

I knew there were certain photos I wanted to pair with each other so I decided to spend some time choosing what photos would be paired together.

Experimenting

—Experiment 1:———

Here, I was trying to pair a photo of me as a kid with a bright, colourful one in order to get a big contrast between both images and exaggerate how much has changed from then until now.

I like the way that both of these images work together as the paper helps create a connection between them, however, I’m unsure as to whether the paper makes them too similar to each other, making the pairing look busy/tacky.


I think these two images work well together as neither image is too busy, allowing both to stand out instead of competing with one another. I decided to pair a simpler version of the older image as the final version was too busy for my liking and didn’t work well whatsoever with the other edit.

–Experiment 2:———

Here, I was trying to pair a photo from when I was little. I knew exactly what photos I wanted to try pairing with it as I attempted to recreate the butterflies on my face during my final photoshoot.

I decided to change this image slightly by adding some vintage overlays on top of the already edited image and decided to add a burn mark to the eye, helping the photograph seem aged. I did this in order to create irony between the 2 images to make the most recent image looks the most worn down.
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I really like how the images look paired with one another, especially as it looks like both images are looking at each other, creating an almost sad atmosphere surrounding the images due to how different they are from one another and how their positions/completions should be switched.

For this image, I also decided to add a vintage overlay, however, I decided I needed to make this image more dramatic so I chose a more intense overlay.

I also really like how this pairing looks. I think the lack of colour helps bring both photos together as it makes the contrast between them more dramatic whilst the small pop of colour from the plaster and stickers stops the images from being too different from one another.


As my final pairings, I decided to go with these pairings:

I really like the way that the two photos connect together via the book page, showing how some things never change despite how different things may look and showing how difficult it is to erase who you once where.
I chose this pairing as I like how dramatic the contrast between the two looks. I think the two images work really well next to each other and add on to the message in the other pairing.

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