Born in 1990 Rolfsen is a Norwegian photographer and print maker who is best known for her landscape photographs of plastic bags and other types of rubbish that is known for polluting the environment and the sea. She shoots many photos using a canon D60 but she also uses her phone when it comes to some of her most popular work.

why I chose this photographer:

I picked this artist as I’m very inspired by her photos as they almost resemble waves and the ocean by her use of lighting as the plastic folding allows for shadows and highlights to be built into a conceptual image. Her style of photography will also push me to use new techniques when shooting for this project as it will make me try out new lighting and angles that i might not normally consider during a photoshoot. Further more I selected this artist as her work fits into my theme of fashion and consumer greed really well as most fashion brands come in plastic packaging when brought from an online website or in person in a store.

Examples of her work

image analysis

i chose this image from Rolfsen’s series “Plastic bag landscapes” as it was a series of images that helped raise awareness to the detrimental effects that plastic waste has on our oceans while she manages to highlight the beauty of the discarded bags that she finds on the streets of Oslo she hopes that her work helps viewers to take a closer look at their plastic consumption.

i really like the use of colour in this image as it pulls focus to different areas this image almost resembles a cave as the lower half has a war almost fire like sense to it and the top a contrasting ice feel to it.

how could I use Craig and Vilde’s work together

I can take normal portraits of a model then useing the photos from the Vilde Rolfsen inspired bag shoot cut out mask shapes on photoshop and place them onto my Craig McDean inspired shoot to create a final selection of images.