for this image i used my photoshoot from the waters edge hotel where i used natural lighting which i feel was a very good photoshoot location as lots to capture

below was one of the originals

i then took it to photoshop and used the smudge tool to hide the head seen below

to further develop this i took it to Lightroom where i changed to black and white

and also changing the exposure slightly and the contrast

For this photo i changed it to black and and white while adjusting the temp and tiny very lightly and adjusted the whites and blacks

for this photo i adjusted the colour settings in more detail as well as make it black and white

A photograph resembles the likeness of what appeared before the lens. So, in the case of a profile picture, family album or mug shot, identity is based on the repetition of sameness that is evidenced by the image produced by the camera.

How do you show identity in photography?

Typical ways of expressing our identity include our choice of hairstyles, clothing, and make-up through to marks on our bodies including paint, tattoos, scars and piercings. Other aspects of identity such as language, race, ethnicity, religion and occupation are also powerful markers of cultural identity.

How does place affect a person’s identity?

Places also become imbued with symbolic meaning; they inform current self-concepts and can become an important part of an individual’s self-identity. Finally, individuals use aspects of place to support various identity-relevant projects, such as creating a continuous sense of self and self-worth.

Photography Ollie Murphy

for this photoshoot me and my friends went to the old waters edge hotel at bouley bay i mainly used natural lighting for this shoot to try show the real damage and story of a place like this

Identity is how you are perceived and what makes you who you are. A certain place you visit frequently can become a huge part of your identity, how you have grown up can play a big part on mental health which also creates your identity, sad looking/happy looking.

mood board

Claude Cahun, born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer.

Schwob adopted the pseudonym Claude Cahun in 1914. Cahun is best known as a writer and self-portraitist, who assumed a variety of performative personae.

Cahun’s work is both political and personal. During World War II, Cahun lived in Jersey and was active as a resistance worker and propagandist

Cahun lived in Jersey during the Occupation, her resistance activities during that time led to her imprisonment.

A death sentence was commuted and she was freed from prison when Jersey was liberated. She lived in Jersey with her stepsister until her death in 1954.

Since her “rediscovery” over a decade ago, Claude Cahun has attracted what amounts to a cult following among art historians and critics working from postmodern, feminist, and queer theoretical perspectives.

Photographs of Cahun posing in the 1920s and 30s in various dramatic settings and guises have been displayed alongside contemporary works, showing the timelessness of her work.

^ in this photo i used a photo of cow from Hamptonne and I cut out the cow and replaced the cut-out with a photo of dairy products from the still life photoshoot in the studio

^ in this photo i used a photo of a cow from Hamptonne in black in white and the same photo in colour to add a shadow like affect and to make something stand out