in book add pics of just her and just landscape then my edits also the questions and answers.

For this photoshoot, I was inspired by Aneta Ivanova. I began the process of recreating her work by first taking photographs in the studio. I first set up the space by adding tow lights directly in front of the model to ensure my images would have good lighting. I also ensured I used a white background as a key feature of her images of the blank white space behind the subject (which allows for direct focus on the subject and nothing else). I then got the model to experiment with different poses typically seen in Ivanova’s images. For example faced to the side with her arms up to her chest. My images for this photoshoot turned out quite successfully as I think it closely mimicked the positions of the models seen in her images and they are all in good focus.

For the next part of my photoshoot, I first gave some questions to my model to complete. This allowed me to take photos of things that had personal meaning to her and therefore her identity. These questions consisted of:

1. Where is your favourite place in jersey?
2. What makes you happy?
3. What does the word identity mean to you?
4. How would you describe yourself?
5. How would others describe you?

Her answers:

1. My favourite place in Jersey would probably be anywhere with nature such as the beach or forests. I specifically like Corbiere Lighthouse due to the views surrounding it.
2. I feel happiest when I’m being creative like creating sculptures or painting.
3. Identity to me means the way you express yourself and what it means to be you
4. I would describe myself as creative, funny, talkative and unique.
5. I think others would describe me as funny, creative, weird and pretty.

From these answers, I then visited various natural landscapes around Jersey such as Corbiere Lighthouse. I think this part of the photoshoot turned out well as the images are in good focus and will make my final piece more personal as I’m using images of nature that have a personal meaning to my model instead of picking a random environment to photograph which I originally intended to do.

To being the editing process, I first imported all of my images into Lightroom and narrowed down the images that I wanted to edit. I then adjusted the exposure, contrast, whites and blacks of these images. Once I was happy with the edits, I then exported them into a folder which I could then open up in photoshop. I began by opening up a blank A4 page then opening up an image of the subject. I then used the object selection tool to cut around the person only, right clicked on the cut out and pressed layer via copy. I then dragged the cut out onto the white piece of paper. I did this as Aneta Ivanova’s images are all displayed on a blank sheet of white paper behind the model. Next, I opened the landscape image and dragged it onto the image. I put this layer at the bottom. Next, I pressed on the person layer and used the object selection tool once again. However, instead of cutting it on that layer, I instead went to the white layer and pressed layer via cut. This then created a hole in the white layer. Finally, I went back to the person layer and cut her out using the same process. This left me with the landscape background coming through both layers.

Next I experimented with turning the landscape black and white as some of Aneta Ivanova’s pieces are black and white instead of in colour. To finish off this first part of the idea, I added a drop shadow to the person. This helped bring some depth to my images. Overall, I like how this idea came out as I think it closely resembles the work of Aneta Ivanova and clearly displays the theme of identity and disguise as the background layer, making it so you cant see any features of the person, portrays the idea of people feeling as though they are blending into the background of life as they struggle to understand who they really are as a person. Additionally, it could also show how people try to blend in to their surroundings (disguise) as to not be judged or seen as indifferent. One thing that I could improve about this photoshoot however is the opacity of the person layer. As in my images I just cut out the person but in Aneta Ivanova’s images you can still see a vague outline of the persons facial features. This would’ve made my images slightly more exact to her images.

I then decided to further my idea by adding three of my different attempts of creating her work together to create one image. In order to do this, I opened up a landscape blank piece of paper on photoshop. Next I opened up the three black and white images I created above and used the object selection tool to create a cut out of the person. I then dragged each cut out onto the piece of paper and adjusted the size and placement of each cut out. Once I was happy with the layout, I finished off this design by adding a drop shadow to each of the cut outs. Overall I like how this idea came out as I think it makes the piece look more complete and advanced than just having singular people on each page. However, next time I would take a photograph of the model looking to the left (as seen on the right side of the inspiration image) in order to make my piece more replicable of the original image.

For the second part of my photoshoot, I took pictures of various art pieces in the art room that Liv and her friends had created eg paintings and sculptures. I also wanted to delve into her childhood too as that is a part of her identity so I used a projector in the studio in order to project images of her in her childhood. I will then merge these personal images with her outline. I think this will be effective in showing the different things that makes the model who she is and therefore her identity.

Final outcomes:

Overall, I think this idea came out successfully as you can still clearly see the link between the artist and my work but I have also adapted the idea to make my pieces more personal and about identity as the photographs seen inside the model’s outline has a personal meaning to her.