For my first photoshoot, I am going to be taking pictures that is inspired by Aneta Ivanova. I will do this by first going into the studio and taking pictures of a model. I will place the lighting in the studio in front of the model to ensure that she is fully visible and clear. I will aim to get photographs of the model in a variety of different positions typically seen in Aneta Ivaonva’s images. For example, the model holding her hands up to her chest and facing the the side looking upwards. I will then focus on the images seen inside the subject, which typically consists of a natural environment photograph. To make my photoshoot more personal and about identity, I will ask the subject some questions about where her favourite places in Jersey is and what things make her happy. I will then photograph different things based on her answer to these questions. Once I have my two sets of images, I will then use Photoshop to merge the two together as seen in Aneta Ivanova’s work. I chose this artist as I thought I could make my final outcome link to identity by using images that had personal meaning to the subject eg her favourite place in Jersey.

For my second photoshoot, I am going to be trying to replicate the work of Manny Robertson. In order to do this, I will go into the studio and take pictures using the studio lights to make the images and face well lit. I will focus on taking images where the head is the main feature of the image and show less of the body in the photographs as I want the attention to be on the face rather than anything else. I am going to get my model to pose in different ways as seen in Manny Robertson’s work eg looking up the side and her head tilted to the side. I will then upload these photos and use Photoshop to draw on the face in order to create the illusion of stitching on the face. I chose to replicate the work of this artist as I believe his pieces link to the theme of identity as you can see a mask like cut out being stitched to a face which to me portrays the idea of people constantly having a mask up around people and hiding who they truly are in order to fit in to society.

My next photoshoot will be inspired by Brno Del Zou and David Hockney. These artists create a fragmented image using boxes to distort the original image. I will do this by going into the studio and placing a light source directly in front of the model and getting her to stand quite close to the camera. This will allow me to pick up different details of her face eg her lips, eyes etc. I will take pictures of the model’s face from a variety of angles eg straight on and to the side. Then I will use photoshop to cut out different parts of the images to create a whole image of distorted facial parts. I decided to replicate the work of these artists as it links to the theme of identity as you cant see the person as a whole: they’re distorted. This represents how people often struggle with their identity and may feel like the final fragmented image as a result of it.

For my final photoshoot, I am going to replicate the work of Marcelo Monreal. I think this will be a good photoshoot to finish off my theme as it represents/ looks as if the persons true personality/ identity is blooming out of them as they accept who they are. I think this will create a meaningful and optimistic end to my photoshoots as it expresses to the viewer that its okay to be yourself and there’s beauty in embracing your unique identity. Additionally, the bright background colour contrasts with the other artist photoshoots where the background is just white, symbolising the colour coming back into ones life when they accept and embrace who they are. I will recreate this idea by going into the studio and taking photographs of a model that shows her face and shoulders in the image. I will make her sit looking to the side slightly. This will make it so I’m able to make a cut out of her face and drag it to the side slightly. I will then use images of flowers from google to add behind the face cut out. I will make my image more personal and about identity by making the flowers the colour of the flag where the person is from. This will mean my image links to the theme of identity as a person heritage is a part of their identity.