Cindy Sherman:
- Portrayal of gender in media
- montage
Claude Cahun:
- Adopting various identities
Clare Rae
- Figurative environment
The Human Sculpture/Performance Selfie
Rather than taking a straightforward self-portrait, some artists have experimented with transforming themselves (and others) into sculptures.
Erwin Wurm – One Minute Sculpture
Francesca Woodman
- Long exposure
- Movement
- Memories
Photograph moving subjects to create blurred, painterly forms, as in these examples by Mirjam Appelhof:
- Long exposure
- Movement
- Memories
- Transience
Other examples of slow shutter speed
Morath & Saul Steinberg – the ‘Mask’ series
- Disguise
Designer Francesca Lombardi created these enigmatic origami animal masks for photographer Giacomo Favilla’s series called “One Of Us.”
Ralph Eugene Meetyard
The Mask Selfie
rwin Blumenfeld – Self-Portrait with mask, New York, ca 1958
Student Mask response:
Nikita Pirogov
- Juxtaposition – using a second photography to communicate something about the person in the portrait
Alicja Brodowicz
- Juxtaposition
- Body / Natural Forms
Alban Grosdidier
- Under Water
- Convey feelings of drowning under pressure
Wes Naman – distortion, challenging beauty norms
Unknown photographer / Noor+
Capture the same scene at different times, as in this photography series by Clarisse d’Arcimoles:
Create a complex ‘unrealistic’ setting and photograph it, as in this composition by Cerise Doucède:
Monty Milburn
Theo Acwroth
Danny Evans – Project on skaters from Jersey
Pete Thompson
Rob Hammer- Basketball culture
Studio Ideas:
Backlighting
Interesting shadows / lighting
CREATIVE EDITING IDEAS:….
Combine multiple exposures to create the illusion of repeated objects, like these creative compositions by Lera:
Digitally draw over photographs, as in these portraits by May Xiong:
Cut through photographs to expose other layers of photographs below, as in these images by Lucas Simões:
Create layered handmade collages, like these works by Damien Blottière:
Photograph scenes through small gaps or holes, as in these photographs by Reina Takahashi:
‘Fragments’ – Link to photographer website
David Hockney
- Distort
Christoffer Relander
- Double exposure
- Express emotion
Sakir Yildirim
