Shoot 7 (Project proposal)

Shoot 7

Plan

I plan to take 

Photographer research

Yuliana Mendoza

Yuliana Mendoza is a Peru born photographer who is now based in Italy. She works under the pseudonym "Silence Effects" and there is not much known about her. Her photos are edited digitally and feel calm and silent.

I was inspired by her work with flowers mostly, and how it hid the person with something beautiful. This links to my project on identity as it can connotate to covering their face because of attractiveness. I was also inspired by the second picture as it can connotate to not seeing the truth. 

Contact Sheet 

Best Images

Edited Images

Editing Process

For the first two pictures, i used the macro images and combined them together\

AO3

The idea of my shoot was to take portrait photos of multiple people, facing different directions. I then wanted to digitally edit these photos similarly to indepenspense by Guiseppe Mistromatteo, as i was heavily inspired by his work. I wanted to edit the faces to look like they're wearing masks and for the photo with the girl's hand over her face, I wanted to edit it with some of her facial features on top of her hand.

AO4

Future Progression

Shoot 6 (Project proposal)

Shoot 6

Plan

I plan to take portrait photography of my model with pastel backgrounds, i then plan to paint or scratch over the face.

Photographer research

Teresa Freitas

Teresa Freitas is a Portuguese photographer who works near the sea in Lisbon. She works with natural light, cloudier days have more blue/dark colours while sunny days have more pastels. She says her style was shaped by the sea she lives by.

Freitas has been inspired by many people, her father, Helena Almeida, René Magritte, René Maltête, Brassaï and Man Ray. Recently she has been doing more surrealistic work such as the photo I am inspired by. She sees surrealism as a form of challenging former perceptions of the reality that the audience expects.

I am inspired by this photo as the background and the paint are bright pastel colours but the subject is dark. The model is also in a pose as if they were looking into a mirror fixing their shirt before going out. This leads me to connotations of self-image problems which links to my project about identity.

Contact Sheet 

Best Images

Edited Images

Editing Process

For the first two pictures, i used the macro images and combined them together\

AO3

The idea of my shoot was to take portrait photos of multiple people, facing different directions. I then wanted to digitally edit these photos similarly to indepenspense by Guiseppe Mistromatteo, as i was heavily inspired by his work. I wanted to edit the faces to look like they're wearing masks and for the photo with the girl's hand over her face, I wanted to edit it with some of her facial features on top of her hand.

AO4

Future Progression

Shoot 5 (Project proposal)

Shoot 5

Plan

I plan to take 

Photographer research

Guiseppe Mastramatteo

Giuseppe Mastromatteo was born 6 August 1970. Mastromatteo is an artist, photographer and creative director in Italy. Before becoming a photographer he had a career as a sound engineer in a record company, Mastromatteo graduated from the Academy of Communication in Milan in art direction. In 2006 he established himself as a conceptual photographer, images for the opening of the new Triennale museum in Milan Bovisa. Mastromatteo has been exhibited in several art galleries, cultural institutions and museums and has participated in Italian and International art fairs. His works have been published in art books and contemporary photography magazines worldwide.

Mastromatteo works both in Milan and in New York

In 2009 Mastromatteo exhibited his best-known works, known as the Indepensense series, which is the series I am inspired by. The Indepensense series was carried out between the years of 2009 and 2012.  After Indepensense, Mastromatteo created the Homogenic series and the Eyedentikit series. Eyedentikit presents a series of portraits where the author becomes the protagonist and inserts part of himself in the reflection around human identity.

Contact Sheet 

Best Images

Edited Images

Editing Process

For the first two pictures i used the macro images and combined them together

AO3

The idea of my shoot was to take portrait photos of multiple people, facing different directions. I then wanted to digitally edit these photos similarly to indepenspense by Guiseppe Mistromatteo, as i was heavily inspired by his work. I wanted to edit the faces to look like they're wearing masks and for the photo with the girl's hand over her face, I wanted to edit it with some of her facial features on top of her hand.

AO4

Future Progression

Shoot 4 (Project Proposal)

Shoot 4

Plan

I plan to take multiple portrait photos of a model with paint on his face, I will also try to recreate similar photos to Hannah Laycock using a bath and different types of face paints and makeup.

Photographer research

Hannah Laycock

Hannah Laycock was born in 1982 on the northeast coast of Scotland. She first started photography as a teenager photographing her friends, which was encouraged by multiple teachers and tutors as she grew up. Hannah was drawn towards photography as it had quicker creative results than painting or drawing.

She specializes in portrait photography and she is currently inspired by her multiple sclerosis (MS) which she was diagnosed with in 2013. Her subtle, and contemplative work on MS contributes to art and portrait photography.

I was mostly inspired by her project "Awakenings" in which she explored feelings of uncertainty, fear, loss, and liberation. I was inspired by this as it relates to my project which is about struggling with identity. 

Contact Sheet 

Best Images

Edited Images

Editing Process

AO3

The idea of my shoot was to take portrait photos of multiple people, facing different directions. I then wanted to digitally edit these photos similarly to indepenspense by Guiseppe Mistromatteo, as i was heavily inspired by his work. I wanted to edit the faces to look like they're wearing masks and for the photo with the girl's hand over her face, I wanted to edit it with some of her facial features on top of her hand.

AO4

Future Progression

Shoot 3 (Project Proposal)

Shoot 3

Plan

I plan to use makeup and other physical alterations to create a "grotesque" look on my model. I am influenced by Natalia Pereira but I don't want to use elastic bands as it is too cliche and I want my photography to be more unique.

Photographer research

Natalia Pereira 

Natalia Pereira is a Barcelona based artist. She is mainly an art director for her own design studio CocoD'mor but has an artistic side mainly for illustrations but also photography.

For her work "Dismorfobina" Pereira used elastic bands to disfigure the models face for portrait photographs against a black background. I was inspired by Pereira's work to make my model look "grotesque" using different real-world techniques such as tape and makeup. This was my first inspiration for my project which is about identity.

Contact Sheet

Best Images

Edited Images

Editing Process

AO3

The idea of my shoot was to take portrait photos of multiple people, facing different directions. I then wanted to digitally edit these photos similarly to indepenspense by Guiseppe Mistromatteo, as i was heavily inspired by his work. I wanted to edit the faces to look like they're wearing masks and for the photo with the girl's hand over her face, I wanted to edit it with some of her facial features on top of her hand.

AO4

Future Progression

Shoot 2 (project proposal)

Shoot 2

Plan

I plan to take multiple portrait photos of people with them looking in different directions and I plan to edit them by making the faces look like masks, I also want to see if I can photoshop the "mask" onto the backs of the models.

Photographer research

Guiseppe Mastramatteo

Giuseppe Mastromatteo was born 6 August 1970. Mastromatteo is an artist, photographer and creative director in Italy. Before becoming a photographer he had a career as a sound engineer in a record company, Mastromatteo graduated from the Academy of Communication in Milan in art direction. In 2006 he established himself as a conceptual photographer, images for the opening of the new Triennale museum in Milan Bovisa. Mastromatteo has been exhibited in several art galleries, cultural institutions and museums and has participated in Italian and International art fairs. His works have been published in art books and contemporary photography magazines worldwide.

Mastromatteo works both in Milan and in New York

In 2009 Mastromatteo exhibited his best-known works, known as the Indepensense series, which is the series I am inspired by. The Indepensense series was carried out between the years of 2009 and 2012.  After Indepensense, Mastromatteo created the Homogenic series and the Eyedentikit series. Eyedentikit presents a series of portraits where the author becomes the protagonist and inserts part of himself in the reflection around human identity.

Contact Sheet

 

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Best Images

Edited Images

Editing Process

AO3

The idea of my shoot was to take portrait photos of multiple people, facing different directions. I then wanted to digitally edit these photos similarly to indepenspense by Guiseppe Mistromatteo, as i was heavily inspired by his work. I wanted to edit the faces to look like they're wearing masks and for the photo with the girl's hand over her face, I wanted to edit it with some of her facial features on top of her hand.

AO4

Future Progression

Shoot one (project proposal)

Shoot 1

Plan

I plan to do my shoot between 6th-9th of September. the general idea of my project proposal is to shoot portraiture that shows the insecurities of the people being photographed, the idea of this particular shoot is to show fear of growing old/getting wrinkles. my idea is to mix together an older and younger person in slits like this

Photographer research

Kerry Nourice

The photographer I researched was Kerry Nourice who is an A-Level student at Lampton School. The particular series I took inspiration from is her "distortion-glitch art". Nourice took inspiration from Picasso from a previous shoot and used this experience to help her with these shoots.

Contact Sheet

Best Images

These are my best images, They are of two different models one of which is 19 years old and one who is 53 years old. They are related which means the resemblance is within the photos as well. I chose these particular photos as they are diverse but still work well together. I took similar pictures of both models so I could edit them together and have more a diverse range to choose from.
The first picture is a diagonally facing photo of the younger man, I will use this to make the photos more diverse and eye-catching.
I chose the front facing picture of the younger man as it was a more aesthetically pleasing image than that of the older man.
I chose the photos of them looking opposite directions to edit them together into one image, where I can make it look like their heads are connected at the back.
The last picture is a diagonally facing photo of the older man, I chose this as it was more interactive than just having him looking into the camera, which I thought would make a more "flat", less interesting image.

Edited Images

Editing Process
To edit these images I first layered one photo on top of a different photo.

I then cut away strips of the top image to let the bottom photo be seen.

AO1 - Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding. 
These images are from a simple portraiture shoot inspired by Kerry Nourrices 

AO2 - Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques, and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops. 

AO3 - Record ideas, observations, and insights relevant to intentions; reflecting critically on work and progress. 

AO4 - Present a personal and meaningful response that realizes intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements. 

 

Future Progression