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Photographers research

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Natalia Pereira, Giuseppe Mastromatteo,  yuliana mendoza, hannah laycock, teresa freitas

Natalia Pereia

I chose Natalia Pereia as a photographer i research because when I was first thinking about my project I found her project called "Dismorfobina", which then inspired me to do my project about identity using surrealist portraits. Her photos were the first to inspire me on this type of portraiture and has been the gateway to the rest of my work.

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. 

Guiseppe Mastromatteo

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. 

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. 

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.

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

Multiple Flash

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

 

Iso 200 1/125 F16

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

Camera controls

Aperture

•Large aperture   =  low f.stop   = narrow depth of field.

•Small aperture  = high f.stop   = wide depth of field

Shutter speed

Shutter speed means timing and duration of opening and closing of the shutter curtain at the back of the camera. A fast shutter speed will freezes action while slower speed creates blurring effect.