Initial Photoshoot
Rankin
John Rankin Waddell is a British portrait and fashion photographer. Waddell was born in Paisley and brought up in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Waddell was born in Paisley and brought up in St Albans, Whilst studying accounting at Brighton Polytechnic, he realised that his interests lay elsewhere and dropped out, taking up the study of photography at Barnfield College Luton and then London College of Printing. In April 2009 Rankin created Annroy, a contemporary structure designed by Trevor Horne Architects that is home to Rankin’s own state-of-the-art photographic studio, gallery and living space, where he lives with his wife and model Tuuli Shipster. Each month ‘’Annroy’’ holds a different exhibition, which features some of Rankin’s current work.
My Response to Rankin's work:
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My edited responses to Warhol
Akatre
I like Akatre's work because each of his photos is unique in it's own way; it is clear that he has gone to great effort to achieve these photos. He uses props in a very clever way, never showing the model's full face in detail, and therefore never revealing their full identity, but instead giving us an idea of their personality through the features on or around them.
Photo shoot in response to Akatre
Recording Ideas Backgrounds
I took photographs of a variety of objects such as monopoly money and sweets to use as backgrounds.
EDITS
I edited my Akatre photographs over the backgrounds to create fun, surreal images
Stefan sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister (born August 6, 1962) is a New York-based graphic designer and typographer. Sagmeister co-founded a design firm called Sagmeister & Walsh Inc. with Jessica Walsh in New York City. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Jay Z, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny.
I like his work because the words written on the face has a huge emotional impact on the viewer, engaging their attention to his work.
I like his work because the words written on the face has a huge emotional impact on the viewer, engaging their attention to his work.
My response to Stefan Sagmeister:
Project idea- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Here I have shown how 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' by putting their image of 'beauty' literally in their eyes by editing their eyes out and putting 'beauty in their eyes. This shows how different people find different things beautiful and how we, as individuals are different and have our own identity.
To show the contrast between different peoples opinions of beauty, I took a two people who have different interests and asked them what they find beautiful. The boy in the final piece told me he likes skateboarding and finds the sight of scooter tricks beautiful. I then asked the girl in the final piece and she said she finds her cats beautiful. From this I took a photo of the boy scooting and the girls cat, and a photo of them stood next to each other. I then edited their view of beauty into their eyes to show that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'. To add context to the photo, I liked that the couple was in a relationship because it showed that even though they obviously found beauty in each other, they still have their own perspective on beauty.
Editing to resolve my Ideas
Resolving my Ideas- My final piece
I was looking to create a photograph that shows the viewer the models identity through their appearance and what they find beautiful. I think that it worked because you are able to see it clearly in the photograph. If I had more time I would of explored another way of showing someones identity, maybe through the use of props or makeup. I think I have successfully explored the theme due to the fact that I have presented identity in a way not many others would of thought of. My work is personal to me due to the fact that it was an original idea that I came up with myself, meaning I take pride in the idea and my photography. I hope viewers will understand what I am trying to present thorough my photography and will be fascinated by the way I have display it.
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I came up with this idea because I thought that identity is something inside you, taking a photo of someones identity is difficult as your identity is more than just what you look like. So from that, I decided I wanted to find a way of showing someones true identity, not what they look like but who they are. So then I thought that by showing what people find beautiful, you get an inside look on they're identity. I then decided to put then in place of the eyes because everyone has similar looking nose and mouth, but eyes, they're the most unique part of your face, meaning putting the images of what they find beautiful in their place, it's like looking into them as a person.
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