Definition of portrait
The definition of a portrait is a photo, painting or sculpture of a person normally from the shoulders upwards.
However a portrait can be seen as a image of someone personal identity, personality and nurture which represents who they are as a person and possibly their outlook on life. For example you can capture body image which represents someones mood or capture them in daily life which can show how they are in the here and now.
However a portrait can be seen as a image of someone personal identity, personality and nurture which represents who they are as a person and possibly their outlook on life. For example you can capture body image which represents someones mood or capture them in daily life which can show how they are in the here and now.
What makes me unique
The things that make me unique are the aspects that shaped me was a person and how I was brought up. For example my grandparents where refugees from the nazi party during world war 2 and fled to the UK . This shaped how I was brought up greatly as it influenced how I was brought up in a way that remembered the atrocities committed to my Family. As well as this thought my up bringing my parents focused on educating me along side school by constantly taking me to art gallery's and museums throughout my childhood. Moreover one of my parents is welsh and grew up in Cardiff which meant we often went there and on holidays to the Brecon Beacons which influenced and my love of the great outdoors.
Selfie
What is Selfie? A selfie is a informal way of taking a portrait photo of yourself. Despite it being informal does not necessarily mean that that is is taken quickly as people often spend a long time making sure they look good in their selfies. As well as this they often carry negative connotations surrounded with social media.
In the task below I was required to take a few photos surrounding different themes, the times were obscured, shadow and filter.
Filter
Portaiture
Myra Greene facial recognition
IN her project character recognition Myra Greene explores the differences in beauty and physical and emotional recollections. To create her images Myra uses a technique from 19th century colonialism which uses a wet plate colloidal process. As well as this she focuses on the firm stance that she is more than her skin colour and how that her facial features would have once been used to determine wether she would have been a good slave. However she flips this around and uses the close ups to show how they are more than just the colour of their skin.
My response
In this task I was required to to make a response to the work of Myra Greene and show similar themes. To do this we used negatives of the previously taken portraits and imprinted them onto photographic paper as positives to then make the special edges around the photographs we used various techniques for example for some of them we attached tape to the negative before exposing it which left areas which were less exposed. As well as this another technique was painting on developer in which after the image was exposed instead of just submerging the image into the developer we painted it on which makes the final image look older and different.
Light and shadow
Valerie Kabis
Lighting
Lewis Khan
George Town
First response
Studio light
Tungsten light
My home response
https://vimeo.com/485894196C