I D E N T I T Y
assessment for identity
Research
The definition of identity is: the fact of being who or what a person or thing is, a close similarity or affinity. I am inspired by this title because it will enable me to look at a variety of photographers and will prompt me to question my own identity.
At home I took photos of friends and family. I concentrated on cropping the image, using lighting and capturing different facial expressions.
creating mood with lighting
Rankin
Rankin is a professional, high experienced photographer who mainly works around fashion. His work is mostly black and white and he uses facial expressions to tell you about the person.
My favourite Rankin image
The name of the photographer I have been studying is Rankin. The theme of the photograph is portraiture for fashion. This portrait implies that she is mysterious by adding makeup, drawing you in to her eyes and forehead. I think that this is a posed and staged image, the eyes in this photograph have been manipulated to make them look like a unnatural colour. I personally like this picture because it is unusual and glamorous. |
my response to Rankin.
my Rankin edits.
These are the pictures I had taken in school in the style of Rankin,
concentrating on the top half of his body.
concentrating on the top half of his body.
I took these photographs in the style of Rankin, as they are all close up portraits and show emotion.
rankin cut paper images
Here are my cut paper images. I was inspired by Rankin to take these photos.
Andy warhol
Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the Pop art movements. He went into a wide variety of art forms, including performance art, filmmaking, video installations and writing. I have learnt that Andy uses bright colours, and he liked to repeat the pictures he has used over again.
This is my style of Andy Warhol's work. To create this I took my photograph from shoulders upwards,
and was careful to have a blank background. I used Photoshop to edit this image.
and was careful to have a blank background. I used Photoshop to edit this image.
AKATRE
Akatre uses different types of materials to create creativity in the photographs.
His portraits include disguise and sculpture. In my opinion the Akatres work is very unusual and strange but very creative, I think that his photographs tell a storey.
His portraits include disguise and sculpture. In my opinion the Akatres work is very unusual and strange but very creative, I think that his photographs tell a storey.
These are the examples of the picture I had taken in the style of Akatre using all different kind of props to hide their identity.
These are my akatre backrounds, I have tried to make them as colourful as I can so that when I combine my photos together there will be a lot of colours involved.
I have combined my akatre backgrounds and my akatre pictures together using Photoshop. To do this I had to cut out the specific piece of the picture I wanted to focus on and create layers to combine them together.
nina chakrabarti
This is some of Nina Chakrabartis work, I love this style of work.
Here are my pictures in the style of Nina Chakrabarti. To create this picture I had a photo taken of me and printed, I used a black felt tip to disguise my identity. using the same techniques as Nina I followed the contours of my face with the patterns like hers. overall I was happy with my finished pieces.
Using text
developing ideas
Photographer
The photographer that has inspired me is Shirin Neshat. To create her photography she writes on the uncovered parts of the body like hands, faces and feet, focusing on Islamic and Iranian woman poetry. In contrast of this she emphasises the position of women. Neshat mainly uses black and white techniques to focus on the writing. Her pictures are mainly cropped, and using bright lights to show the contrast between the black and white in the photo.
photo-shoot 1 -
This is my first photo shoot in the style of work inspired by Shirin Neshat. I have used a Punjabi identity poem to create the looks.
To edit all my photos I changed all pictures to black and white.
These are my edited pieces.
Photo-shoot 2 -
This is my second photo shoot, this photo shoot I have wrote the same Punjabi poem on her hand making her disguise herself.
edits -
This is one of my favourite pictures here I have experimented using different colour in levels and curves. Also changing to black and white.
developing my final pieces
These are the pictures I had to choose from for my final piece.
During my 5 hours I have created two small final pieces. on my first piece I started by editing the photo on photoshop:
Here I have taken the pen tool to cut around the boys. I used this because I wanted a contrast between the background, there faces and there bodies. After I had selected the back ground and made it black and white. I did not want a dramatic difference just a slight difference between the two. Finally I have just changed the brightness to brighten up the centre of the image.
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This is one of my final pieces, to create this I printed off my edited photo then used a black fine permanent marker to go over it leaving the face to show contrast. I then had taken the same Punjabi writing then printed it on a A3 cartridge paper as my back ground. Finally I ripped my edited sheet placing them in order but in different places of the page. The poem below is the English translation of the poem I have used to project and as a background for my final piece.
The second photo is my second final piece, to create this I had taken my previously edited picture. I previously edited this by clicking on adjustments then black and white, I also then clicked on brightness and contrast to make this dingy very dark, dirty look. faintly there is the identity poem slightly written on her hand, after I printed I then worked into in with the same poem with a white pen. To finish I then framed it with a pitch black frame. Both my final pieces have had influence from my photographer Shirin Neshat because they are very cultural, the projecting and the writing on the body.