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Project 3

 Self Portrait 

Not a Self Portrait Portrait

Fall

The Color Ring Around

The Self Portrait Proposal

For the self portrait I want to focus on what has made me who I am today. I spend a lot of my me time in nature. That is where I go to reflect. I want to experience with how I can work myself into nature and portray my feelings and past through a photograph.
For the not a self portrait I want to make an image that reflects how I see life through my eyes. I have been wanting to try some sort of lens manipulation. Maybe shooting through lace or a jar. However, I am not sure where or what I want to focus on yet.

Chapter One

Throughout chapter one, Charlotte Cotton focuses on the purpose and importance of creating an image. She says "The act of artistic creation begins long before the camera is actually held in position and an image fixed, starting instead with the planning of the idea"(21). Many examples of planned and staged images are shared in this chapter. From the different photographs, I learned a great amount about the many strategies photographers use to plan for their image. For example, Gillian Wearing's work, Signs that say what you want them to say and not signs that say what someone else wants you to say, exhibited partial planning and while the rest was left to the subject. She knew where and what she would be photographing, and though she had an idea of what she wanted, she was unaware of what would be written and the emotions that would be displayed. Unlike Wearing, photographer Georges Rousse took a much different approach in the planning of his images. Rousse would transform scenes by painting an area of the space a specific shape then angle the camera to complete the illusion. When first looking at the photo, one might assume the shape was made after the original photograph was taken, however the shape was carefully planned. Chapter one had several demonstrations and techniques that go into making an image. It shows the importance to planning rather than just taking meaningless photos. This will be especially important when thinking about our upcoming project.

I want to learn how to do this!

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Project 2- Seeing Color

Complementary 

Monochromatic

 Dominant

Isolated

When I first received this assignment, I set out looking for color in my everyday life. I struggled to find any that really stood out to me, so I decided to create it myself. This is definitely an idea I would like to continue with.
Special thanks to my roommate/model for letting me paint her face so many colors!

Elephants love coffee too

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real or fake?

Old Work/New Ideas

This photograph is a self portrait I took for my Intro to photography course last fall. I am very interested in scars and the story behind them. I want to experiment more with body shape, form, and language. I am very interested in capturing a story in an image.

This is an image from The SCAR Project focused on breast cancer. I find this photograph especially impacting because of the scene setup, lighting, and body expressions. I find that this photograph goes beyond the scar to tell a story. 

Cotton Introduction

     Charlotte Cotton's book, The Photograph as Contemporary Art, begins by stating "We are at an exceptional time for photography as the art world embraces the photograph as never before" (7). This is true as many photographers are continuing to experiment and explore photography as an art form. The introduction gives a brief overview of the book and a description of each chapter. The chapters that stood out the most to me include chapters two, four, and six. Chapter two uses photography as a narrative. I think telling a story through an image can be very powerful. Chapter four brings the idea that everything in the real world is a potential subject, giving a whole new look at the world. Lastly chapter six stands out to me because it discusses the 'aftermath photography'. This is of particular interest to me, looking at different parts of the world and disasters that have occurred. The introduction also introduced several important photographers that had a great impact on what photography is today.

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