SHADOW SELFIE
You tend to get in a mess when putting your images on your weebly. Use a slideshow or gallery.
Lee Friedlander
OBSCURED SELFIE
MIRROR SELFIE
MYRA GREENE
Myra Greene is an American Photographer born in 1975 in Harlem New York. She focuses on issues such as race and identity especially in her first collection of photographs to receive national attention, Character recognition. Greene's Character recognition is a series of extreme close ups of Myra Greene's "ethnic features" such as her nose, ears, eyes, lips, and the profile. Myra Greene released this series as a response to the tragedy of hurricane Katrina and how People of colour are perceived based off their features and skin alone. The process she used was ambor type on black glass, she wanted to use a small scale o the viewer would have to look closely.
Discuss the series, Character Recognition, by Myra Greene. Your analysis should consider:
- The context for the work- does it relate to wider issues (eg. Hurricane Katrina, the slave trade)?
- What are Greene's intentions? Why this process, why the small scale etc.?
- The process- how does this support / contribute to the meaning behind the work?
There should be more photos than four- you must also put them into a slideshow or gallery.
I have separated your original photos from the edits- keep all the steps of the process separate and clear.
Digital Edits
Darkroom Edits
Annotate- explain the processes, www and ebi. How well do you feel you responded to Greene's images
WWW
I thought the tape worked really well on the side profiles however I'm not very happy with the outcome of the painted developer except for on the eye extreme close ups. |
EBI
I had more close ups focusing on other features of the face like the nose or ear. I had used a wider variety of techniques while paining on the developer. I also think the eye close ups could have had more time exposed to light and the profile shots a little less. |
LIGHT AND SHADOW: Valerie Kabis.
Analysis?
Work in response?
Work in response?
LIGHTING
Window light is useful to light up the entire face, the natural light isn't going to make the subject flinch and theres no set up required.
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The studio lights are useful to manipulate the photo. In the first three photos we had two studio lights on, on beneath the subject and one infant of them on the side. In the forth photo only the bottom light is on, the fifth photo has the same set up as the first three and the final photo has all three studio lights on including the hair light. The set up with only the bottom light on creates lots of contrast and brings out the exaggerates features of the face. The set up with only two lights lights the face very evenly where as the final set up we used with he hair light created contrast as one side of th face was even further lit up than the rest.
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The low light in the dark room made us use a slow shutter speed meaning any moving objects in the photo were blurred and out of focus.
Darkroom light- explain. How did you set your camera up (eg- low light, slow shutter speed?), how successful were your images? |
The tungsten light has an orange tint which makes the photos that are taken using it look a lot more homey and warm. The tungsten light is also very bright and creates lots of contrast if used correctly and softens the focus of the image.
Tungsten light- what is tungsten light, does it have a colour? How can you exploit it's qualities? |
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Lewis Khan, Character study
Lewis Khan, a photographer from south London was inspired to make a character study a familiar face that he often saw wondering the streets around his home that he'd never talked to. Khan made a short film documenting a day in the life of this man, as he explained some of his story. As a response to this we had to document a person close to us. I choose my friend Alistair.
Portraiture Interim Assessment
Whilst you are able to compose images carefully during lessons, the images you take outside of school do not have the same consideration. Occasionally it feels as if you are just choosing images from existing images on your phone. You need to have clearer intentions for the images you complete for homework. Even the ones where you may feel there is more freedom such as the Khan images. (AO3). Several annotations are missing or incomplete. (AO2) Analysis of the work of others is too brief and you must include examples of the work you're discussing. (Lewis Khan). (AO1)
Too many tasks missing or incomplete for you to achieve the marks or grade you are capable of.
Whilst you are able to compose images carefully during lessons, the images you take outside of school do not have the same consideration. Occasionally it feels as if you are just choosing images from existing images on your phone. You need to have clearer intentions for the images you complete for homework. Even the ones where you may feel there is more freedom such as the Khan images. (AO3). Several annotations are missing or incomplete. (AO2) Analysis of the work of others is too brief and you must include examples of the work you're discussing. (Lewis Khan). (AO1)
Too many tasks missing or incomplete for you to achieve the marks or grade you are capable of.