Representation:
Representing the Face
Marcio Mascarenhas and Rasmus Vasli, MA students of London College of Communication came along to the group crit today to help give feedback and advise on our work. Our images that we have produced so far were hung up in the gallery. Below is my image, which I have chosen out of the few I have printed.
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Our main specifications for the brief is a 10 X 12 colour print, in medium format with the theme of "portraiture".
The idea around my work is to explore the idea of identity. How a face can tell someone a lot about that person's persona and their character and using the narrow depth of field specifically to highlight the detail of the face. I am photographing my family specifically as there will be some connection between them and myself. I am also experimenting with different areas of the house to get a "comfortable" feel and with this image particularly exploring the use of landscape as being a contrast view of a portrait. The image being in landscape in this case demonstrates a subtlety of the surroundings around her and creates an atmosphere of domestic environment.
