Concept - For this strand I will be experimenting with distortion of the face. I will do this by scratching into physical prints and also using photoshop to digitally alter the photos. The marks I will etch into the photos will be a way of outlining the contour of their face. Dryden Goodwin is a British artist known for his intricate drawings, often in combination with photography and live action video; he creates films, gallery installations, projects in public space, etchings, works on-line and soundtracks. These photos are from an exhibition called Cast which took place in 2008. Goodwin took photos of people on the streets and on public transport, he etches into the print surface of black and white portraits he has made of passers by on the street and also draws into the photograph using a digital drawing tablet. This artist's work relates to my concept of distortion because although Dryden's portraits are still clear, the way he works into them distorts the faces of these people and makes the portraits seem even clearer because he defines intricate lines in the contour of the faces. I experimented with editing the photos and making them black and work to reflect Goodwin's style because the majority of photos in his 'Cast' series are black and white photos. I think that in terms of drawing inspiration from the photographer, I prefer the photos in black and white.
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Concept - For this strand my idea is the theme is individuality. I'm going to look at ways of altering the face to remove individuality from them but also keeping each photo unique through other ways. Anthony Aziz and Samuel Cucher are visual artists working together as a collaborative team since meeting in graduate school in 1990 at the San Francisco Art Institute. In their dystopia series they took a series of portraits and edited them to make it appear as though they have skin covering their eyes and mouths. The intention was to suggest an evolutionary change signifying the loss of individuality in the face of advancing technology and the progressive disappearance of face-to-face, direct interaction.
The work of these artists relate to my concept of individuality because these artists edit their photos to remove the details of the eyes and mouth. They say that the eyes are windows to the soul, so removing them seems to remove the identity of the people. Concept - My theme for this strand is one of identity and recognition, I am going to experiment with blanking out the face and covering up people's identity so you cannot recognise them. Amirali Ghasemi (born 20 August 1980) is an Iranian graphic designer, media artist, and curator. He is most famous as the founder and director of Parkingallery. In the series Tehran Remixed Amirali Ghasemi shows young urban Iranians socializing, their faces and other areas of exposed skin blanked out to protect their identities. The social activities depicted seem as though they could be happening in any city around the world. Yet the fact that the identities of the participants in these seemingly ordinary acts must be so starkly concealed underscores how specific the situation is to Iran. This artists work relates to my concept of identity because his work is particularly focused on protecting the identity and concealing the identity of the people in his photographs. I took a series of photos inspired by Ghasemi's work exhibiting youth socializing like in Ghasemi's work. I also took the photos using flash as that seems to be how Ghasemi takes his photos. These are my chosen photos for this strand.
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969) was a photographer and artist born in Germany. He was best known for his fashion photography published in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar in the 1940s and 1950s. In addition to fashion photography, he produced an extensive body of celebrity portraiture, fine-art photography (including black and white nudes), drawings, and Dada collages. He made photographs while a resident of Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the United States, and has been called "one of the most innovative and influential photographers of the 20th century." I took a series of photos inspired by the work of Erwin Blumenfeld using different pieces of glass to distort the face and create an abstract image. The type of distortion in these photos is very similar to that of Blumenfeld's because of the chopped up effect that the glass gives to the photos. Bill Jacobson is an American photographer. He received a BFA from Brown University in 1977 and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1981. These are the photos that I further edited to produce a response to Bill Jacobson's work. These are some photos inspired by the work of Bill Jacobson. In his work he distorts the face so you can still see it but it is slightly blurred or out of focus. These photos were taken in the dark room and because of the darkness the photos come out slightly blurred if you move the camera while taking the photo which creates a similar effect to that of Jacobson's work.
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