Inside, Outside & In-between 5 ar%sts to begin…
Ar%st 1-‐ Inserire Floppino
‘ F Series’
‘ F Series’
Keywords • • • • •
Over-layering Texture Plastic surgery Identity Concealment
This is my first idea; I will be star%ng off with taking and collec%ng portrait sided photographs, print them out in black and white and color then over-‐layering them with cut out texture material (e.g. cardboard, colored paper, collected secondary photographs from different sources.
Jerry Uellsmann
keywords 1. Nature 2. Identity 3. Illusion 4. Impression 5. Foreshadowing
Jose Ignacio Romussi Murphy 1. Mapping 2. Embroidery 3. Expressive 4. Contrast 5. Religion
‘ U-‐London, 2013’
‘ Life Is Beau%ful, 2012’
Kyle Thompson Belonging
Drowning Limbo
‘ Un%tled’
‘ Open window’
‘ Open window’
Artist Analysis Inserie Floppino
Inserie Floppino is a diverse photographer and artist, he manipulates very ordinary portrait photographs into extraordinary photographs; layering and over layering them he creates different perspectives within them. I chose this photographer because his photographs are at first glance expressive and the abstract nature of the design that obscures the portrait in contrast to the reality of shot; this is the photographers way of showing the innate conflict between how others see us and how we want to be seen. I think that this was the message the photographer was trying to communicate to his audience; this idea of how much can we actually tell from a person’s appearance who they really are, and when they uncovered, will we still have the same opinion of them. I think that these photographs are important because there are some issues highlighted within them that are of relevance to our society today; issues that are influencing the youths of today, issues produced by the media. The idea of over-layering with materials, colours and shapes are this photographers way of pointing out how many young people especially girls are following the media and what they see and are trying to form their personality from there. What is shown in the media of celebrities and their looks are manipulating young girls into thinking that this is how they need to be and who they need to be. This photographer is effective in portraying this issue because he used prominent colours to connote the way the media is able to draw those young girls in with things they want to see, things that are pleasing to the eye. Personally, I find that these photographs enlightening and different in the way they are created and this photographer has largely influenced my own photographs and the technique I used when developing them.
Ini%al Sets of photographs
Developmental set
Evalua%on of set of photographs The producing of these photographers were exciting throughout; particularly the colours and shapes of the photographs really gave them an edge and I was able to achieve that 3-D effect I was aiming for. What also worked well was the consistency within them; I was able to highlight the issues I was addressing within both the initial and developmental photographs and so I think the photographs were effective. Visually, these photographs are a lot to take in and so I carefully consider the lighting when photographing them and I allowed as minimal natural light as possible so not to take away from the mystery of the photographs. The main focus when producing these photographs were the objects I had placed on the portraits and so I made sure not to allow to much exposure of light. The shapes of the materials in the photographs were key because they held a symbolic meaning; triangles according to ancient beliefs represented the spirit and power, when facing upright it symbolises a male in power and when downwards symbolises a female in power and mother nature. I took this concept and incorporated it into my photographs because I thought that it was very relevant to our society today; woman are no longer second best or incapable but are of equals to men. I would hope that using this concept will not go unobserved by my viewers, I would hope that when they look upon my photographs they would question why I have used triangular shapes and not any other shapes; they would question what it means and how they feel about the use of the materials and shapes. I want my viewers to reflect on my photographs with the understanding of why I choose certain materials and how I have presented them.
Chuck Close The simplicity of this photograph is what makes the photograph that much more interes%ng to me. I find that the black background makes the subject maXer more surreal than natural and I think this was the inten%on of the photographer. The somber quality of this photograph alludes to the history and hardship of the person behind the hand; it tells a story and the photographer wants us to make up the story. Consequently, he has made us a part of this photograph, the viewer having a perspec%ve is a form of encounter with the photographer himself. I think that this photograph took this photograph because it was another way of capturing one’s iden%ty without having an actual picture of that person. This influenced my work in terms of capturing the concept of experiences and encounters in the subject maXer; the innocence of the person behind the hand.
Initial Set
Jerry Uellsmann
‘ Un%tled’ 2008
Developmental Artist Analysis Uellsmann’s photographs are almost dream like and surreal, though the subject matters are quiet obvious with the combination of the palms and the figure and building it becomes like looking at something from a different point of view. When I look at his photographs I feel as though the figure is in a dream world they have imagined or like they are lost and can not find their way back home. Uellsmann has put the lost silhouette in complete black as to symbolise the dreadfulness of his situation and times in our own life where we feel lost and disconnected from the world. I believe that this was Uellsmann’s intention, to enlighten his viewers on how much we may have in common with the subject matter and how it can influence us. The use of subdued colours further emphasises the nature of the photograph; we start to question the mind frame the photographer was in and the events that built up to that this photograph and the series of photographs that followed. I feel that the photograph is important because it raises the issue of homelessness within our community; the figure is quiet close to the house but has turned away from it and this is to signify the rejection homeless people feel. Moreover, the subject matters are also very important because the house looks dissolute and empty and the silhouette also looks dissolute and empty but when put together this would change the status of the photograph as a whole, we would look at the photograph differently. What I find most intriguing in this photograph is the process of creating them, Uellsmann in 1960, a time were Photoshop was not conceived discovered the technique of assembling his photographs from multiple negatives decades. He would Use as many as seven enlargers to expose a single print, in his darkroom that allowed him to create evocative images that combined the both subject matters and the fluidity of our dreams. Learning of this technique also pushed me to experience with my own photographs and play around with the concept as much as I could and I enjoyed the development of it.
Developmental Set
Evalua%on of set of photographs My original intention in taking these photographs was to explore how double exposure could change my perspective of a photograph; the disorientation we feel when we look at a double exposure photograph as oppose to looking at the subject matters as individuals is quiet important for a viewer and the artist. I wanted to experiment with acetate, reflections, text and I think that this worked to my advantage in terms of creating quiet surreal imagery The first photograph focuses on the portrait emerging from the palms and I think the focusing was quiet good because the detail of the face was in focus and not over-shadowed by the lines of the palms and this was important for me to achieve. Another element that was key was the background of these photographs had to be subdued as I did not want to take the focus from the photograph itself, I aimed to have each photograph against a white or black background and this proved to have different effects on the viewers. The photographs on the black background had a more pronounced presence as oppose to the photographs on the white background, I find that those on the white background were more pleasing to the eye. I am quiet pleased with the composition of photographs 1, 2, 4 and 7 because both subject matters were symmetrical and this allowed them to be connected; particularly photographs 4 I think was effective because the figure is plainly displayed within the white clouded palms which allows us to focus on the figure alone. What could have worked better were the mixture of my photographs, I could have used more of the one palm photos to merge with the portrait photographs as I think photographs 2 and 3 worked well. I think that what I have tried to symbolise in these sets of photographs is the idea of seeing two things at once but having one perspective of it as a whole piece; I also wanted to put emphasises on identity being portrayed not only through the portraits but also the palms.
A2 Exam Outcomes
Evalua%on of Exam Outcome At the beginning of my exam I was confused about how to start crea%ng pieces even though I had unedited photographs to work with; I started with the idea of embroidery into a photograph but that did not work very well so I decide to try another technique. I printed out photographs and started to %re into them to create this idea of something opening up or something being revealed from inside a person. I then layered them over another photograph to get that photograph in a photograph effect and I think this worked well; the different tones of both photographs also worked to my advantage because it symbolized the different personali%es of both subject maXers. The detail in the photographs were also very prominent and so I had to make sure that each photograph did not over power each other but rather that they complimented each other. In terms of ge^ng the concept right, my choice of photographers were effec%ve because they influenced the direc%on in which my photographs went; photographer Jose Ignacio Murphy was my inspira%on for the embroidery pieces, the presence I wanted to capture within the photographs is the presence I felt when I looked at his photographs. It was the whole idea of the subject maXers being muted and allowing their facial expressions and the paXern of the thread to speak for them, to tell their story because they physically couldn't. However, the quality of the first sets were not as strong as the embroidery and portrait sets because visually they had much more going and so they were harder to concentrate on. If I had more %me I would also improved the lightning of the first sets so they were more clearer visually and symbolically. Using different people was key because I wanted to highlight that we were all the same on the inside regardless of looking different on the outside; no segrega%on is strong enough to affect who we are on the inside. What worked well were the embroidery photographs because they embodied the concept I wanted to get across, which was to arrest the emo%on of the subject maXer within the frame of the photograph and I think that I achieved this. I believe that on the whole, my experimenta%on was a success because it showed a diversity within the project and I was able to learn more ways of capturing an emo%on within my photographs which I was proud of. In terms of color, I decided to limit the range to only black and white with the first sets and subdued worn looking color for the embroidery set because I wanted all the focus to be on the photographs.