The Girl

The Girl Vasilisa Dubova

Hendrik Krestens I looked at Hendrik Krestens works and they inspired me to create some photographs with unconventional objects. He looked at 17th century masterpieces and recreated them using his camera and everyday simple obects such as plastic bag or toilet paper. He uses clear background what helps us to focus on the face and the eyes what is the main subject in his photographs.

Expirement I was doing my first trial photoshoot after I sketched my Ideas.

Photo below was taken on my phone. I tried out the idea of putting waterbottles into my hair. It worked out well but I will try to have nueteral facial expressions, as in 18 century masterpieces. In the picture below I used two water bottles different sizes and it created this funky feeling on the photos. I really like it this way as breaks the perfection of old masterpieces.

Sketches I am sketching new ideas for another photoshoot. I will use professional lighting, nueteral backgroung. I will be mores seroius so I will recreate the feeling of the old masters in the eighteenth century. I will use headphones as a necklace as in the 18th century ladies loved necklaces. It will bring the fresh and modern look.

Here, I am thinking how can I make my hair under angle like this .

Melony The photograph is a part of the project “Hair�, where I experimented with conventional objects, exploring the mediums to make the feminine modern girl by creating the 18th century hair and dress styles.

The aim of this photograph was to recreate the paintings of 18 century by using unconventional objects. I was inspired by Hendrik Kres-

tens, the way he imitated the 17th century dressing. I put two water bottles into my hair to create the effect of craziness and wonder. The plain background, face without much of facial expression , the gaze, it all reconnects us to the past through this photograph. I added apple headphones as a necklace that would ensure to get the refreshed and modern look. I wanted to create the simple look yet very memorable.

Melony This painting is a part of the project “Hair�, where I experimented with conventional objects, exploring the mediums to make the feminine modern girl by creating the 18th century hair and dress styles. I interpreted the paintings of 17 century by using unconventional objects. I looked at Vermeer, the way he painted the face and by the way he was using the contrast to make everything look 3d.

I put two water bottles into my hair to create the effect of craziness and wonder. The plain background, face without much of facial expression , the gaze, it all reconnects us to the past through this photograph.

I added apple headphones as a necklace that would ensure to get the refreshed and modern look. I wanted to create the simple look yet very memorable.

Dress Skecth

The Dress

ELLE The photograph ELLE was inspired by the Fashion icon of the 18 century, Marie Antoinette. I recreated her style using unconventional objects and ideas of technical imitation from Hendrik Krestens works of the 17th century dressing and the use of lighting. The photograph is a part of the project “Hair�, where I experimented with conventional objects, exploring the mediums to make the feminine modern girl by creating the 18th century hair and dress styles. I crafted the costume out of fabric and cardboard left overs, glueing and painting them. To make the hair stand up, I used a plastic water bottle, tied up with hairband within my hair and decorated it with fresh flowers and leaves. The make up is white gouache and vidvid red lipstick.

Margaret The photograph is a part of the project “Hair�, where I experimented with conventional objects, exploring the mediums to make the feminine modern girl by creating the 18th century hair and dress styles. The aim of this photograph was to recreate the enigmatic feeling of living in the in old times. I looked at Jacob Sutton, Underwater series. It is really inspirational, as it looks like fog. I recreated the image by breathing on the camera lens, and making the illusion of the fog around me. In 18th century in many books, there were constant fogs happening in Europe. I used this fog to highlight the feminine beauty and to maintain the focal point on the eyes and bright lips.

The Girl This painting was initially inspired by Marie Antoinette, by her style and self-expression within her work. When I was creating this oil painting, I wanted to make the girl on the canvas make you feel amazed by her femininity that might be perceived as weak and fragile, but as you look deep into her eyes, you can sense fearlessness and power to conquer the world. I painted the hair in a very royal style, the exquisite strokes express the power and confidence to be yourself. In modern society women try to be like men: strong, masculine, in order to be recognized and succeed. I am a feminist yet I believe that women should be represented through beauty and self-love and this is the key to success and power. My work is based on my project “Hair�, where I experimented with conventional objects, exploring the mediums to make the feminine modern girl by creating the 18th century hair and dress styles.

I crafted the costume out of fabric and cardboard by glueing and painting them. To make the hair stand up, I used a plastic water bottle, tied with hairband within my hair and decorated with fresh flowers and leaves. I did a photo session and chose one image, to use for painting. When I was painting the portrait, I decided to make lamp black background, to enhance the focal point on the face, as the face holds the feelings of feminine power. This is my message that should be taken as a new normality in our society.

The Girl Vasilisa Duvova vasilisa.art.12@gmail.com