The Human Body
New statement of Intent
For
my project I have decided to change my directions slightly. I discovered that
photographing the human body was a weird and wonderful thing and thought it
would be interesting to explore the human body. The different shapes we can
make our bodies form. I have researched a few artists which photograph the
human body in an abstract form in order to inspire met to take my own photographs.
I would like to explore different positions and shapes, which will also inspire
the shapes my models will make also. There are various directions which I can
chose to approach my project. For examples researching into how the body has a
link to the atmosphere around us or taking pictures in the studio and altering
and changing the effects to create interesting images.
Mind
map:
Edward
Weston
Edward
Weston photographs different objects in different form. I like the idea that he
photographed this pepper which appears to have an abstract shape. The shape of
the object catches your eye instantly. As the viewer it makes us question ourselves
what the object could possibly be, it is abstract. It appears to look as though
two bodies are merging into each other but then it also looks like a microscopic
image of a cell. As a viewer our eyes wonder and we question the identity of
the object. The use of the dark background makes the image much more dramatic,
it is simples yet we study the picture for at least three minutes if not longer
to figure out what the object could possibly be. I also notice the contrast and
the different shadows and folds formed. The image creates an illusion and
leaves us in a state of confusion. His work is fascinating as it represents how
beautiful nature is by using vegetables and also the human body.
Edward Weston also photographs the human body; he photographs parts of the human body. He does not photograph the clique full body images, he captures interesting aspect of the body,the shapes t and folds that the body naturally make similar to the shape of pepper.His photographs are generally in black and white with simple backgrounds.
Shoot 5: Body shapes inspired by Edward Weston
For
my Fifth shoot I did some research into Edward Weston and discovered that he
photographed the human body. I very much liked his photography of the pepper
due to the fascination and the illusion it gave .I somehow wanted to
use his work to inspire my shoot. So I asked my model to change her body
positions and by doing this she created different shapes with her body which
then creating interesting shadows. I used one light which was shining greatly
from one side this gave a split lighting, this gave a dramatic but dark image.my
main focus of this shoot was to photograph my models back, however I experimented
with photographing her arm, neck, and shoulders.
Edward
Weston's photographs are generally black and white which bring out the shadows a
lot more. This shows the contrast between the light and the darker areas which
creates amazing shapes and shades .I then went on to Photoshop to experiment
with editing my images. For all of my photographs I changed them to black and
white and then increased the contrast, by increasing the contrast his created a
grainy and noisy picture, however this was my not my intentions, but I was
pleased with the outcome of the picture.
In order to develope my project am going to do some more research into photographers that photograph the body in an abstract form.I wanted to explore and develope my photograpraphs by changing and photographing close shoots, by doing this am able to photography more interesting folds and bends in the body.This will emphasize how abstract the object is.Also explore different body parts.i.e face,ears,knees,feet etc.For my next shoot I would like to photograph different body parts and create interesting images by doing so.
Shoot 6
Experimenting with photoshop
Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Miguel Riberio
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