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Tuesday, 11 June 13
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Duane Michals
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Duane Michals
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Duane Michals
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Duane Michals
Tuesday, 11 June 13
John Coplans
Self-Portrait (Back with Arms Above) 1984
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Self Portraits
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Lee Friedlander
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Lee Friedlander
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Nearly nine months after being blown up by a landmine in Afghanistan, Duley made this powerful black-andwhite self-portrait. "When I was still in intensive care, I had an idea in my head of a photo I wanted to take a selfportrait... I called the idea 'my broken statue'." As well as echoing classical Greek and Roman sculpture, it speaks powerfully about what Duley has gone through and where he is going as a person and a photographer.
Giles Duley
Tuesday, 11 June 13
British artist Gillian Wearing has made a! series of self-portraits called Album in which she disguises herself as members! of her family mother, father, uncle or as younger versions of herself. In this intriguing portrait she poses as her father when he was a much!younger man, dressed in a formal suit. By excavating the family photo album for! her staged self-portraits, We a r i n g p l a y s w i t h i d e n t i t y a n d genetic! likeness while simultaneously masking herself. The result is both knowing and unsettling.
Tuesday, 11 June 13
Portraiture Task
Take a series of images that depict an individual of your choosing. Think about how you can communicate the personality or key feature of interest of your subject. Take into consideration your location, background, lighting techniques and your own ideas, inuences and inspirations. Submit ready to show in class: At least one nal presentation image and an outline of your process, the ideas behind your work and a reection on your nal print. All other images / ideas should be included in your visual diary along with notes and diary entries that log your project from initial brainstorming, shot lists and reections from each stage of the project. Remember to think about: The expressive moment of the subject Extreme close up or part of the face / body Props, clothing etc. Psychological portraits Camera angle or point of view Dramatic facial expressions, poses and gestures Lighting What other visual clues can you include along with your subject?
Tuesday, 11 June 13