The first step of creating the portrait murge was to select the guide lines in order to line up the transfer image symmetrically by clicking view, new guide.
The process is repeated with the other eye and the centre of the nose. Then horizontal guide lines are selected to the corners of the mouth and eyes.
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Then the guide line must be matched to the centre of the eye.
Then the image of the old person is selected by clicking command A then copied with control C
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Then by clicking control V the selected image is transfered on to the base image with the guide lines to match up the features. I also changed the opacity of the image of the old person inorder to see the original image underneath so the features could be matched up perfectly.
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Then the guide lines are deleted and you can focus on refining the image to make it appear more natural and realistic.
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Then by clicking control T the transferred image of the old person can be selected and altered to fit the face shape of the young person. So for this image I had to rotate the face slightly left to fit the eyes together.
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Then I erased the eyes of the old person to reveal the natural eyes to create more intensity. Then I erased the square outline that appears in the previous images to make the image as natural as possible.
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Adams Began the age map series in the early 90'S using black and white film for his latest images and took the subjects school photograph which was previously professionally taken by the the school. The poses were often not front facing which in a way romanticises them. This particular image has a spooky contrast between the facial features. Especially with the wide eye in the youth image. It also creates a feeling of discontent because of the change in symmetry. Furthermore Adams decided to use the body of the child which creates humour with in the image because of the disproportion of the mini body compared to the adult face. |
As Morden technology came into the picture Adams mordenized his technique using colour film and straight facing images to create realism. "Every pore, blemish, and wrinkle becomes intensified with the use of color photography, particularly when mirrored against the unblemished image of youth."This image is interesting because it depicts ideas about change and continuity. On one hand you look at the image and you see the same personality and face on both sides of the image but then at a second glance you begin to think about how far the subject has come from that initial image and how the genes, time and environment have adapted the second image to create such change in the subject. |
This colour film image explores commercialism and consumerism. My personal interpretation explores the early days of manufacturing companies that have now transformed into huge global firms. The transformation of customs in our society is explored by the post men. When this photo was taken the post men appear to be dressed very smartly. Almost suggesting receiving a letter was a special occasion now days due to technology personal letters are far less of an occasion and post companies are far more colloquial. Showing the decline in peoples attitudes to the values of traditional customs.
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Leiters intentions for his photograph series are about portaying a 'pioneering America' a nation that never stops growing. The multiple signs around the image represents a change of power in society, people are begging to have the ability to voice themselves. This demonstrates a political transformation in the 20th century.
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For me one of the most striking images in the exhibition was form the works of Felix Nadar, using gelatin silver print on paper. Sarah Bernhardt in Le Baiser (1894) explores the relationship between the subject and camera through her implicit emotion. The irony in this image is that the she appears fragile and timid yet she is dressed in bright white, ruffled clothing almost like a clown therefore portraying a sense of humiliation. However the exhibition "performing for the camera" expresses the wider question of how much is this image her raw emotion and how much is she playing up to the camera, The over all intention of the exhibition is to depict the transformation between realism and artificiality. It's impossible to decipher the difference through out the exhibition. Yet still Nadar has captured such vivid emotions, whether they are real or not, the viewer still fully absorbs these emotions. |
This Film image creates a grainy texture. It was developed in the dark room by printing the negative images into positives. The developed in fix,stop and developer. Although film photography creates beautiful contrast it is a less common process today as it is more lengthy and tedious process.
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The cyanotype was created by a process reliant on the sun. We took our acetate printed images and a sheet of glass and turned the picture face down and pressed the glass against it for 15 minutes. Then we peeled the images off the glass and soaked the paper in water. It was a very interesting process and creates a beautiful blue, watery tint to the image almost as if the final dry image is soaked in water.It also creates and interesting thick depth to the image.
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The Acetone transfer was made by taking a regular image, printing it on acetate paper and then pressing it against paper and applying nail varnish remover on the back and then the image seeps through the paper with a grainy effect.
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This image was taken digitally with a DLSR camera. The advantages of this type of camera is that the image has the best quality resolution and clarity, making the image very clean cut and focused detail.
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Penn's approach to the still life evolved over decades; from the 1930s onwards, he arranged everyday objects to create assemblages, transforming what was originally a random object into a vision of beauty. Penn picked up these butts on the street. He would then bring them into the studio and started creating these minimalist compositions. The simplicity of the subjects juxtaposes with the sheer detail of the cigarette which creates beauty. There is also an eye capturing contrast of the white paper from the cigarettes to the thick black ash residue He transformed one of the most widely consumed and discarded products of consumer society from that of pure detritus into a symbolic representation of contemporary culture. There is also irony in the photo as he turns an abominable habit into a vision of beauty.
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The project of a generation was designed by JR. initially it was illegal to change the face of buildings with out permission but this art movement soon became legalised as the authorities recognised the positive impact it had on youth's lives. It gave the opportunity for young people to view and enjoy art work especially to people who never really had the upbringing of going to museums. It also gave a fresh perspective for the youngsters and they became engaged with the style. It was a successful movement an many of the young people realised art was not just about old fashioned paintings. For My response to this I captured images that we had displayed from our previous Myra Greene portraiture work. The particular image above is interesting as it explores anger and violence in the youth of today and could possibly be viewed as propaganda to prevent street crime. My response explores identity of youth.
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By the viewers, these images can be perceived in so many alternative ways. They can be read at face value- In these images the prints are from my eyes in the first image and ears in the second image. But for me an alternative reading from the ear prints looked like two balloons floating in a black sky. The transformation of perception is what makes these images beautiful. To get the black and pink contrasting colours we went through the same process of applying the sugar, oil and soda. but this this time instead of putting them in the fix we transferred it back and forth in to the developer liquid as well which created the darker black tones.
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I chose the setting of these five images because I wanted a plain and simple space and I wanted delicate, gentle movements to make the images appear effortless and graceful. The lighting also fits well because it is coming from behind which highlights faint patterns in the background to emphasise the softness of the image. I chose to photo shop the last three images in black and white to create fine-grained tones. All of the photos were taken digitally on Aperture priority with F stop 5.6. In each image I Increased the brightness and contrast to enhance the clarity.
The lighting worked well in the setting because it softly hits the body in different places that draws the eye and create contrast. However the images would have had a cleaner feel to them if the camera was slightly more focused. Although the editing and lighting were intentionally subtle it nicely juxtaposes with the subject's strong, powerful and expressive movements. The images explore the transformation of movement expressed by the individual poses of the body. The subject wore minimal clothes to create natural beauty and emphasise a strong feminist out look of the body. Not only does this explore transformation of movement but also the transformation/ freedom of expression which advocates power and beauty through out the series of images. |
Woodman captures a variety of ancient and post modern elements in her photos to create timeless classics. Baroque paintings were a huge influence on her photography. When comparing this image to the one below it is evident that the same graceful and serene tones are also captured below. Which reflects her intentions of creating a purposeful tone of grace with under tones of sadness. Like my response there is a strong focus on the positioning of the body and how body language and gestures can capture the whole essence of the photograph and induce the emotions of the photograph onto the viewer. |
This image explores the relationship to the movement of the body compared to its surroundings. The position of the body reflects the timid atmosphere and this is done intentionally. The high heeled boots represents the femininity and this contrasts with the slow exposures she uses to create a lack of identity. The crouched position exposes her vulnerability.
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The girl in the white dress explores the idea of gender her open movement on the slow exposure again conceals her identity but the big movements against the harsh grey back grounds creates a sense of naivety for the subject. The slow exposure blurs her into the background. Woodman often used spacing to evoke a sense of claustrophobia.
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Artist Cindy Sherman explores alter ego through transforming her self image and identity characteristics. It makes the viewer consider why human beings desire to transform their natural being and what influences their transformation.Sherman says "We do it to play up and manipulate our features; to peacock, colour in, draw moons of light around our eyes and shades of suggestion on our lips, to make ourselves more visible. The other, not unrelated motive, is to hide in plain sight." Here I think she is suggesting that we as humans like to wear masks and present our personal best qualities on this mask. The only qualities we want society to see therfore hiding our insecurities "in plain sight" I decided to use Sherman's concept of alter ego and physically transform my subjects face. Whilst photographing I found that not only was this going to be a physical transformation but I could see the subject automatically began to behave in a different manner, Initially He began the shoot feeling quite shy and awkward but as the make up artist began to transform him more and more he started to take on the feminine role and behaved in a camp manner. He also felt more confident with him behaving in a different manner with make up as it masked his true identity which echos Sherman's theory. I selected the photos that showed over time the subtle transformation of his ego and physical face.
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The book Byker is a series of photographs captured in a small .town near Newcastle called Byker through the 1900's, of peoples day to day lives. After reading the the book the most striking aspect that was reflected through the images was the sense of community through the residents of Byker and Photographer, Konttienn quickly became apart of that community and she intended to follow peoples everyday lives. "For me... the vision began from the hill,sweeping down along the steep cobbled streets with row upon row of terraced flats.... Smoking chimneys offered me no paradise; but i was looking for a home." Another interesting aspect of the series is the concept of technology for the dated town. When Konttinen went round asking to take people's photo most people responded "sorry pet, but I'v never had a photo took of me in my life" Therefore one idea of transformation that relates to the series is transforming technology and customs.
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This image is particularly engaging. There is no performing to the camera and the photo captures this woman. everyday life. It depicts a working class woman, despite her financial hardship she appears happy and upwardly socially mobile. From the picture we can infer that she doesn't care what others think of her because of the comical towel on her head, whilst sitting on a street step.This may have been socially unacceptable to another class in those days but the beauty of this picture is that she really does not care. The Byker Series explores the way of life before the Gentrification of Byker. (Meaning the the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class people) Not only does Byker series explore the physical transformation of the buildings and surroundings but it explores the transformation from the old tight nit community to modern day diversity where most people do not greet each other in the street and everyone's from different up bringings. It was this transformation that devastated people the most. |
I chose this strand as I liked the idea of having a subtle transformation in the piece and the transformation can be physical through the movement of the body but also the transformation of a background that contrasts with the style of the dancer.
Chosen strand: Transformation of Movement. 3rd development |
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To develop the previous strand I decided to experiment on Photoshop to add new dimensions to my work. By using Photoshop my pictures became more modern and abstract. I created this image by combining two images on separate layers and then rubbed out the top layer in circular patterns. The transformation in this photography continues with the the transformation of movement and expression, Furthermore there is an underlying physical transformation of layering the two photographs to see them as one. However I quickly decided to move away from this development technique as I felt it took away the simplicity of my photos. Through out my developments I found that the simplicity of the images created beauty. Therefore I decided to focus on small detail and have a less busy image. My new intention was to create a subject were the viewers eye was immediately drawn to.
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ProcessThe first step was to choose two images that contrasted well. It would have even better if my images were the same size but it does add to the surrealism.
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Once two images were selected we had to murge them together by selecting one with Command A. The copy with command C and paste it onto the same page to over lap with command V. This created two layers.
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The next step to create the opaque effect was to change the opacity of each layer.
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The 4th stage was to rub out the line of merging the lines together to create a neat finish and a realistic photoshop.
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Then the final stage was to alter the brightness and contrast to create an image with more clarity. Then put the image in black and white.
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I was inspired by JR's work because he creates a beautiful juxtaposition in urban ballet. The elegance of the ballerina against an urban estate promotes the innocence of the dance and the danger of the enviroment. Inorder to recreate the riots in paris he produced a video of dancers in an urban, derelict space as a symbol of the de-composure that exists with in society.
He uses physical theatre and the body to create bold, shocking and emotional impacts. |
My intention for this photo was to create a simple contrast between the harsh, gritty roof tiles and dull grey bricks with the innocence of the white dress but It would have been better if I had experimented more with the angles as the straight forward angle is more dull. With the image on the right I experimented with Photoshop to create a really abstract angle. I decided the image does not work as the Photoshop is too false and again takes away my simplistic intentions.
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For this development I decided to develop the setting of the subject. They were taken on shutter speed priority of 1/50 and an aperture of 4.5. I simplified the subject's out fit and enhanced the derelict setting which echoes JR's intentions of creating a juxtaposition of decay and beauty. I also introduced a gold cloth as a prop as I felt it would create a contrast of colour and a crisp texture to further carry on with my intentions of creating beauty out of simplicity. I captured a series of abstract positions from a variety of angles in order to demonstrate transforming movement of the body. Each pose captures a different expression which dominates the tone of the image. For example the 4th image is captured from a high angle to make the subject appear smaller. She is also in a crouched position and the gold cloth is very crumpled which creates an uneasy feeling for the viewer and the derelict, dusty floor helps to enhance bleak tones and her sense of coyness engages the viewer. where as in the 5th image the tone is completely contrasting. The subject is stretched out with the gold cloth in an angelic like pose. The light is directly hitting her face and the dominant side of the body. The light also lights up the golden colours helping her to stand out against the dull background. Therefore the tone in this image is much more light and peaceful and showing the transformation in her physical expression.
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This black and white image has beautiful structural lines that create a balance in the photo. The teared wall paper from behind adheres to lines on her blouse and her v neck. These symmetrical lines create beauty and her skin is the only element with out bold texture which separates from all the chaos behind. The Cigarette in her hand and her ruffled hair creates the "hard edge' to her work.
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This image really exlpores the heroine chic movement with her skinny legs, her tilted face and her crouched over position. For the viewer it creates shock. It goes against the social etiquette of the 90's seeing a young girl on the street with no trousers. However the thick jacket is the high fashion element and again Day emphases this as it stands out from the derelict background.
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I chose this image because it subtly differs from all the other images I had selected, mainly because of the abstract perspective of the camera lens pointing up, rather than having the image pointing directly at a 90 degree angle. This perspective also makes the subject appear bigger. It also differs as the subject is sat down which creates interesting physicality levels compared to the other images. Her crouched position creates an element of coyness to the atmosphere of the piece showing a clear transformation from the other expressions in the other photographs. The angle of the legs creates an aesthetically pleasing symmetry and the gold cloth creates a fluidity running from the top to the bottom in the centre of the image.
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I chose this image because I feel like it stands out the most in terms of movement. The subject takes a difficult stance and makes it look simple which creates a easy feeling to the piece and again the stretched out cloth and arms enhances the openness of the image. The square reflection onto the gold almost acts as a mirror that reflects more light beams. There is a solid structure to the image through the straightness of the ceiling,skirting board and her raised legs which nicely contrasts to the soft, scrunch of the gold fabric.
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