Representing a Person
Representing a person can involve an image portraying something about that individuals everyday life, their personality, or appearance. If I were to represent a person through my photographic essay I would want to portray something within them that a passerby would not notice.
A) One way in which I would respond to this brief is by experimenting with different types of lighting - both high and low key - in order to create the right effect for the individuals personality and appearance. I love the use of low key lighting as the dramatic lighting takes effects on the meaning of the image due to the fact that the viewer is only able to see certain facial features and what the photographer wants them to see. I would also take images of objects/ everyday items the individual uses to show something interesting about their personality.
Nick Knight
B) Another way to represent a person that I am interested in is by photographing them in their bedroom/ house in order to suggest how they live and what conditions they are used to. Seeing an individual in their own space often allows the viewer to learn more about them as they are viewing their everyday life by looking at their interests and surroundings. To make these images more realistic I would use natural lighting in order to portray the individuals in the most real way possible. On the other hand, downsides to this are being criticised for still only photographing what you want the viewer to see.
C) I have mentioned John Stezaker's work in a previous blog post as I love they way he represents people with the use of hiding part of their identity. Within my project I would love to be able use Adobe Photoshop to represent a person in terms of identity. I love the mixture of landscape photography and portraiture used together, as well as close ups. This leads on to my idea of Photographing individuals in a portraiture studio, then also using a close up shot to photograph something this person loves/ has in interest in. I would then photoshop this close up in an abstract way that covers part of the persons facial features to link to identity by suggesting something about the person/people.
John Stezaker
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