Photoshoot 6: Work Record -

Work Record - 

Plans:

⧫ I will capture images using a polaroid camera (Fujifilm Instax Mini 8)
⧫ I will get subjects to create a diptych of photographs
⧫ I will get subjects to draw on the second of the photographs
⧫ I will gather a quote relating to the drawing on the second photograph

Hope to Achieve:

What I hope to achieve for shoot 6 is to document self identity of friends through a diptych of polaroids, inspired by Julius D High and his "What is love?" series, where they take one standard portrait that appears like a passport photograph much like Thomas Ruff's style whilst the second is edited through physical manipulation using pens. I will then pose a question along the lines of "Why did you choose that design?" and create a caption with the subjects' response.

Shoot 6 will depict what people, a few of my friends, perceive about themselves and how they present themselves to others. Moreover, the theme of nostalgia will again be continued as a connection between my first five shoots and my next idea featured in both this shoot and shoot 7 through the implementation of polaroids.

Actually Achieved:

I was very happy with the final outcome of shoot 6 in that I did not come across an difficulties with lighting due to careful placement of subjects that worked with the amateur aesthetic but also met the needed lighting requirements due to the limited settings on my polaroid camera. Additionally, the inspiration from various artists can be seen in my work which was a hope of mine through the means of polaroids, composition and then post production editing techniques such as is seen in my previously analysed Jamie Livingston photograph titled "09-18-1997".

The final outcome is reminiscent of the work of Julius D High in that the photographs are not extremely posed and create a natural atmosphere. Moreover the diptych helps to convey the implicit ideas of what self identity is. The first photograph on the left of each diptych is used to show the self identity presented to the public with the second image shows the hidden personalities, beliefs and thoughts.

However, to improve upon this shoot even more so I would have liked to expand the number of subjects used by further photographing more people. Perhaps even extending the idea of this shoot to a group of subjects not known to me, by approaching the mass public I could create a more in depth study in self-identity than currently shown.

Progression: 

This is the first photoshoot in a new direction of my project in that my style and technique is different from the collage style of my first five shoots.

I will be continuing this technique into my next shoot, shoot 7, but I will instead be photographing my family members with the same camera and same question que so that the aesthetics are similar but it also developed the idea of self identity through a variety of influences on my own self identity.