Human Figure
I find this aspect of Human Figure interesting. The distortion of the human face and body interests me more than works such as Carl Warner which is where he used human bodies to create different landscapes such as hills and mountains. The photos above are from Brno Del Zou and Sakir Yildirim. These two artists mainly look into the distortion of the human body and face. This interests me the most because I feel as if I can explore different ways of distortion using photoshop and other various methods.
Materials
I also find using materials interesting. The way Sally Mankus has transferred images onto CD's I find clever and It seems quite enjoyable but also challenging to do. Katherine D Crone has made these very colourful sculptures by using printed on materials and shaping them in a way so that they create a very nice visual effect.
Machines
These images were taken by Hiroshi Sugimoto. As you can see he focuses on machinery especially gears and cogs etc. I like how he contrasts between the light and the dark and really focuses on the actual object. The lighting used creates a very old fashioned style which I think would be very interesting to re-create and adapt.
Mindmap of ideas
Human figure Mindmap
Brno Del Zou - Critical analysis
I have chosen Bruno Del Zou as my first artist to look at as I find his ideas on cubism and manipulation interesting.
Brno Del Zou was born in France in 1963. The french artist mainly focuses on "photosculpture" which you can see from some of his work that he uses photos in many different ways to create sculptures. In his photosculpture series, Brno says "he uses the fragmentation of the body in order to better understand it". This shows us that he was inspired to do this project because he wanted to understand the human body in more detail. He then goes on to say "suggest a clear aesthetic preference which does not hide the chaotic side of our minds". This says to me that the strange type of distortion he uses where he cuts up certain features of the face is to convey the chaotic ideas in his and our minds.
The way Brno has disassembled and rearranged this face I feel is very abstract and different. The manipulation of this photograph creates a very cubism effect. The straight edges of each layer really stand out especially with the underlying shadows, it creates a nice contrast between light and dark. Brno emphasizes certain areas of the face by making them slightly larger. This makes the photosculpture stand out more which creates a very nice effect.
I feel as if this would be quite easy and interesting to replicate however I would like to do my own interpretation of this sort of style. In my next photoshoot I will try create a shoot uses different angles and perspectives in order to capture the perfect shot.
Brno Del Zou was born in France in 1963. The french artist mainly focuses on "photosculpture" which you can see from some of his work that he uses photos in many different ways to create sculptures. In his photosculpture series, Brno says "he uses the fragmentation of the body in order to better understand it". This shows us that he was inspired to do this project because he wanted to understand the human body in more detail. He then goes on to say "suggest a clear aesthetic preference which does not hide the chaotic side of our minds". This says to me that the strange type of distortion he uses where he cuts up certain features of the face is to convey the chaotic ideas in his and our minds.
The way Brno has disassembled and rearranged this face I feel is very abstract and different. The manipulation of this photograph creates a very cubism effect. The straight edges of each layer really stand out especially with the underlying shadows, it creates a nice contrast between light and dark. Brno emphasizes certain areas of the face by making them slightly larger. This makes the photosculpture stand out more which creates a very nice effect.
I feel as if this would be quite easy and interesting to replicate however I would like to do my own interpretation of this sort of style. In my next photoshoot I will try create a shoot uses different angles and perspectives in order to capture the perfect shot.
Photoshoot 1 - focusing on portraiture
My best edits |
This is my first attempt at recreating and interpreting Brno Del Zou's work. As you can see I have made a similar looking photo, however mine is more simplistic than Brno's.
Over all I am quite pleased with the outcome of this edit. For a first attempt I feel as if it has come out well.I have used photoshop to recreate this image whereas Brno made actual photosculptures. After a few more attempts at these photohop edits, I will try and make my own photosculpture but first I must change them so that they still resemble his work but that it is my own interpretation. |
Brandon Kidwell
Kidwell is an American artist based in Jacksonville, Florida. He lives on a small farm with his wife and child which is where he gets most is inspiration from. He is most famous for is double exposure work which is where he fuses two photos into one. This is a very clever process as you can merge photos of landscapes and other various things into a Portrait photo. A lot of Kidwell's photos are of his son. Kidwell says that he likes to explore the mind of a two year old which is where most of his inspiration comes from.
To do this you will have to do it in photoshop. I will have to learn the process of this technique by looking at tutorials.
To do this you will have to do it in photoshop. I will have to learn the process of this technique by looking at tutorials.
Photoshoot 2
Here are two edits from my previous photohoot. The one with a mountain as the landscape feature was my first attempt and I learned to do this from a youtube video tutorial which I have linked below.
In the second picture, I used the same technique however I made this photo over two split lessons. By habit I saved the photo as a JPEG so when I went on to the picture for a second time I could not edit the different layers as they have been saved as one merged background. Instead of starting again I just added a few more extra details like a drop shadow just to make the photo look a little bit nicer. Even though the picture is not edited correct to the video, I feel that this edit is more successful than the previous.
For the building, I used a building from my previous mock exam which makes the photo have a more authentic feel as it is my own photo. I also prefer the shades and colours of this picture as I feel it looks better quality.
In the second picture, I used the same technique however I made this photo over two split lessons. By habit I saved the photo as a JPEG so when I went on to the picture for a second time I could not edit the different layers as they have been saved as one merged background. Instead of starting again I just added a few more extra details like a drop shadow just to make the photo look a little bit nicer. Even though the picture is not edited correct to the video, I feel that this edit is more successful than the previous.
For the building, I used a building from my previous mock exam which makes the photo have a more authentic feel as it is my own photo. I also prefer the shades and colours of this picture as I feel it looks better quality.
Matt Wisniewski
Matt Wisniewski was born 1990 and currently lives in New York. Wisniewski mainly focuses on double exposure techniques. As you can see from the photos above, he mainly focuses on using the persons hair rather than their face or stature. As there is a lot of different types of hair, you can create many different landscapes as shown in the photographs above.
The photo on the far left has a nice effect where the majority of the photograph is in black and white, however the double exposure technique allows the bright greens and other colours to be visible. This creates a nice colour contrast for the photo and also makes it ore exciting and eye catching in my opinion.
The other two photographs use a mountain range as the landscape. The photograph on the far right uses the hair to act as the clouds surrounding the mountain top. It blends in well and creates quite a mysterious setting. The middle photo also has this effect but the snow acts as a blend to the background.
Using my double exposure experience I could incorporate different areas of the body such as the hair into my work. Next I will try to use a different area of the body and use the double exposure technique.
The photo on the far left has a nice effect where the majority of the photograph is in black and white, however the double exposure technique allows the bright greens and other colours to be visible. This creates a nice colour contrast for the photo and also makes it ore exciting and eye catching in my opinion.
The other two photographs use a mountain range as the landscape. The photograph on the far right uses the hair to act as the clouds surrounding the mountain top. It blends in well and creates quite a mysterious setting. The middle photo also has this effect but the snow acts as a blend to the background.
Using my double exposure experience I could incorporate different areas of the body such as the hair into my work. Next I will try to use a different area of the body and use the double exposure technique.
Photoshoot 3
Here is two of my edits from my latest photoshoot. My main aim is to blend nature into human figure. The mountains and rocks I have used are pictures of the internet as I haven't got enough good quality pictures of them which I would need for my final piece.
However, for my final piece I am not going to focus on double exposure as I feel I'm going to struggle to produce a final piece due to its complexity. For my final piece I'm going to do something based on Brno Del Zou's work however it will be adapted in my own way. I want to use his style in a similar however zoom in on parts of the body and the body as a whole. I feel as if this will be my most successful way of producing my best final piece.
Here is what I want to do for my final piece:
However, for my final piece I am not going to focus on double exposure as I feel I'm going to struggle to produce a final piece due to its complexity. For my final piece I'm going to do something based on Brno Del Zou's work however it will be adapted in my own way. I want to use his style in a similar however zoom in on parts of the body and the body as a whole. I feel as if this will be my most successful way of producing my best final piece.
Here is what I want to do for my final piece:
For my final piece I'd like to arrange maybe 4 photos onto a piece of A3 backing paper. Each photo will be different parts of the body creating a collage of distorted, layered like images of the human figure.
Initially, I was going to cut the layers out by hand and mount them on myself however I think photoshop would be a more time efficient, accurate and cleaner looking technique of doing this process. |