'Covering the Body'

New title for my FMP. Mainly want to use/hide faces in bust shots. I could make this work into something to do with identity, abuse, shame, anxiety, depression etc. The face is used to advertise merchandise and is always 'perfect'/ But what if the face was hidden? Hiding the face takes away identity and speech. After looking at some more artists, I have found some images of painted people and backgrounds so they look like a painting in a photograph, although when another person is placed in the same environment, the effect is very noticeable - but stills plays with your mind. The paint is still very much like Boo Ritsen - which I like. I haven't thought about painting the background as well as the body. I could look into that more... The effect would be really great. I don't know if that is what i want to do anymore........

Joshua Hoffine

Mainly works with horror scenes.


http://www.joshuahoffine.com/#/6/3

08/05/12

I constructed a piece of material by placing lots of different materials and fabrics onto plain cotton and pinned it into a composition that I found pleasing. I tried to find materials that had a lot of texture and patterns. Then i sewed them together on the sewing machine using a free machining foot. I tried to create a lot of texture and movement by adding different shapes to it and also going over patterns that were already on the fabrics to exaggerate the patterns.

Covering with mask

When looking round the studio, I found an old hairdressing head. I cut the rubber mask off and was unsure what I wanted to do with it. Then I remembered Gillian Wearing's 'Self Portrait at Three Years Old'. I experimented with the mask and the background of my photographs. I found the paint studio a little cluttered    so I hung some black fabric and placed a light on one side. But using the macro setting on the camera, I was able to take some very interesting shots close up. I wanted to get the detail around the eyes to make the mask more apparent.

I am very happy with these photographs but I am unable to see how I would fit this style into my work.

Richard Burbridge

I came across Richard Burbridge, a fashion photographer whilst searching for masked faces in photography.

The bellow images are from a shoot for a Swedish magazine.

I love the contrasts between the soft, smooth skins and the rough edges of the props.

01/05/12

After looking as Roger Ballen, I want to create a range of masks or coverings that go over the face. This will stop eye contact and make the viewer feel uneasy.

Going to experiment with materials to make masks. Layering fabric will be a starting point as I feel it will give me a great intricate texture. I also want to work with wire.