Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Paper

My first image I is blurred representation. It suppose to feel fantasy like and mysterious. He is a representation of the inner spirit, a Puck almost. I want to show the physical representation of the inner voice and spirit. I do this by not making my subject in focus, and showing him in motion, giving a feeling of not being real.
In this photograph, I wanted to show him in a modern setting being more concrete, but still looking like he is out of place in this setting. Here he peers over the house as if a gargoyle looking down. He is a fantasy character, but now in a realistic setting. The scenery is eery, to emphasize his sort of wild nature and make him seem more mysterious.
This is another close, but much more intense. He look on guard and wary, showing that intensity in his eyes. The flora in his hair stand up like porcupine spikes and he seems on the defensive. The dark lighting does not let the eye see everything on purpose to leave interpretation to the imagination. The lighting also allows the photograph more intensity to enhance his expression.
This photograph is more relaxed, but still showing this character in a fantastical way. He is sleeping on the branch in front of a house. He is in a real setting but he still seems a combination of unnatural and concrete. The spot light is on him, as if he has been caught by an onlooker, but not awakened.
The last photo displays his in a smokey haze. This is the most unclear out of all the photos. It is intentionally so, and it boosts the level mystery. This photo is a close up so his emotion and face feel very real but the setting feels very unrealistic. I picture him or her as a wild child, sort of Puck like, from a Midsummer Nights Dream, mischievous and not refined as a contrast to our very refined actual appearance and actions.

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