American apparel archive influential input

examples from american apparel that are relevant to my final images because the structure and format it which this display.For example the element of place a model in a random pose to create a sense of diverse abstract form which they have purposely been placed.

http://i.americanapparel.net/presscenter/adarchive/samples/bigs/american-apparel-ad-us-bath-090304.jpg

http://i.americanapparel.net/flash/src/auto/372/4686.jpg
http://i.americanapparel.net/flash/src/auto/372/4690.jpg

lOVE magazine/fill in flash research

When viewing these images i can see the digital flash is harsh on the subject and only lights up the subject and the area around it only a slightly lit.

5x4 colour neg

This image was one of three images i was using as my final large portrait prints.It was part of a sequence from short,mid,long depth of field they consist one the same throughout unfortunately when printing this the image was unfocused .

Albert Watson

 

I admire Albert Watson's  two portrayals of Kate Moss and how two different layouts and can produce very different things.For instance the photograph on the left creates a disgruntled,lost,unstable,on edge,uncomfortable to name a few. I'd suggest has been created by the darker backdrop and the use of light creating shadow along the bottom of her back and then up her spine emphasising it dramatically.Whereas the image on the right has a calm,feminine,less hostile rhythm too it with the help of a lighter back drop and the use of light directly upon her creating shadowing behind her.Although both very uniquely different from another in the sense of mood they create they are both equally beautiful in there own way, they draw your eyes attention for different reasons.

























http://www.younggalleryphoto.com/photography/watson/watson.html

Harding Meyer

http://leslieseuffert.tumblr.com/post/40324973720/harding-meyer-tumblr

Tumblr reserach

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/portrait

Tumblr Research

Another find on tumblr showing then and now portraits using the same characteristics with same or similar locations.I like the idea creating portraits over a period of time to show the development and change and growth of a person instead off having just one still image.I think doing this you would could create a kind documentation through images of one persons cycle through life. 

Paul Bennett - Portraits 2008

http://a-mass-musing.tumblr.com/

I've found a new method of doing research using tumblr this is where i found these intriguing portraits/paintings. I'm not sure what the inspiration or meanings are behind these images, but for myself when viewing them i feel they illustrate a women being stripped of there vanity.It kind off inspires me to create portraits of models stripped and bared of there vanity necessities to show face behind the mask which can often reveal natural beauty.