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Myra Greene is a contemporary photographer who also works as an assistant professor in the photography department at Columbia College in Chicago. In the photographs on the left Myra tries explore whether people judge you by the way you look.
Myra Greene made these images just after Hurricane Katrina. At this time in New York there racist comments in response to some articles in the New York Times. This made Myra think about her own race and how people might judge her. In her work she takes close up images of peoples face to clearly show the imperfections and how we may judge that person because of their imperfections. In her images she tries to make the colour black a big part of each image. One way she does this is by displaying her pictures on black glass. This gives the picture a darker effect. |
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In the images below I took close up and full face images of a person. Then, using Photoshop I made the images black and white and played around with the colour balance and contrast. To make the freckles stand out on the persons face I increased the contrast of the image as this made all the dark parts of the image stand out. |
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Final edit: I think that this photo was the best of all my edits as it looks the most like a Myra Greene photo. This is because the contrast of the image brings out the freckles on his skin and Myra Greene focuses on little details of peoples faces. One way I could improve this image is by going closer to the persons face as that is what Myra Greene does in her images. I tried closer shots in my other edits but I don't think that they came out as good. If I made another response to Myra Greene I would focus on a certain part of a persons face like their eye or mouth.
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In my opinion this edit went quite well as it kind of resembles the work of Myra Greene. To improve this image I think I need to edit the the colour balance more as this would darken his face and their wouldn't be as much contrast between his skin and freckles. One thing that did go well in this photo is the contrast between the darkness of the skin and the bright, wide eye. If I as to retake this photo I would find a part o someones face with imperfections that I could focus on as this is what Myra Greene does in her work.
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In this image I slightly edited the contrast and brightness using Photoshop to make the image clearer as before it was a bit faint.
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In this image I made the face less faint by increasing the contrast and brightness. I then made a new colour balance layer and changed the shadow, highlights and midtones to make the image blue. I made it blue as this is what Sayako Sugawaro does in some of her pictures.
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Lewis Khan is a photographer and filmmaker from London. In his work he explores peoples everyday lives and pasts. In his project 'George Town' he shows the life of George Samuda through a short film and a range of images. George Samuda is a local resident in the neighbourhood that Khan grew up in as a child. Lewis Khan has known of George Samuda for years as he is well known in their neighbourhood. The short film that Khan made includes still shots of different rooms in his house which shows the viewer how George lives on a day to day basis. Their is also clips of George telling you about his past life to give you an idea of what he has been through throughout his life. The photographs are range from him posing to objects that are involved in his everyday life. For example, there is a photo of a wall in one of his rooms with writing on it. This is to remind him of people he has known during his life and to make sure he never forgets about them. |
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In these photographs I tried to document the life of my niece. Like Lewis Kahn I took pictures of objects she uses on a day to day basis. For example, her shoes, toys and books. I also tried to capture images of her doing things she does everyday like playing with her toys, drinking out of her water bottle and drinking milk before she goes to bed. |
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Louis Dazy:
Louis Dazy is a French photographer that makes double exposures using a Nikon F2 (film camera). His work links to my development of the city silhouettes as he uses the same process as I will when I reload the film in to the camera and take a second set of observations on the same roll of film. |
Development:
To develop the Gordon Magnin strand I used two people to make the picture instead of just one. In this photo I also tried to focus more on the contrast of the two peoples skin rather then zooming in to the bottom layer. I chose to take a photo of an old person and a younger person as there is a contrast between the wrinkles on the older face and the smoother skin of the young person. There is also a slight difference in skin colour which adds to the contrast. Lastly, I left both images in colour unlike my last set of images. This is so you can see the different skin colours. |
David Hockney:
My final strand is a series of photos by David Hockney. In the image below David Hockney took a range of photos from all different angles around his mother and then edited them together to create a joiner of her face. |
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In this photo I tried to recreate the image that David Hockney made with his mum. |