Blurb

Here is what i am putting in my blurb to accompany my photographs in the exhibition.

 

Zoomorphism

 

This project was an attempt to create some fashion images with a difference. Rather than styling my models with clothes and props, I decided to project my ideas directly onto their skin. The use of animal skins came from thinking about how we often use animals to personify human traits.

Zoomorphism : The tendency of viewing human behaviour in terms of the behaviour of animals.

Evaluation

   Overall i am pleased with how my final major project has turned out. When looking back at my project proposal and research, i think i have achieved what i hoped to achieve. I am paticularly pleased with the way the projections turned out, after discussing my ideas with various people and generally feeling that the technique i was planning on using was not going to work.

    If i were to re-do my project, something i would try would be to use the slide projector rather than a digital one. This would mean projecting higher quality images onto my subjects, meaning clearer, sharper images that would look perfect when printed large.

I would also practise more, as although i am very happy with my images there are a few small faults in them technically, such as the high ISO i used has created quite a grainy appearance in some.

   I would also perhaps use more variation in my projections, perhaps going for images with more connotations than the animal prints i chose. I do not regret this decision though, as i feel the images are visually very interesting and appealing.

Presentation of my final 4 images

  Above are my final 4 images. I think they work together as a group well because they are consistent in theme and style without being too similar. They are simple and i think keeping the background white on all four was a good idea because it gives them an impact. 

  I have chosen to present my final images for the exhibition as A2 prints onto MDF. I chose the size A2 because it is large, which will draw attention and show detail, but without being too large, which would be impossible due to the nature of the projections (the resolution of the projected images was not high enough to be stretched too large). I considered mounting them onto aluminum however i like the thickness of mdf, which will make the photographs stand out from the wall. I think the painted white images will add to the emphasis the white background has created on the subjects in the photos.

  To mount my photographs i am using a Hot Press, which uses a hot panel of glass and a vacuum pump to mount images onto many different materials.