To look at a different type of ‘close up’ I decided to shoot
some portraiture images. I chose to look at a different subject to provide a
variety of images. I felt by doing this I would be able to convey some sort of
emotion within the photographs, or show some personality. Having experimented
with different techniques such as solarisation and hand colouring, I felt the
images could be seen in a different way to the originals. I wanted the audience
to question what is going through the person (I the photographs) mind, what
they are thinking?
To develop from this, I began to think about how I could advance from the work I have done. I decided to break down the images, thinking carefully about the ways to crop it. Once having done this I used the techniques of solarisation and positive to negative again to form an abstract composition, one which cannot be recognised at a first glance. Overall, I felt that I have taken these images on a journey through selective cropping and observing the natural shapes, forms and shadows within a composition. I have deconstructed the pictures making the viewer almost look at two completely different photographs.
