Review of outcome
My intentions for this project were to create my own style of photographs in the most original way achievable; which was harder then I thought. It takes more then just snapping a few photographs, editing them and ending up with some completely original and high quality images. However by doing a lot of thorough and open minded research, taking time to understand the camera by using it to it's (and my own) best ability, then experimenting with Photoshop and Indesign, I was eventually happy with my overall creative outcome and feel it reflected my intentions. I feel that my work has similar characteristics to Andy Warhol's pieces mostly, as I wanted a style which was bright and worked well as portrait shots. However, rather then emulating Warhol's work so precisely that my images were nothing more then pop art, I decided to adapt my own creative style and experiment with effects. The final images I produced and used for my magazine are more contemporary, the look of broken glass means a lot of shapes are created which leaves room for creativity and also works well with my magazine as it draws attention to certain areas of the page, such as the centre where the models faces are. I also feel my work reflects the composition of Man Ray's photographs, for example I used arms and hands as a way of creating shapes and interesting angles as he did.
Elements such as the surrealist movement, introduced by artists such as Man Ray, influenced my work as I decided to take elements of surrealism and incorporate it into my work. Again, this art movement introduced the use of the human body and limbs to add angles to work, which is what I decided to aspire to.
The presentation of my final piece, 'Face' magazine, turned out how I intended. I feel that by following the colour scheme which I had introduced into my photographs, the artistic and contemporary mood of my magazine flows throughout. Also many of the colours appear washed out or pastel, which means text and titles stands out as I intended. I think the nature of research, which was looking at other photographers, magazines, pop art books and watching interview videos of photographers meant my work is consistent as I gained a knowledge about not only the techniques of creating these effects but the actual movement in time which it was created and why.
Elements such as the surrealist movement, introduced by artists such as Man Ray, influenced my work as I decided to take elements of surrealism and incorporate it into my work. Again, this art movement introduced the use of the human body and limbs to add angles to work, which is what I decided to aspire to.
The presentation of my final piece, 'Face' magazine, turned out how I intended. I feel that by following the colour scheme which I had introduced into my photographs, the artistic and contemporary mood of my magazine flows throughout. Also many of the colours appear washed out or pastel, which means text and titles stands out as I intended. I think the nature of research, which was looking at other photographers, magazines, pop art books and watching interview videos of photographers meant my work is consistent as I gained a knowledge about not only the techniques of creating these effects but the actual movement in time which it was created and why.