Jansen-Lost+&+Found

**How will you create a complex composition? Will you use multiple images collaged or montaged into one or will you do a series of images 3-5 that are printed and displayed together?** After thinking about what the word "lost" means to me, I found myself thinking about memories from the past and a lost identity. Like many, I had a hard time figuring out who I am and what makes me unique. With this in mind, I would like to do a montage of old images that I find from my own past that help define me. Maybe then I will be able to find myself in this project The main idea/subject of my images will be me and my own life thus emphasizing the idea of finding myself again. I want to recreate myself in a unique montage that makes an image of a face. My piece will be a montage of both found objects and photography of or about myself and my memories. I will edit the photography to look like they had been lost for some time, and once I find them I will recreate something that is fresh and new. Depending on what photographs I use, there will be different lighting within my final piece. Usually I am drawn to images that incorporate natural lighting such as photos from outside. Because I am doing a montage, I will only need the old photos I find to make my final project. Like I have said earlier, I want to basically recreate myself and demonstrate how my past had made me the person I am today. This is my reasoning for my project; not only to define what lost and found means to me, but to also find my true self in the end. I will definitely incorporate fill the frame and use all objects and images completely. I will also use unity, contrast, and texture to create a new image of a face out of old images and objects from the past. These three images inspired me because, like the first photo, I want to create a new, larger object/image out of many old, smaller objects/images. The middle picture inspired me because I want my photos to look rustic and vintage as if they have been lost. Finally, in the third picture, similar to the second picture, I loved the vintage feel of the photo. If I have time, I may want in incorporate words in my project, but for now I am sticking to solely photographs.
 * What will the subject of your images be? How will you develop your concept? What is your concept? **
 * How will you incorporate collage, montage, found objects or found photography? **
 * What type of lighting will you work in? **
 * Are there other art processes you will need to use to create your piece? collage, montage, sculpture, fabric, recycled materials? **
 * Why will you create the images you've planned? **
 * What principles of art do you hope to use and focus on? **
 * Post the 3 images in the form of a banner and explain how they will inspire your work. **