Master+Photo_Worcester

The artists I chose to look into were Cindy Sherman, Robert Bergman, Annie Leibovitz, Katy Grannan, Richard Avedon and Arnold Newman because they all create portraits of people who are not exactly as they seem; men to women, poor to rich, human to character, all of these artists almost create illusions in their photography. Alike to the two pictures on the right, I think I want to focus on having a unique composition of my portraits against varying backgrounds and applying techniques like the Rule of Thirds. Along with this idea, I want to develop a good use of contrast between subject and background, and color to color. I believe that I want to create a series, as opposed to merging my photos into one, and I want to show how people aren't always as they seem. For example, I want to try to paint skeleton make-up on someone, and then bright lips and blush on another to form two completely different people as opposed to the same plain person in two separate images



http://lightbox.time.com/2011/08/24/fashion-forward-cindy-sherman-for-mac-cosmetics/ http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/301 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-henson/katy-grannans-boulevard-a_b_806491.html