Schall-metaphor



The first two photography are from Jerry Uelsmann. He inspired me the most because the photography seems more realistic yet very metaphoric. I like how most of his photographs seem like they were just a combination of real objects so his photography doesn't seem odd and silly. Having the real images make the metaphor seem more real and serious and I would like to use the same Idea. I want everything in my piece to be real so my photography doesn't seem silly. I also like how simple Jerry Uelsmann's work is. His photography uses only a few images which keeps the metaphor very simple without it being to confusing. The third photograph is by Juliann Kost. I liked this photograph because it was simple but made me wonder what the photograph was about. The photograph hides the arms and the face but the photograph also seems very real. There is also little color. The only real color is in the dress which brings the main object to focus.

The idea I have was inspired by the song The animal I have become by Three Days Grace. My basic Idea is to get a picture of a face with one side normal and human looking but more shadowed and the other side more harsh looking with glowing eyes. My picture would be mostly gray scale except for the eye which would show dimmed color in the eye. The reason I choose this song was because I have felt this way before. I feel sometimes I get angry and when I get angry there's no way to control it so I feel like this shows an animalistic side of me and really I think it's a side everyone has that rarely shows but is always there. My goal is to show both the normal side of people but also that other side of them they try to lock away.

I can't escape this hell So many times I've tried But I'm still caged inside Somebody get me through this nightmare I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me No one will ever change this animal I have become Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal! This animal, this animal

I can't escape myself So many times I've lied But there's still rage inside Somebody get me through this nightmare I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me No one will ever change this animal I have become Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal I have become

Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare I can't control myself Somebody wake me from this nightmare I can't escape this hell

This animal, this animal This animal, this animal This animal, this animal This animal

So what if you can see the darkest side of me No one will ever change this animal I have become Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal I have become

Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal! This animal I have become