2.2 Internal - Art

Kaupapa

My kaupapa was originally based on cityscape/buildings. However, I realised that my portfolio may look boring if there are only pictures of buildings. Therefore, I decided that I would incorporate buildings/structures into my main theme of "isolation" instead.

Portfolio Panel 1 - #1

This is what my panel 1 looked like during early last month. I originally planned to make the colours go from cool tones to warm tones, however as can be seen from what my board looked like, I changed it to go from black & white and I wanted it to slowly gain colour. On the left side of the board, I wanted it to flow from a zoomed out angle of an object to a zoomed in angle, to sort of symbolise the emptiness of the location. When finished, I wanted panel 1 to be filled with photos of abandoned places to start off the idea of "isolation/isolated". Then the very last picture would've been 2 phones next to each other with one phone showing a person "reaching out" to nobody on one phone, while the other phone is turned off to transition into the next board where people in the photos will slowly come in. 

Portfolio Panel 1 - #2 

This is what my panel 1 looked like during late last month. The colour scheme is still black & white. I didn't continue with using some of the pictures from #1 as I believe that they weren't photographed well enough. I also added new photos that relate to each other to create a series. The series on the right side is supposed to show the flow from a zoomed in angle to a zoomed out angle to symbolise the loneliness of the location. I photographed objects by themselves to subtly symbolise loneliness. I photographed the reflection of the lamp using a phone screen as the sides of the screen act as framing, therefore the focal point would be the lamp. I used a phone instead of a mirror because I wanted it to be modern. To me, a phone symbolises loneliness because when I envision isolation in modern times, I see a person in the corner of a room filled with people using their phone or a person that chooses to go on their phone instead of communicating with others. For the photo showing the towel, I photographed it in that angle showing the door to symbolise the isolation of one thing - opening the door and immediately seeing only one towel. I haven't finished my panel 1 during this time, but I was thinking of adding another series to complete it. 

Portfolio Panel 1 - #3

This is what my panel 1 looks like now. As can be seen, the black & white colour still remains. I chose to keep this colour scheme as I feel that it will give my panel the "dramatic" effect. The panel is filled with multiple pictures that relate to each other. For example, the first 3 pictures are related as they all show a lamp, the bottom 3 pictures are related as they all show an arch etc. As I mentioned previously, I wanted it to flow from a zoomed out angle of an object to a zoomed in angle to symbolise the emptiness of the location - this can be seen in the 3 photos of the railing on the right side of the panel and the bottom 3 photos. On #1 of this panel, I mentioned that this panel would be filled with abandoned places. However, I decided to fill it up with pictures that showed one object around the home to symbolise loneliness. Lastly, I mentioned that the very last picture would be 2 phones next to each other with one phone showing a person "reaching out" to nobody on one phone, while the other phone is turned off to transition into the next board where people in the photos will slowly come in. I changed this as this could be too "out there". I didn't want to showcase being alone obviously but wanted to do it subtly. The 3 bottom photos will transition smoothly to the next board as the first few photos on the next board will also be zoomed in and out. 

Plan for Final Layout of Panel 1 - #4

Artist Model - William Eggleston, Martin Parr & Ans Westra

Most of my building/structural photos are inspired by William Eggleston. William Eggleston uses daily life/daily structures in his photographs to show the beauty in daily life. I love the idea of this idea and wanted to also incorporate it with my main theme of "isolation". To connect these, these structural photographs show how beautiful daily life is but also shows how beautiful it is despite being "isolated" - there's only one object in each photo. Martin Parr works with colour photography. 

Due to this, I was inspired to add colour to my portfolio (will be seen on panel 2) as it symbolises how adding a touch of colour will make what seems to be a normal day/scenery beautiful. Ans Westra works with lifestyle photography. Lifestyle photography is a portrait photography that captures real life situations. My photographs on panel 1 aren't portraits, however, Ans Westra has influenced these photographs because of the idea of capturing real life moments. I used objects to show someone's lifestyle "behind the scenes". These artists' are my model because all 3 of them use daily life in their photographs and show how beautiful this can be. My kaupapa was inspired by them because I wanted to showcase an isolated person's lifestyle and finding beauty in it. 

Inspiration Photos

Final Layout for Panel 1 - #5

Portfolio Panel 2 - #1

This is my current layout plan for panel 2. This panel would be filled with surrealism edits using photos I photographed beforehand. Panel 2 will still mostly be black & white, except for some photos that I plan to put colour in. I will also keep the idea of putting pictures in that relate to each other and the idea of going from a zoomed out angle to a zoomed in angle. To connect panel 2 and panel 1, I am thinking of making my last 3 pictures the pictures of the lamp again. However, this time colour will be added to the very last photo of the lamp - show colour of the light to symbolise "hope". To connect the surrealism edits and adding colour, my surrealism edits will be related to "hope" and some of these edits will show colour. 

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