This unit is about developing visual recording skills as an exploratory tool in communicating different ideas. I will be using primary sources to work from direct observation, developing my skill and understanding, to communicate and express creative ideas. Our lives today are rich in creative visual imagery. Advertising, film, video and the internet have become an integral part of our visual experience.Recording skills lie at the heart of an artist’s success in communicating their message.
Monday, 12 November 2012
Self Portrait
As photographer we rarely put ourselves on the other side of the camera. We prefer to capture than to be captured.
However, there is a long tradition in art of the self-portrait.
For this assignment I have to research a range of photographers and artists that have used themselves as the subject.
Discuss their use of material techniques and processes as well as their use of the formal elements and the principles of design in their composition.
How effective is the image and does it communicate a message?
I will be given an essay/presentation task in another unit along with a lecture to help me achieve this.So keep an eye out in future blogs for these too!
During my initial research I will be capturing and editing a series of self-portraits that help me explore and demonstrate what I have discovered.
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