My concept for the body unit was based around the question of how accurate a portrait of a person can be to that person when it is taken by a photographer who doesn't know them. Nobody knows yourself like you do, so I began to think about how I could take a photo that was the truest representation of the sitter that it could be. The other part to my concept is the idea that a person is made up of two separate perceivable people; the side of yourself as you think people see you and the side that you see yourself as.
I looked at artists such as Toby Glanville, I found his work most interesting for my concept as his photos because of the truth within them. And although they look posed/ staged, there is also a huge sense of simplicity and truth to the photos. Truth in my images for this unit is very important, because I want to create the most accurate representation of my sitter possible.
I took photos of a UCA student called Emily. I chose Emily because of how she came across to me when I saw her around the university. When I asked her to sit for me I was glad I'd asked her as I could tell that she had a very loud personality, and thought that it would be great to have that come across in my images. The shoot with Emily went really well, I really enjoyed all the aspects of the day and think Emily did too.
I really love my final images for this unit, and had great fun printing them.
My only issue with this unit was that I struggled with voicing my concept a little, by the shoot I found that Emily understood what I was trying to produce quite well, but it was quite difficult for me to present my concept in a way that made it easy to understand. Next time I have to brief a sitter on my concept for a shoot, I plan to organize my thoughts more so that it is easy for me and the sitter to understand what I really want to get through in the photographs.
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