Wednesday, November 17, 2010

[Perfect] Fit

Our society has its own ideas of what is perfect; the perfect chest, the perfect arms, the perfect face. The only problem with perfection is its obtainability. Striving for perfection can become somewhat of an obsession; why can't mankind just be happy with what they have?
"[Perfect] Fit" was meant to depict the flaws

of perfection. The models all chose a body part they wish to change and were then given what has they deem as perfection in its place. Images from the media were used to replace each body part, representing the effects of the media on a person's body image. The image was torn at the edges in order to illustrate how terribly perfection fits in with reality.

Be happy with the body you're in, because the "perfect fit" is something no one can obtain.





















Sunday, November 14, 2010

Surreal Self Portrait

This was my first attempt at surrealism using Adobe Photoshop and hopefully it will not be my last. Our assignment was simply to create a surreal self portrait and this was the exact image that popped into my head. Surreal photography is what got me interested in the medium in the first place but I was never confident enough in my abilities to attempt it. I used many tools I have never used before to create this image (including the "patch" tool).

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Magritte(ish)

For this assignment we were asked to place an object onto a background where it does not belong, altering it's size in the process. This image is a mixture of two separate images (the city skyline and the feet). A lot of selecting in Adobe Photoshop was involved and it took me three layers to produce (buildings, sky and feet).

Monday, November 1, 2010

Vitruvian Man

Our assignment for this week was to create an image that is made up of multiple images. I decided to recreate Leonardo's "Vitruvian Man". I had my model, Avery, lay down on a black sheet while I shot different sections of his body such as his hand or his head. It took a total of 16 images to make up the final image. The images were first batch processed in Adobe Bridge and then pieced together using Adobe Photoshop. The geometric shapes were added in later in order to better represent the vitruvian man. There is full frontal nudity in this image so don't look if you are sensitive.