For my portrait work I decided to go for a smart theme which is why all the people in the 3 pictures are in suit and tie.
I got the inspiration of having a smart theme to the photos from looking at Robert Mapplethrone’s selfie picture. I also liked how the picture is black and white as it gave a more serious feel combining the two.
At first I didn’t know how to approach this task as I wasn’t sure what exactly reminded me of home but after going home over the easter break I looked around me bedroom and noticed little things that whenever I see them I think of home. For the home brief I chose to use items that not only remind me of home but some things that I also have in my bedroom. For example the football reminds me of home because I have a season ticket at Arsenal FC and every time I go home I go and watch them play. The train tickets remind me of home because when I go home from university I have to get a train home and always get at least 3 tickets.
For inspiration for the picture I looked at rennieatomeier, a user on imgur who took pictures of his trainers. This gave me the idea to take a picture of my trainers and the nike shoe boxes.
For this brief we was given a map and told to find things within the area marked on the map. As Lincoln has two universities I chose to go with the theme of a student night out. For inspiration as to what to look for I thought about what I typically do on a night out, starting at a flat for pre drinks, going out to the club/bar and ending up in McDonalds before finally going home.
For inspiration I looked at Mi Yung Sung and this picture of lanterns. I liked this picture as it is very colourful and visually engaging. This is why I added a bright yellow straw to the already bright red can of Pimm’s and put it against a black background. I used this method when taking the other two pictures with the Koppaberg bottle having bright colours on it, being the fruit and text. The third picture also has bright colours on the water bottle with the bright blue on the lid and label and the white red and orange on the McDonalds wrapper.
I also looked at A Sot who uses a plain black background and bright colours in front of it. This game me inspiration to use a dark background and putting bright colours onto of a dark background draw attention to it more than it would if the images was against a bright background.
For my first task in the photography module I was given the Appropriation brief. To be honest I’m not sure exactly what means but from the Richard Prince picture it seems to mean taking someone else’s picture and changing the context of it and making it something different.
Another example of this is with Banksy’s appropriation of Andy Warhol’s image of Marilyn Monroe.
So from seeing these two I felt confident that I knew what to do when it came to creating my own images.
For my first appropriation work, I used the famous image of the builders working on a building in New York. I chose to take this picture out of context by inserting a picture of a crowd at a festival/concert underneath them making it look like the builders are siting above the crowd waving down to the people rather than waving at the person taking the picture.
For my second appropriation work I decided to use the jumpman logo from the Jordan brand. I chose to put a money bag where the ball should be in his hand as Michael Jordan has made more money from the brand then he did from play basketball. I also chose to have money falling down from the bag as the brand is very expensive, for example a pair of their trainers costs anywhere from £100-£210. I also chose to do this because many famous rappers are seen to be wearing the brands clothing and trainers. Rappers Drake and Future even release a song titled ‘Jumpman’ referring to the brand. This will only make the brand bigger than it already is with more people being introduced to it by popular music meaning that the money made will continue to rise and rise.
In this photo I got the silhouette of the New York City skyline and put the Red Bull logo onto it as New York is also known as the city that never sleeps and Red Bull is a very well known energy drink. I also put the tag line in the same font and colour of the Red Bull logo above the silhouette of the city.