Kirsten Cleary Proposal

For my final project I want to explore portraiture. I want to control both the model and the environment they’re placed in so I would continue to create setups similar to my previous photo works. Subject matter I’m interested in shooting is people with obsessions, the work will capture both the objects people choose to keep and the type of people who collect them. I think the theme is general enough that I will be able to have various setups and a wide variety of photographs. If I have the chance to take this further I think it would be also interesting to play with projections, particularly I would like to experiment with reflecting my photos on different surfaces and view them on different textures seeing how this effects the affect of the image.

Goal: 10 photographs.

Artist Website

http://www.wix.com/imanischectman/second-attempt

Kyleigh's website

http://backend.kyleigh628.carbonmade.com/

Artist Website

My website:

http://mmdrouin89.carbonmade.com

Proposal

For my project to myself I wanted to modernize the idea of the family portrait. Instead of using my actual family, I want to incorporate my roommates and our dog into a "portrait" or series of images that represent our experience of living together. I have a few ideas about the direction for this assignment, but I am hoping to combine classic technical portraits with portraits of scenarios that are much more realistic. I anticipate the series around 10 images and would like to incorporate the use of diptychs and single shots. Hopefully the series of images will highlight characteristics of the individuals and as well as the group dynamic. I think by having a combination of single portraits, groups portraits, and portraits of our "lifestyle" together, I can create an intriguing representation of what it's like to live in a house with five people (and a puppy).

Website - Brandon Lawson

http://blawson.carbonmade.com/

Proposal - Brandon Lawson

For this assignment I would like to return back to my perception project from last semester. In this project I used a laptop to show an image of what was behind the screen, always in the photo studio setting. There was often small interactions with the picture to try and make it more realistic and believable.
Using that as a starting point, I first want to move outside of the studio to try and take away some of the questions that arise from photos taken in that environment. I also want to make the computer much less the central point of the picture. What this could mean is that you potentially could be presented with a scene that while interesting on its own, has the addition of a print or digital device to alter it in some material way. Perhaps the "fake" image that is shown by the computer or print is how the person could envisions what is behind the screen. Another path could be to find images on the internet and then try and place them in real environments. This would fundamentally change the relationship that was created in the original project, but still make people question the validity of the images.