Sophie Calle, french conceptual artist, captures ideas of identity within the subjects in her photos. People have placed her with the roles of stalker, spy, and thief, as it was how they saw towards her understanding of others’ physical and emotional backgrounds, this being her form of art. Within her pieces, they all use different techniques. This includes placement of subject, as well as the use of color to add onto the mood within the pieces. I chose her because I really liked how her photos as I was able to picture a story for each photo. Her photos had the power of symbolizing a whole series of events by itself. This includes making me think of what setting each subject belongs in, and combing them with the time placement to create a grand visualization. I really want to tell a story using simple subjects within my photographs, as objects as well as color can tell alot of one’s physical and emotional being.

My favorite image is the last image, “La Coupole”. There are many subjects within this photograph, including what seems like a coffee cup, a tie, and breakfast plates. The setting of this image is on a collared shirt ontop of a bed. The collared shirt seems messy which suggests that it was recently worn. The main subject of this photo is a person that is unseen in the photograph. The coffee, collared shirt, bow tie, and what seems to be notes of something, suggests that this person is a businessman. They seemed to be busy but organized, as the notes suggest perfection in writing, as well as the stacked plates. Though there are visible stains on the shirt which suggests that they were in a hurry.

From the photographer’s point of view, they may have seen someone who was in a hurry as there was coffee spilt. My eye was first drawn to the stacked plates as there was visible shapes of circles. My eyes were also drawn to the bow tie as the vibrance of red from the bow stood out to me. The color of the photograph seems very light, as most of the items were shades of white and yellows and browns.

The photograph makes me feel messy because of the colors of yellows and oranges standing out on the clean shades of white. I think the photograph was to tell us the story of the main subject, the person, that these objects belong to. I think the photographer have achieved this as I was able to visualize a story with the side subjects within the portrait.