This is my Identity Set 1. I have chosen these images in the style of Richard Avedon as he focuses on style and fashion. This image is taken of his style of photography as his photos represent models frozen in time of fashion photography. In my portraits, I used fashion as well as a twist of humor to represent my daily with accessories I enjoy. Though, as I tried to get the look of “frozen in time” mid-action, it did not turn out well and I wish to enhance that in the future. I have chose my “green” choices (screenshot 2) as they have somewhat captured a mid action look, though with the twist of humor I had wished to add, were my photos highlighted green, which were my “red” images. Though, these photos did not caption action well. I do however like the sense of connection between the fashion accessories and the focus of my portraits, though, this was not a huge idea of Avedon’s. I wished to tell a story of connection between the cheese slippers and the subject in the portrait, which I think I was able to do, though Avedon’s ideas were not well represented in my work which I wish to work on with set 2 and 3. You can sense the connection of the subject and the slippers with the engagement between the two, such with the interactions. I think the strength within the portraits was the ability of focus on subjects. It was simple, covering the minimalistic ideas of Avedon’s. In my next set of images, I wish to use more of ideas inspired by other photographers, and be able to present them in my portraits well. I would think of the different strands needed in my portraits, and not just the story I focused on telling from the start.

My favorite image is the one of the subject blowing a kiss at the shoe. It’s minimalistic, simple, shows the relation between the subject and co-subject clearly, as well as focuses on the subject and co-subject well. In the photo, my eyes are immediately drawn to the slipper itself as multiple points of geometry points to the subject, some may include the direction and positioning of the face. My eyes are then drawn to the subject’s face, and their expression. This is where I want the attention to fall as the purpose of my portrait is to show the interaction within the subject and co-subject. There is no distracting elements as the subject’s physical features are from a considerably similar color scheme. The most detailed feature is the face, where it’s drawn to the emotion of the subject. The image’s exposure is correct as lighting falls onto the subjects to show true tones, as well as the vibrance of the co-subject, the slipper. The colors of the co-subject brings your attention of the only other subject in the photo, and brings reason to the cause of attention. The background is plane, the lightest part being the center which attracts the focus of the audience to fall on the subjects. The depth of field does suit the photo as the focus falls on the subjects. The story of the portraits can be well understood by the audience as many will focus on the particular relationship between the person and the slipper. The focus may result in different reactions such as understanding of the relation of something they possess, or perhaps disgust as slippers aren’t usually thought of as something that one tends to admire due to hygienic properties. This may also allow the audience to think of the backstory of the relation between the slipper and person.