My images in set 2 represent Donald McCullin’s idea of capturing “human conflict”. McCullin is well known for his ability to capture those caught in conflict, as he looks to expose the underside of society in countries around the world, as well as “bear witness to the unacceptable” (Fine Art Photography Series). Adapting McCullin’s ideas into my own work, I want to capture the underside of society, and the negative effects causing conflict towards humans themselves. I want to capture how the society has caused many to have anxiety, and to overthink. I chose the images for blue (screenshot 1), because of the good composition. My blue photos were chosen from the contrast, good angles, as well the exposure, and depth of field.

My red photos are the ones with the red tag. The images had the perfect combo of contrast, angle, and exposure. Ontop of that, the focus was perfectly placed on the subjects. The final photo was chosen as a combo of my 2 red photos, as the photos combined brought attention to the subjects as the depth of field focused on the subjects in both photos. The photos tell the story of one who is often pressured by themselves, and begins to hate themself. Something I can further develop on can perhaps be the “action” of the photos. As the reaction of the “hatred” was still and lifeless. In times this may be an accurate reaction I would like, but as there was action on the subject “hating” – the hand moving, pointing fingers, the portrait may look better with action in the reacting subject.

The final portrait’s elements all support the subject. The contrast brings a gloomy look, giving a more depressing vibe. There were no distracting elements as there was nothing in the backdrop. There was meant to be focus on the mirror as the audience may realize that the person in the mirror looks to hate the subject infront of the mirror, which is themself. The audience often lays focus on the subject in the mirror first because the white is most vibrant in the portrait. The vision of the portrait is extremely clear as the sitting position suggests one that is “sad” and “depressing”, and the hang signals that are blurred out due to movement suggests hatred. The combo of this, as well as knowing the subject in the mirror and the one infront is the same, suggests that the subject perhaps overthinks and “hates”, or perhaps has negative thoughts towards themselves.