Portraiture unit

I believe that the portraits are the photographs with the subject of a creature’s body part, and it is one of the ways to reveal emotions based on the author’s opinion using people’s parts. Also, the most important rule in taking portrait photographs is that there are no rules. For example, there are no rules for posing, the pose can be natural or very unique. Also, in terms of lighting, the lighting can be natural or studio, and the tone of the light can be diverse. However, when the author changes those environments, the audiences feel differently so, so the author should be careful to effectively reveal their opinions.

Furthermore, selfies portraits can also be portraits because it is still taking a picture of the creatures’ part. However, the author should be careful with the mood of the photographs because the mood significantly affects how the audience sees the portrait and what they learn from the portraits. For example, in the photo below, this photography is a selfie portrait because it is a selfie and the parts of people are shown in this photo. Also, the mood of this photo is happy which is the intent of the author and by this, the audience can also be happy.

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I don’t think there is anything that shouldn’t be included in pictures, but there are some things to do to make better portraits. For example, to make good photos, the authors should consist of the message of the pictures because if there is no message, the picture is meaningless. For example, the first portrait has a message of despair through the usage of the despair action of the person. Also, there are many techniques that authors can use to make the portrait better, and one example is the focus so when they take photos, there can set the direction on the eyes and put the blur on the background for a more direct subject. The second photo shows a great example of the usage of the technique of focus, and the face, especially the eyes, are in focus and the background is in a blur to emphasize the author’s idea.

Also, the types of portraits are very diverse, so even a close-up of a hand can be a portrait since there are no inaccurate photos. For example, this portrait here is only showing only some parts of the body but it is still expressing the message of sexism very effectively.

Furthermore, even a ripped, blured, torn, and faded object can be a portrait when the purpose of the portrait can be revealed by the abstraction.  For example, if the purpose of the portrait is related to despair, the author can use either torn or faded to effectively reveal the purpose.

Also, one can be described in a portrait without them being present in the portrait by the use of one’s characteristics. Each person has characteristics that make up that person, so if describe all those characteristics in the portrait, I am describing one specific person. For example, the items below represent my hobby, job, and identity, so even though I am not in the photo, I am described in this photo.

Also, I think the portrait is one photograph, and the sequence of images is just portraits.

Citations for Introduction:

https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/teen-blog/2016/portraits

Task 1:

In this mindmap, I included all of the concepts regarding portrait, such as portrait without person, self-portrait, creative portraits, and abstract portraits. Moreover,  I have inspired many photographers who are experts in each type of photograph. Also, as you can tell from the middle part of the mindmap, the main idea I want to talk about is sexism in my projects. This is because I am emotionally passionate about this topic and I want to reveal the negative aspect of sexism in my photographs. Also, I want the audience to realize that sexism is bad. The place I want to take photos is anywhere I can adjust the tone of the photo and the focus, because those two techniques are important for me in this project.

Task 2: I will be using both techniques of close-up and blur to express the sexism in today’s society. This is because discrimination against women has existed for a long time. This is one of the most severe problems in our society, and also I am very passionate so I will make the audience realize how lousy sexism is using this project.

Task 3:  Inspired Photographer: Ralph Eugene Meatyard

First of all, Ralph Eugene Meatyard is a famous blur photographer who is also famous for forming negative emotions in his photographs. As you can tell from the photos above, the photographer used blur techniques in these photographs, and the photos express negative and sad emotions because of the dark tone in the photo. Therefore, I chose this great photographer because first, since I am going to use the blur technique so, this photographer will support me a lot for good usage of a blur. Also, since the issue that I want to describe in the photo is sexism so, the photographs should include negative and sad emotions because the topic of this photograph is very sad, and since this photographer’s photographs reveal sadness so, it will also give me a lot of help.

Task 4: Mood Board

As you can tell from those mood board pictures, the photographs are all negative, such as emotions of despair, sadness, loneliness, hopelessness, and depression. The reason why all the photos are negative is that during my process of this project I want to express the emotion of sexism, which is quite negative. Also, those photos will help me to figure out how to express negative emotions in the portraits.

Task 5: Statement of intent:

The title of my project is “The emotion of sexism” because, throughout my project, I want to mainly express the depression and despair emotion that people can feel from sexism. Therefore, I want the audience to realize the emotion of the people who are getting discriminated against and unrespected by sexism and try to solve the problem. I will be mainly inspired by the photographer named Ralph Eugene Meatyard who is a great photographer who can effectively utilize the blur and close-up to express very sad and despairing feelings. Also, I will be inspired by the photographs I used for the Mood board because there are many good photos with great demonstrations of negative emotions.