Vision

My vision for this set of photographs is to make portraits of a model wearing dresses from the 19th-century at rest in a garden. The photographs will look as close as possible to oil paintings from that time period. To prepare for this set, I will explore the techniques photographers use who have made portraits in a similar style to these oil paintings, especially by using techniques like lighting, focus and composition.

Statement of Intent

By capturing a model at rest in a garden in the style of past oil paintings of similar subject matter, I hope to inspire my audience to reflect on the changes in fashion over time and on how people’s relationship to nature has altered. My indirect message is to show how style has changed rapidly. Nowadays the focus in personal style is on fast fashion. In the past, fashions were more modest and involved more small, subtle details. Time has changed how we look at fashion, and I want to use my photographs to have people reflect on the ways that they think about fashion.