week 4- research

Thomas Ruff 

Ruff embarked on a series if portraits. They were unglamorous portraits of ordinary people, devoid of expression the portraits suggest that it is impossible to photographically represent a subjects inner life, socially based mode of representation.

I chose to respond to Thomas Ruff as I like that he wiped the expression of the ordinary peoples faces to see what effect this has. I like that there is no emotion and that they are very raw. This is good for my project as my FMP is going to be portraiture so this was good for test shoots not only this but when I responded I wanted to focus on imperfections e.g spots, scars or even wrinkles. These imperfections can cause some people to feel vulnerable.

I think that my responses to Thomas Ruff were successful, as I do think I captured and added emphasis on the models imperfections on there faces. In order to do this I changed the photos to black and white and edited the colouring balance like magenta and cyan. If I were to do this again I would make sure I took the photos at the same time of the day so the lighting is the same and maybe get a wider range of models to get a better selection.