What is Portrait Photography?
Portrait photography is all about focusing on a person or a group of people that captures the person's attitude, identity, and personality.
Researching the title: Portraiture Photography
Body Positioning & Facial Expressions
Happy expression
Confused expression
Mischievous expression
Cheeky expression
Staring expression
Bored expression
Confused expression
Mischievous expression
Cheeky expression
Staring expression
Bored expression
Eugneia Loli
FORM
This image is a close up of a women eating a strawberry, she is wearing glasses which are multi-coloured with a galactic paint like image within the frame. The galaxy in the background, blends with the glasses the lady seen is wearing. This picture has been edited on Photoshop as Eugneia Loli, stock photos which are combined with bright, vibrant colours to attract the audience with the outstanding colours.
An example of Eugneia Loli's work
DESCRIBE
Eugneia Loli has the women positioned in a certain gesture/pose which the camera is focusing on. The shot of the photography goes to down to her shoulders. Eugneia changed the tone of the photograph to make it a more vibrant and outstanding. The photo is then photo shopped onto a funky galaxy background which definitely stands out and engages with the audience. the photo is then edited further, she overlaps the galaxy background into the glasses making it very effective.
CONTENT
What initially caught my eye was the unique style of digital art which makes it superlative by the vibrant colours and the stories behind the image. I love the fact its not dull and that there's a different range of work Eugneia Loli has created. What is very fascinating is the fact Eugneia Loli is Greek, so she uses elements of mythology in a modern setting which comes natural to her.
My work inspired by Eugneia Loli
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unedited images
John Baldessari
FORM
The photograph shows a female posing in a position and her face is colored in completely orange apart from her nose and sunglasses. In addition the right side of the women in the photographs, coat is colored in a semi bright yellow and with light blue hair. John Baldessari has taken photographs in different angles also colors different parts of the body and clothing which makes it very striking.
PROCESS
John Bladessari has taken this photography outside during the day time as in the top left I can infer there is three men walking past, its slightly blurred which John intentionally did so we can focus on the female. He has even edited the bottom half of the background black and top right white.
CONTENT
The first that attracted me was the body parts and clothing coloured because it was vey unusual but looks very unique and different. I really like this image as its rare and unusual to see photography like this. Perhaps John loves something out of the ordinary so he created this way of photography.
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An example of John Baldessari`s photography, it shows a female filled with color.
Another example of John Baldessari`s work.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
FORM
This is a black and white photograph which is taken by Robert Mapplethorpe. Robert takes his photos in different angles from close ups to full body photographs. Most of his work is taking photographs of celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Deborah Harry.
PROCESSRobert Mapplethorpe takes his photographs in a well-lighted photoshoot. He focuses on the celebrity emotion, in all his work the celebrities have the same facial expressions. The photographer slightly brightens the image. He used a filter to make the photograph black and white.
CONTENTWhat initially caught my eye was how natural Roberts work was as its not a lot edited and is pure. Robert Mapplethorpe takes his photographs in different positions and angles which look very good. Also I love about Roberts work is that he takes his photographs with a polaroid camera which blew my mind away because of the fact his work is absolutely flawless with such great quality.
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My work inspired by the photographer/artist John Baldessari
In this photograph, it is Madeline Stowe
Another example of Robert Mapplethorpe work
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My work inspired by Robert Mapplethorpe
Portraiture - Final Outcome
For my final outcome I decided to combine all the three artists I've been studying with all their different styles of portraiture and make it a whole. I choose two photographs I have taken in the same body positioning as the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Firstly in the editing process I am going to erase the original background of the photograph and change it to the galaxy background in the style of Eugenia Loli. Then I am going to change the levels of the image making it roughly the same as the artist photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. As Roberts work was black and white. After I am going to try different range of styles of colouring as the same as the artist John Baldessari. For example the way John colours all of the person in the images face apart from the nose.