These are photographs that I took for my identity project. I wanted my project to document a character who is trying the find his own identity through experimenting with the look of different people. This shows the character loose his own identity as he is deforming his look so much that he is becoming a combination of the different personas. This mirrors how people try create personalities by adhering to stereotypes when really they are loosing themselves.
For my identity project I created a character who explores a
variety of identities to find one that they suit and it is this characteristic
of constantly evolving which becomes the identity of the character. This piece
evolved from a photograph of the character in a gasmask. On Photoshop, I
removed the background, made the image black and white and changed the
contrast. I then layered a negative of this on top and used a leaf eraser tool
to expose the positive image underneath. I like this piece as I think the leaf
pattern makes it look as though the ideas and imagination of the character are
bursting through the Identity he is creating for himself.
This is another photograph of myself from my Identity
project. This shows another one of the identities created by my character. I
like the contrast in this piece and the way that the bright colours in the hair
adds warmth to the otherwise cold image.
This piece is a self-portrait photograph that I edited in
Photoshop with the 'Curves' tool. This is part of a group of work on the
subject of identity. For my project, I intended to create work that showed the
thought patterns of someone who was searching for an identity. I feel that the
unusual colours and the distorted mouth reflect the frenzied mindset of the
person who is searching for an Identity and the magnifying glass helps create
the idea of a search.
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