This is a rough draft only: my final photo will include a pile of books over the person with only her upper body and arm showing and will be shot in daylight.
I was influenced by Alex Prager's Compulsion 2012 and Weekend 2010 series. In the Compulsion series, Prager created photos of the worse case scenario which people think of, and through her photos, she shows what it might actually look like. This is shown through her photos from survivors in an ocean after a plane crash, car hanging off a cliff, to a woman jumping off a bridge. But I feel there is a even wider stretch of imagination in her photo entitled 2pm Interstate 110 (Compulsion Series) when she shows a car sinking into a massive puddle. This launched me to think of what are my own reasonable and unreasonable worse case scenarios/nightmares. As I am often in the library, with what feels like a lot to read, I sometimes imagine what if all the books were to fall down on me as I walked through the aisles (or at least having to read so much feels like that). Not able take books off the library shelves, I plan to create a pile of books, in my home library. In the meantime, I have someone pose in the position she would be in and later, I will put a pile of books on her when I reshoot the final image. I also tried to incorporate 70s style clothing, unexpected perspectives, and a female subject, along with elements that could create a narrative to match the themes in Prager's photos.
I have included two possible views. Feel free to let me know which one is better and what I can do to improve it. Thanks!
Hi Sarah
ReplyDeleteThe second is a more dynamic view of the body. I won't comment on the lighting since you're changing to daylight. I would maybe suggest going more overhead? Right now the composition still feels wonky. It may also be nice to have a rug on the ground or other elements to make the composition more dynamic. I think the library card in hand is unnecessary.
-Robyn