Vanity Fair Exhibition

Hilary Swank, by Norman Jean Roy, December 2004, publ. March 2005.

Bette Davis, by Maurice Goldberg, 1934, publ. February 1935.

These two photographs from the Vanity fair are very different in terms of composition and style. The older photograph is alot softer, the natural lighting is very soft and the models gaze is also very soft as it looks like she is daydreaming. The modern photograph is alot harsher as the lighting is very direct and the models gaze is very focused as she is running.

The subjects' body language, facial expression, gaze etc influence's the way we read the models personality. Take the in the first photograph for example, we believe that the models personality is a very focused athlete as you can tell she is running extremely fast as you can tell by her body language, her face is very focused and she has the body of an athlete. Although she may or may not be when you see the photograph you believe that is her personality

Photographic techniques haven't changed alot between the two different eras of Vanity fair apart from the advance in technology. This made the change to colour although some modern photos are still black and white and photos can now be manipulated as some photos have been intensely manipulated. Though through all this most lighting techniques are still the same apart from using flash rather than older styles of lighting.

The photographer contributes immensely into the construction of the models identity. The create the impression on the audience of the model whether it is a celebrity or not. The celebrity's in the Vanity Fair have been photographed almost as their characters in movies or their stereotyped image they have created during their career. the photographers have put the celebrities real personality's to the side and using lighting expression and other techniques to create the character or mask they inhabit in their movies.

References

http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/vanity_exhib17.php

http://media.photobucket.com/image/george%20clooney%20vanity%20fair%20portrait/hollyNhollywood/george.jpg

Bromoil Prints

Bromoil Printing is a early photographic process mainly used by the pictorial photographers. The bromoil prints have many quality's of paintings making these perfect for this genre. The Bromoil prints were introduced by E.J.Wall in 1907. The process consisted of enlarging the image then bleaching the print in potassium bichromate. Then using greasy inks and special brushes the inks pigment the surface of the gelatin giving this artistic effect.

NMA - GOAD

The National Museum Of Austrlia consists of the amazing Garden of Australian Dreams which also consists of this. It doesnt really have a name as it can be seen in many different ways depending on your past experenences. It can be seen as the mexican wave, the colours of different nations flags, Ned Kellys outfit and even the timeline of multicultural people in Australia. It acts like a crowd at a stadium as it represents Australias love for sport.

Dada Peom and Photomontage

Photography tools should result written storys

journal techniques should advance words to credit links

invited journal includes skill and the original section review

Bauhaus

I found this old school chair and i thought this chairs design has been influenced by the simplistic bauhaus movement. The simplistic design of this chairs legs are definatly influenced by the bauhaus movment. The chair is very plain and the simple use of the chair reflects the bauhaus movement.

National Portait Prize

so we went to the new exhibition at the Portrait gallery called the National Portrait Prize and here is our assignment for the day.

I choose one photo i loved and one i hated and thought should not have made the finalists.

The first photo i loved is called The Boy 2008 by Petrina Hicks. This portrait is an amazing classic portrait, The emotions the viewers feel i would say come from personal experiences as everyone will see this sad expression differently. I see this as a child about to go to school that lives with his very controlled perants. I see this from he is very clean as a child doesnt usually like to be. This portrait tells the amazing story and i would have chosen this to win.

This portrait looks good in digital form though in the gallery it has been printed way to dark and the presentation is horrible. The photo is framed in a over polished glass which gives huge reflections distracting the viewer from the photo. In the print you cannot see the body very well and cant tell he is a body builder and therefore doesn't tell a story as a good portrait should.

rhys =]

Primitivism

Today at the National Gallery we studied Primitivism in groups. Here is my summary of the questions.

Primitivism is a very controversial subject as it has so many different styles to portray this way of art some of the characteristics include the subject being unaware of the artist with no eye contact, Abstraction of the figure and disfigured bodies, sexuality, flatness and some even made to be portrayed that a child has done the painting.

There is a big difference between Primitive and Primitivism. Primitive refers to the harsh lifestyle of indigenous people and primitivism is the style of art rebelling against the modernist style art movement.

I found a photograph in the National Gallery that used Primitivism.
Eduardo Masserre - Woman Planting Rice 1934 -
I couldn't find a digital version of this photograph as it is very old. The photograph uses primitivism in the way of the subject appears to be unaware of the artist taking the photo with no eye contact. The subject is also a indigenous phillipino woman from the poor lower class as you can tell by her job and her clothes

rhys =]