This is my favourite photograph of his reflection series because of Blumenfeld’s obsession with complex mirrors and other surrealist visual devices went beyond the still image. He used a similar aesthetic in a ‘trip’tych of mindbending fashion film experiments, shot over five decades ago. I love the way the image looks built up with different layers in it but still you can see the elegance and beauty of the image through the fashion.
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Blumenfeld explores a abstract and reflective aspects in this photograph. I like the way he has created an abstract look but making it unsure if the model is behind or in front the glass board.
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I find this photo very intriguing as I like the use of mirrors in the photograph to build up certain aspects of reflection.
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This is my favourite image out of her underwater series. I love the contrast between the white which connotes the purity and innocence of the model which is contrasts and almost taken by the deep, black background which is very isolated. I really like how she has got the movement of the flow of her dress really perfectly shot to create an otherworldly image. The use of the pink petals in the photograph surrounding her really emphasises the image to be more interesting.
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The 'Lil Dragon' section in the Tim Walker exhibition was my favourite. The whole shoot was based around the idea of eccentricity in motion and the UV set. The project, was telling a story of an empress, walking their pet dragon and picking a flower that only blooms at full moon.
"When Shona saw the snuffbox, she saw UV lighting, which put a twist on the set design that took me into a world I hadn't been to before" TW Walker use of saturated colours and blurred focus create an image that almost looks 3D and stands out. |
This was one of my favourite Tim Walker photographs, as it is so different to much of his style. The image, of a very ordinary house on a grey, snowy day, is in striking contrast to the opulent and extravagant style that he is usually associated with. However, the inclusion of the tiny, white connotes a surreal, fantasy element which makes it look like a scene from a fairy tale.
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My first image is my favourite one which is the formal element of Contrast. I love the way the image has a strong and striking look to it in the way that the striped window panes are behind the models face in the mirror. It also reflects pattern and texture in the photograph. I think that the mirror with the models face in it is very capturing as she is really stood out and has defined facial features.
I really like the outcome of this reflection from the mirror - reflecting architecture onto the face. The detail this time is focusing on the patterns in the windows of this building.
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When Elizabeth Siddal went to pose for Rossetti, the pictorial transformation that began with Orphelia continued through his exquisite colour works and delicate drawings. Madox Brown noted that the 'Matchless Beauty' of Rossetti's many drawings of Siddal, declaring 'it is like a monomania with him.' This small porfile portrait depicts her copper-coloured hair, prized by the Pre-Rapaelites despise contemporary disdain, and her pale skin and eyelashes.
I really enjoyed the Pre Raphaelite sisters exhibition as it gave me a broader understanding of the meaning and lives behind the models for the artists such as Rossetti and Millais.
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