After watching Richard Avedon's latest film about his self-expression in art, our class began a project that involved capturing portraits of students that attend our school. Avedon was a very detailed artist and all of his images were significant in various ways. Through out my series of images I strived to follow several of Avedon's techniques in order to capture portraits that truly symbolize a certain notion. I began by capturing my images in black and white, in order to allow each individual to stand out in the picture. Along with that, I strived to take images of the models in different positions in order to reveal a sense of change in emotion. Some pictures portray happiness, others reveal confusion and sadness. These elements allowed my images to become more bold and reveal changes in characteristics.
Vlad, you did a good job with making the backgrounds on most of the pictures not as dramatic. I thought that the one of Garrett had a bit of a dramatic lighting, but hey - good job!
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