Research Methods Module
Aims -
- To gain more knowledge about Portraiture Photography
- To inform other people about what i am going to research
- To experiment with different styles of Portraiture Photography.
Objectives -
- Research a range of photographers that have worked or still work in Portraiture Photography
- Compare Film and DSLR Portraiture Photography
- Make 3 different sets of images explaining different approaches
Rationale -
Review of Literature -
Photographer - Pierre Radisic
1982
After working with
both Landscape photography and People photography, I have found that I prefer
People photography. This is because when I look at images of people I think I
get something more out of it, for example the expressions they shows or the story
behind the image.
“Photography pretends
to show reality. With your technique you have to go as near to reality as
possible in order to imitate reality. And when you come to close then you
recognize that, at the same time, it is not.” – Thomas Ruff 1993.Review of Literature -
Photographer - Pierre Radisic
Pierre
Radisic was fascinated with
how people stared to look like each other after they had loved with each other
for many years, so he created a body or work where he photographed couples and
then merged their photos together.
Photographer - Judith Joy Ross
“Flattery
is unwholesome. It is contrary to truth”.
Ross
photographed people e.g. soldiers, to show through the images – TRUTH.
The
solider in the photo has no certain future - knows it and shares it, whether she does this unknowingly
or not, she has been captured at the right moment so show TRUTH.
1990
Photographer – Thomas Ruff
Ruff
produced Passport-like images, with the upper edge of the photographs situated
just above the hair, even lighting, the subject between 25 and 35 years old.
The
Portraits depict the individual persons framed as in a passport photo,
typically shown with emotionless expressions, sometimes face-on, sometimes in
profile, and in front of a plain background.
1981-85
Photographer - Suzanne Opton
“The
human face never lies. It is the only map that records all the territories
where we have lived.”- Luis
Sepulveda.
For
this body of work, Opton photographed
ordinary people who lived in New York and experienced 9/11.
The
faces she depicts betray the shock and uncertainty of the time.
2001
Photographer – Jane Bown
Jane
Bown when taking portrait
images always take certain steps –
1.Only uses available
light
2.Plain background
3.Good eyes
4.Black and white – no
complications of colour.
Methodology-
•I will start my own mini projects, photographing the people that are always around me e.g. family members
•I will experiment with different ways of taking portrait images.
•I will look at exhibitions I could go to that show portrait photography and that could inspire me.
Consideration of access issues and ethics -
I have decided to research people, therefore I will have
to ask for permission to take the image from the people I am photographing.
Predicted time allocations for stories of the project -
June- Research
July-Image Capture 1
August- Post Production
September-Image Capture 2
October-Futuer Research / Post Production
November- Output
December-Output
Reference -
•William A. Ewing-
FACE, The new photographic Portrait.
•http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2009/nov/16/camera-club-jane-bown-portraits
There are so many possibilities on how to research something, and with my research methods i have tried to use as many i can, and here a list below showing the ones i have used to find out more about the subject of Portrait Photography -
There are so many possibilities on how to research something, and with my research methods i have tried to use as many i can, and here a list below showing the ones i have used to find out more about the subject of Portrait Photography -
Twitter -
Youtube -
Internet -
Exhibitions -
Own Practical Work -
Books -
