Final Ideas
I feel that as my research progressed, as did my ideas. From being about what people wanted to be when they were younger and how little there was to be known from an image to family and relationships. I have been thinking continuously about what the project is really about to me, and with the aid of my research i've come to the conclusion it mostly evolves about those around me and how they feel.
I then felt that this wasn't a strong enough idea, and needed to be a little more precise. To make the project more interesting to me, I decided that if I limited this to just the males in my life the edit and meaning behind it would be a lot stronger. What I wanted to show in these images were strongly influenced by the works of Gianfranco Briceño and Robert Mapplethorpe, who both used themes of masculinity to different effects and meanings.
Briceño uses more the lack of masculinity rather than the presence of it. This allows the viewer to perhaps get inside the head of some men. Of course not all men will feel that they are more feminine, but for those who do it's important to be recognised and appreciated as much as those who do conform to stereotypes. This influenced my idea because I realised that it's only after I really get to a male friend well that I begin to hear about their softer side and their feelings, as if a mask was being worn before, until it was deemed as okay to remove it and talk about feelings.
Mapplethorpe on the other hand uses masculinity in it's more traditional sense; showing power, fitness and strength. This plays into my work because it inspired me to show the outside of what the average man looks like rather than this powerful being. I wanted to not show a stereotypical masculine figure, but an average man who feels like these stereotypes are pushed upon them, which is something i discovered that the men felt when asking them, using my closeness to the subjects as an advantage.
I have taken all of my images and I have chosen my final edit.
The middle image will be framed in a thin black frame. This will work well with the shadows, black tones of his glasses and the top right hand corner and the grey jumper he wears, without being too in your face or take away from the image.
I did consider a brown wooden frame to match the texture of the wood within the image, however I felt it would stand out too much, unlike the black.
This was the first edit I contemplated. I liked it because it ran smoothly from left to right getting darker as it goes along. However, I'm unsure if that's true due to the different skin tone colours. Some are warmer than others due to how they appear in real life, but this also means the two warmer toned men make the whole thing feel a bit unbalanced to the eye. They should be equal distance away from the centre. Also, with this edit all three of the subjects who had glasses were in one side of the display which again adds to the imbalance.
This is the final edit. I am much more happy with it as those with warmer skin tones are the closest to the middle, which is a contrast against the blue and grey cool tones from the centre image. Those with more luminous and bright skintones are at either end, balancing out the layout to the eye.
I plan on distancing these about 40-60cm away from each other if possible, as I want to emphasise that each of these people are individuals rather than a group. Sure, they can all be linked, but they are unique people with unique experiences.
I then felt that this wasn't a strong enough idea, and needed to be a little more precise. To make the project more interesting to me, I decided that if I limited this to just the males in my life the edit and meaning behind it would be a lot stronger. What I wanted to show in these images were strongly influenced by the works of Gianfranco Briceño and Robert Mapplethorpe, who both used themes of masculinity to different effects and meanings.
Briceño uses more the lack of masculinity rather than the presence of it. This allows the viewer to perhaps get inside the head of some men. Of course not all men will feel that they are more feminine, but for those who do it's important to be recognised and appreciated as much as those who do conform to stereotypes. This influenced my idea because I realised that it's only after I really get to a male friend well that I begin to hear about their softer side and their feelings, as if a mask was being worn before, until it was deemed as okay to remove it and talk about feelings.
Mapplethorpe on the other hand uses masculinity in it's more traditional sense; showing power, fitness and strength. This plays into my work because it inspired me to show the outside of what the average man looks like rather than this powerful being. I wanted to not show a stereotypical masculine figure, but an average man who feels like these stereotypes are pushed upon them, which is something i discovered that the men felt when asking them, using my closeness to the subjects as an advantage.
I have taken all of my images and I have chosen my final edit.
The middle image will be framed in a thin black frame. This will work well with the shadows, black tones of his glasses and the top right hand corner and the grey jumper he wears, without being too in your face or take away from the image.
I did consider a brown wooden frame to match the texture of the wood within the image, however I felt it would stand out too much, unlike the black.
This was the first edit I contemplated. I liked it because it ran smoothly from left to right getting darker as it goes along. However, I'm unsure if that's true due to the different skin tone colours. Some are warmer than others due to how they appear in real life, but this also means the two warmer toned men make the whole thing feel a bit unbalanced to the eye. They should be equal distance away from the centre. Also, with this edit all three of the subjects who had glasses were in one side of the display which again adds to the imbalance.
This is the final edit. I am much more happy with it as those with warmer skin tones are the closest to the middle, which is a contrast against the blue and grey cool tones from the centre image. Those with more luminous and bright skintones are at either end, balancing out the layout to the eye.
I plan on distancing these about 40-60cm away from each other if possible, as I want to emphasise that each of these people are individuals rather than a group. Sure, they can all be linked, but they are unique people with unique experiences.
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