Connecting Essay's

1)
My picture:


Edward Honaker:




















Both these pictures have similar denotations of a black and white close up portrait. They have also both been liquified in photoshop to manipulate the face. The connotations are also very similar as I am looking at capturing anxiety and Edward was doing self portraits that represent anxiety and depression. This manipulation of the face portrays an inner confusion and blur that sufferers have and it makes them unrecognisable. Edward took a portfolio of pictures that all represent that idea. I could have made mine even more similar to his by manipulating her whole face rather than just half. I am very inspired by Edward Honaker as I researched him and the picture above I think is very powerful, so I might try and re create this picture but manipulate the whole face to make it even more similar.

2)
My picture:


Benoit Courti:




















Both these pictures show a black and white portrait of a girl who is using her hands to cover her face. I think a similarity is how both of them are looking into the camera and we can clearly see their eyes but not their facial expression. This gives quite a mysterious connotation. However, a difference is that my picture has been taken from much further away whereas Courti has taken a close up and I like the impact that has, as it makes us focus into her eyes a lot more and I think eyes are the most important factor of portraits as they show quite a lot of emotion.

3)
My picture:




















Edward Honaker:




















My picture, was inspired by the picture by Honaker as I really liked how it was such a minimalistic idea but portrayed such a deep emotion and state. Both pictures show someone looking into a mirror but the actual person is not in the picture, just there refection. The face has been removed from the picture. They are both in black and white. Also the connotations are similar as they both represent feeling lost of identity. I could have made mine even more similar to his by getting the whole frame of the mirror in the picture rather than just a section of it.

4)
My picture:


BrokenLightCollective.com contributor Teija:


Both of these pictures show a girl hiding her entire face with her hands, besides one of her eyes. They therefore both show a lot of character and personality because eyes give us an insight to their mood and characteristic, so when only the eye can be seen, all of our focus goes to that. They are also both in black and white. A difference is that my picture has more use of highlighted tones and the photographer picture shows more use of negative space in the form of darkness. This is shown in the background of the pictures.

5)
My picture:


Laura Hospes:


Both of these pictures show a black and white portrait of a girl who is hiding half of her face with just her hair. They have very similar expressions on their face that portray distress, tiredness and suffering. I like Laura Hospes' portrait more because of the use of the dark tones in the picture, this creates really defined and effective contours on her face. I could have made mine more like that by editing the tones and curves in the picture to increase the intensity of the dark shadows on her face.