Concentration 1 and 2

This is my first concentration piece. This one focuses on vulnerability because of appearance and self-worth. I think that people who are uncomfortable with their body would be the most vulnerable at the pool or on the beach while they're in their bathing suits. This is part of my central idea of vulnerability. I think I've successfully shown the vulnerability, but I think the composition could have been more interesting. Also, a bikini would make more sense, but I think that the long bathing suit shows that she's uncomfortable with her body because she's trying to hide it.




This is my second concentration. I think high heals cause a lot of vulnerability because you can't run in them if you're put in a situation where you need to. Also people wear high heals to make their legs look "sexy" so that kind of attention also makes them vulnerable. This picture is showing her ankle twisting which shows her as vulnerable. I like this picture because of the texture and how the background is really blurred. I think it's kind of dark, but it's not that hard to tell what it is. Also, the foot in the background is straight and the one in the front is going another way and is slanted so it looks like she might be in the act of twisting her ankle and is about to fall down.

They both connect because of the emotion and the over all vulnerability, but also because the faces aren't present. I really like the idea of using hiding faces to connect my pieces. It's more discreet which I like and it also adds to the idea of what someone is feeling when they're vulnerable.

  

1st entry

The theme for my concentration is going to be something dealing with vulnerability so for now my title is simply vulnerability (I'll work on this). The artist Sophie Calle is very inspirational. Most of her work is about human vulnerability, identity, and intimacy.

 

All of these photos are by Sophie Calle. I think the last three (especially the last one) are powerful because of the emotion they bring out. I want to be able to create powerful photographs like Sophie Calle does. 

My plan for my first work is to take a picture showing vulnerability through guilt. I took pictures a year ago of a person with red paint (like blood) on their hand and face so I might see if I can take some better pictures like them or find those old pictures.

My second work is probably going to be about vulnerability because of appearance. I'm going to South Carolina over thanksgiving break so I think I will take a picture of my sister in a bathing suit looking uncomfortable.

My plan for my third work might be an artistic nude, but I'm not sure how comfortable I am with that. However, the state of nudity is definitely a vulnerable state and I think it's important  to include in my concentration. Sophie Calle also takes artistic nude portraits sometimes and they clearly show vulnerability...

 (I don't know if this next photograph is really considered a nude since you can't really tell that they're naked even though they're under blankets with naked shoulders.)