Surrealism Final

•  For this picture, the studio pose is a type of juxtaposition to represent the juxtapositions in my outward personality. I have a very strange, awkward, and sort of erosive pose with a contrasting strong, calm face. The secondary photos add an element of mystery and darkness. It is also a photo of the woods behind my house, showing a part of me that I don't display outwardly. I added the birds for the symbol of flight or freedom, which represents a state of freedom and consciousness that that I hope to one day achieve.I have never felt more emotionally attached a photo of myself than I am to this one. I don't think I can exactly say why, but I feel this picture is a perfect representation of who I am at this point in my life. 

•  For this photo, I wanted to use the studio photo to show the ambition and brightness that I see in Angela outwardly with a sharp downward angle showing her smiling up at the face of her future. I also added a fading effect toward the top of the photo to represent the future as well. I used the theme of flowers for her inward self photos to show growth, life, and vitality that she has inside her. Her inward and outward self are very similar, I think.

•  Out of all of my pictures, this one was probably the most thought out, conceptually and mechanically. I wanted to represent my own ambition in this one, and my desire to rise above where I am now. That is why I am pictured larger than, and stepping over my house. In addition, I used contrasting skies to show the bright, colorful potential in me compared to the, not exactly stormy, but duller skies around me, and that I have already experienced. 

• For this one, I wanted to show growth again with the flowers, but this time, they are larger, and fully bloomed. The pose is more stoic and mysterious than the picture of Angela before, showing more confidence in herself. This picture would sort of be the continuation of the story in the picture of her before. Perhaps, it is what she is looking at in the first one.

I think my work reflects the nature of both individuals pretty well. I started off knowing I wanted to use flowers for Angela because she is a very lively, and generally happy person, which I see symbolized in the flowers. Her pictures are a bit more bright, optimistic looking, and have more serene coloring because that is how she is. For myself, I am the subject that I know best, so I had a pretty good idea of how I wanted to represent myself conceptually. I captured the sense of ambiguity about myself that I think a lot of people feel, the uncertainty of who I am exactly and the mystery and thrill that comes with it. I also think I captured a lot of not just who I am now, but where I want to be, which I explained above.

I really love this type of abstraction. This was by far my favorite project that we have done this year. Telling a story within pictures, making people think, and putting a really figurative sense of self  and underlying meaning into my work is something that I really enjoy. It is very artistic and contemporary as well which I liked, and I think I got to showcase my photoshop skills more in this project than any other. If I could change anything, I would have liked to get more shots in the studio and taken more shots of the inner self just to have more variety, and I would have liked for them to be even more thought out than they already are, especially for the pictures of Angela. However, I still am very pleased, and loved this project.