People: Fine Art

For my fine art images I am going to do something similar to Man Ray by taking a image of a girl and exposing different patterns over her face.

Below are what I've experimented with and my final two images.

The image of the person itself is slightly blurred but I feel that it works with what vibe I'm trying to achieve through the image. It makes the person look faint and ghost looking, making the images exposed on her stand out more which what I'm trying to achieve.

The image exposed on top stand out but there needs to be more going on top of her that is interesting.

This time I used a plastic wallet and scratched out a pattern then exposed onto the print paper but it looks rushed and not professional looking compared to the pattern that is black.

I tried exposing over the image this time trying to use a work to express her emotions. I used the word "pain" and exposed in all over her face. In some area they came up fainter then other even though i used the same amount of exposure of light. Also it could do with being repeated more times so it covers all of the image.

I tried exposing the image on different angle to make the image look full but it doesn't look correct because the middle section has more going on then the outer area so I couldn't make it look all even in the image.

I forgot the cover around the cut out image so it showed the outline that way covered.

This image I used a maker pen on a plastic wallet but the maker pen was to large so it covered most of her face and looked very unprofessional.

My aim when enlarging these images was to experiment and to see the outcome of the image when exposing the negative and the image together. My next aim is to use different images to expose over the person.

Below are images that I've print out on printable acetate to fit the size of the negative. Then I will project the negative and acetate on to ilford paper to create the image over the person.

Below are some more images that I experimented with using the images I printed onto printable acetate. I used one image exposure but on some i tried using two or three to fill the pattern out and make it more interesting.

The idea for it was suitable for my fine art but it was just using a pattern exposed over the image, but it had no meaning, so because she loves music and plays guitar and has singing lessons I've exposed images they show her personality. Below are some more experiments using images that relate to the person.

The guitar needs to be over her face more because its starts to disappear towards the top and the exposure need to be longer, she look very pale and white.

The pattern exposure over her face has a copyright mark that can be slightly seen, Therefore, I can't use this image

The person on the print looks very white and one her eyes are slightly closed.

The person looks slightly too dark and the acetate on top, you can see where its not been covering the whole of the print, so a faint line has appeared above her head.

The pattern exposed over the image had a copyright size over it that i didn't realise but when i exposed it, it comes up clearly. So I couldn't use the pattern.

I found that the pattern on the print was too harsh, so I printed the pattern acetate, similar size to the print paper, so I can expose the pattern for as long as I want.

Below are some examples of of me exposing the pattern onto of the printing paper. I've used the same image but flipped the negative to and exposed two different patterns to show two sides to her personality.

The pattern is coming off the print so below is one that I've redone.

I have decided to use this image to symbolise singing side of her. You can see the person in the background but at the same time you can see the pattern exposed over her. The pattern can be seen clearly but isn't too harsh. I chose this pattern because at first when she starts to sing she is shy but then soon gets over her nerves, I felt that the way the notes but up symbolised it.

This pattern made the exposure look pale and white, also the acetate didn't cover the whole of the print so you can see a line where the pattern has finished.

This image shows how she loves guitar but the pattern is narrow and doesn't cover her face. I want to symbolise the fact that she loves guitar and plays it all the time thats its taking over herself and this doesn't symbolise it. Whereas as the one below symbolises it more.

I decided to choose this image to show the side of her that loves guitar. I chose this image because you can see its a guitar even though it fully doesn't show all of the guitar but its retro looking and this shows more of her personality.

I feel that it was a long process getting to my final images but I like the idea I've chosen and I felt I've learnt a lot not only about what fine art is but more about using the darkroom to expose images.