Black Skin
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This piece is about:
o Unity
o Realization
o Equality
o Recognizing discrimination within a race
o Recognizing discrimination within a race
o Black
is beautiful In all shades
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Focus of project on women
o Directly
connects to my personal experience
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With racism
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Judgment
§
Pride
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How to focus on skin alone:
o Oily?
o Clean?
o Flawed
(natural)
o Clear
(Photoshoped)
o No
nail polish
o No
make up
o No
jewelry
o
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Gradient – Lightest hue to darkest
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What does our skin mean to us?
o History
o Slavery
o Ancestry
o Racism
o Global
location
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We are judged by skin tone:
o Commentary
on racial experiences due to skin alone
"I dont like black people but i like you"
"i thought you were just a tan white girl"
"No, she cannot stay the night, shes not like you"
"I dont like black people but i like you"
"i thought you were just a tan white girl"
"No, she cannot stay the night, shes not like you"
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What skin tones are presented in commercial advertising?
Three categories:
Super White, Pail thin,
The Tyra Banks
African black, bald, thin
Three categories:
Super White, Pail thin,
The Tyra Banks
African black, bald, thin
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What is a socially acceptable tone?
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Who is sexually attractive – via societies eyes
o Slavery
and slave sex trade
o Females
– triangle (symbol of femininity)
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What is beautiful?
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How we receive commentary
o Via
ears- hearing judgment
o Via
sight- viewing hate crimes and racism
Ways in which to shoot the models:
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Nude to cameras eye
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hair pulled tight or slicked back to reduce distraction
from skin
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eyes open, encompass different eye colors
OR closed eyes
OR closed eyes
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¾ view portrait
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over the shoulder shots
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abstracted body poses
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forming the triangle through body positions
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focus on detail
o ears
o hands
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hands covering face
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shots exerting power and pride
o looking
up
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close up of face in shot looking down
CLOSED EYES |
· face not visible, only body/skin
Side portrait |
photoshop, hands |
hands |
over the shoulder |
Strong side portrait |
OILED BODIES |
FEMALE FIGURE FORMING TRIANGLES |
FACE NOT VISIBLE FOCUS ON FORM SEXUALITY & SKIN |
sketches of inspiration poses |
creating unique forms from body |
Commercial lighting?
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Well lit
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Soft shadows
Moody lighting?
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My traditional way of shooting
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Lots of shadows
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Up close
THIS SHOOT WILL CONSIST OF YOGA'LIKE POSES.
THIS SHOOT WILL CONSIST OF YOGA'LIKE POSES.
the final image i envision being a long/large horizontal digitally compiled single image, of the gradation change in skin tone.
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