Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Black Skin Is...

These are my rough drafts thoughts for this quarters body of work.


Black Skin

·      This piece is about:
o   Unity
o   Realization
o   Equality
o   Recognizing discrimination within a race

o   Black is beautiful In all shades

·      Focus of project on women
o   Directly connects to my personal experience
§  With racism
§  Judgment
§  Pride

·      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    
·      Gradient – Lightest hue to darkest

·      What does our skin mean to us?
o   History
o   Slavery
o   Ancestry
o   Racism
o   Global location

·      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"

·      What skin tones are presented in commercial advertising?

    Three categories:
      Super White, Pail thin,
     The Tyra Banks
    African black, bald, thin

·      What is a socially acceptable tone?

·      Who is sexually attractive – via societies eyes
o   Slavery and slave sex trade
o   Females – triangle (symbol of femininity)

·      What is beautiful?

·      How we receive commentary
o   Via ears- hearing judgment
o   Via sight- viewing hate crimes and racism


Ways in which to shoot the models:

·       Nude to cameras eye
·      hair pulled tight or slicked back to reduce distraction from skin
















  
·      eyes open, encompass different eye colors
 OR closed eyes
·      ¾ view portrait
·      over the shoulder shots
·      abstracted body poses
·      forming the triangle through body positions
·      focus on detail
o   ears
o   hands
·      hands covering face
·      shots exerting power and pride
o   looking up
·      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?
·      Well lit
·      Soft shadows
Moody lighting?
·      My traditional way of shooting
·      Lots of shadows
·      Up close



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.
THIS (shot of me) IS MY ORIGINAL INSPIRATION OF HOW TO SHOOT MY MODELS.


So I have lots on kinks that i want to work out with body positioning and composition.
I start of Friday, and I'll be scoping out all skin tones to participate in this commentary!

-S


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