In order to shoot these outcomes, I got my subject to pull a neutral, more natural facial expression. This is because I wanted the photos to be subtle when compared to some of the staged, more expressive facial expressions in my first photos in the project.
My main influence for this piece was a butterfly. I find that most people would relate to a butterfly because everyone wants to be free. Especially at my age, 17, it is hard to live a free, no worry life due to pressures that school and jobs provide. I can relate to this as I find it hard to spend time with friends and family without worrying about anything. I used the colour blue as a colour palette as I thought that it had specific connotations of fragility and calmness which I think best relates to a butterfly. Meanwhile, I also used specific materials that I best thought would fit the idea of a butterfly; cotton wool, cling film and bubble wrap. I used these as they are quite delicate and soft when compared to the newspaper and foil that I experimented with in my sketchbook.
I took inspiration from Agnus Cecile's work to her free marks as she is a very free to do what she wants in her work leading to expressive marks. Rather than using expressive mark making a lot, I was free with the type of materials I used and how I shot in the studio. Additionally, I took Flora Borsi's colour schemes into consideration and used the same colour throughout the triptych to show some common ground in the whole composition; this could also further imply how animals and humans are together as one and are similar to each other. I also took inspiration from Low due to some of the expressive marks that he uses, which is reinforced by the chaotic marks in the middle piece.
I was inspired by the research I did at the start of my project to create triptychs and the layout that is needed to create one. I think that the viewers will enjoy looking at my piece because of this layout.
Progress from first initial outcome to this:
My main inspiration for the first piece was the butterfly and this related well to Santana Borboletta's LP album cover. I was highly influenced by the blue butterfly in this piece and I think that this came through pretty well. However I wanted the audience to have to think about the piece a bit more and what I could have been trying to say, which is why I had made the decision to remove the butterfly in the hopes of the viewers coming to this conclusion.
Additionally, rather than editing the photo digitally and combining the marks with the photo through Photoshop, I decided that the outcome may be more subtle if I were to combine these in one photo. I think that this worked well and it is much more subtle than the first piece that I had created.
Also, I think that the low saturated colours in outcome 1 created a sinister vibe, which is something that I did not want, considering the animal I chose to represent was known to be free and delicate. This is why I decided to keep the saturation the same so that there is juxtaposition between the colder colours and warmer colours to find the perfect harmony.
I had not experimented with materials at that point when creating outcome one, which is why I have been able to refine and develop in outcome 2. The combination of materials works much better than without the materials as it leads to a more interesting textured piece.
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