Term 2 - Week 1 - Portfolio Progression (Artist Models)

It's important to note that I will not be photographing children who are not fully clothed. It's vital that I remind everyone that I am utterly against the sexualisation or exploitation of minors. The artist models I use are merely inspiration for reasons other than nudity and are not presented as a directory.

Why these artist models fit in with my work and ideas:

I love these artist models and think they are not only relevant  to my idea for my portfolio but are inspirational to me because of how artistically aesthetic their work is. I love a lot of the poses that the models do and I would like to replicate them mostly the individual portraits of Sara Ormes and focusing on single features such as eyes, nose, mouth (like Anne Noble does) and the décolletage.  I also think that not only the poses, but the pale colour palette and youthful subjects also relate to my ideas for my portfolio.

For my next shoot, I would like to focus on my next model in a bedroom setting and give direction similar to that of Hellen Van Meenes work. I will also continue to photograph a lot of close ups as my next model also has freckles and beautiful features.

This following post fits in with my theme posts.

The following artists have been recommended to me by my class mates and lecturers. I am thankful for these recommendations as they are exactly the types of photography I want to explore for my theme; from colour palette and subject to the meaning of the images.

Sara Orme:

Bio: Courtesy of saraorme.com
With a whole lot of life experience later Sara celebrates the diversity of her work. Successfully traversing Art and Fashion. Sara is renowned for seeking out both the beauty and emotion in all her subjects.She loves to snap this up in her fashion images as much as her raw, gusty documentary portrait work. Somewhere in-between this she glides her way through shooting heartfelt images called 'Life'. She has worked on major commercial campaigns such as Tourism New Zealand, Max Fashions, Air New Zealand as well as her work being hung on the walls of Te Papa, New Zealand. Sara is constantly working on personal projects and has been involved with many group exhibitions to date. Born in New Zealand with her parents to thank for the ever-ending diverse life experience, Maori heritage and strong creative female role modelling she finds comfort in photographing the world around her. A Degree in Sociology and Art History provided her with the perfect platform to evolve her vision as a photographer and go beyond the surface. She treats the natural light in her work like a Vermeer painting and searches hard for the narrative in her work.

Anne Noble:

Bio: Courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Noble
Born in Whanganui, Noble attended high school at the Roman Catholic girls' college, Erskine College, in Island Bay, Wellington, and Wanganui Girls' College. She completed a MFA (Honours - 1st class) at the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1983. Noble's approach to her work involves 'prolonged observation and attentive watching'. She is known for working in photographic series. Her first major exhibition, The Wanganui, opened at the Sarjeant Gallery in 1982 and toured to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland, Hamilton and Te Manawa in Palmerston North. Writer Sheridan Keith described these works as 'a series of images of immense spirituality, serenity and intensity of feeling'

Hellen Van Meene: 

Bio: Courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellen_van_Meene

Hellen van Meene (born 1972) is a Dutch photographer known especially for her portraits. She was born in Alkmaar and became interested in photography very early after her mother gave her a camera at age 15. For her portraits, she most often approaches girls on the street. She chooses her subject matter by finding girls who "could be said to have ‘imperfect’ faces and 'flawed' bodies". She pre-visualizes the portrait but is open to improvisation. The portraits bring out the "inherent grace in their changing faces and bodies." She usually finds the girls in her hometown. She is also trying to capture some of the details of older homes in the area using them as backgrounds. Over the years, Van Meene has also turned to still lives, portraits of animals, and fashion photography.