Continuing the research done on Vivian Sassen. After writing papers on the photographers that were assigned to us we are asked to develop a concept and create photographs mirroring the style of our studied photographers. This was very exciting to me, I love taking pictures and the reason why I wanted this internship in the first place. I studied a few more photographs from Viviane Sassen’s work. I noticed her use of geometric abstraction in her work using human bodies. I found this so amazing. There is tons of contrast in her color and shadows. In many photos that she produced the faces of the people photographed were covered in high contrast shadow.
I was up to the test. I photographed my friend with high contrast lights in an indoor environment. My goal was to create high contrast shapes while revealing as minimal detail as possible using a human body. These photographs were my first attempt.
Apparently the style used was not reflective of Viviane’s style. I was asked to correct the assignment and re-shoot later that week. I received feedback regarding lighting and how I should experiment with natural lighting and the use of shapes as opposed to interior shots. This was my second attempt!
My shots were received much better this time around and was proud of them. For the first photograph I took a massive foam board and planted my friend for the shot. We also experimented with an umbrella onto an interesting background. The middle shot was behind glass blinders. I loved experimenting with photography in a whole different way
