Author: Darius

This Photo Series is heavily influenced by the TV Show, Euphoria and its use of color to convey emotion. The color palette of the show utilizes a lot of Magenta and Cyan. To recreate that, I used the gels, Scarlet and Argent Blue, with two light sources. I positioned the light sources with the gels at varying distances from the subject and at varying angles.

Inspiration Photo

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For this assignment, we had to recreate our favorite pictures from Gordon Parks. The image I chose to recreate by Gordon Park is 

“The Invisible Man”. I chose to recreate this picture because I liked how the subject sort of sinks into the ground and there is nothing else in the frame. The man truly becomes invisible as he goes into the manhole.

I recreate this picture by using a figure drawing mannequin and cutting out a circle into a piece of paper to simulate the manhole. I used the circle that was cut out as the manhole cover. I thought it would be interesting to use a mannequin to recreate this picture because it doesn’t have any physical feature but it does have a humanoid form and I think it gives new meaning to the title of “Invisible Man”

The second photo I chose to recreate is a self-portrait of Gordon Parks himself. I chose to recreate this photo because I liked the lighting of the shot and I believe every photographer must have a cool self-portrait. I wanted to see if I could take a good self-portrait like Gordon Parks. I tried to take the picture in the mirror but this ended up flipping the image and I couldn’t quite get the light to match Gordon Park’s picture.

These are some old photos I took. I thought these illustrated movements with long and short exposure. I wanted to share and maybe offer some inspiration.

Check your camera for batteries and a memory card before heading out. I got all the way to the city, only to find I left my memory card in my laptop. Always carry spares.