Author: Gaby Santos

The concept behind my series is to show that there always 2 sides to a person weather it’s a tomboyish type of vibe or a girly type of vibe there’s always 2 sides to a person. Well at first I had no idea what I was going to do but once I got to shooting it became better and it’s great way to see how far along i’ve come. The more you shoot the more it will get easier and you will know what to do.

What inspired you to pursue this idea? What particular photos are you thinking about (from class or from anywhere else in your life) as you’ve begun shooting? Do you have any painting, design, or other non-photographic visual references in mind for the project? Are there any particular styles that you are attempting to emulate?

One of the people in class gave me the second idea of shooting on the beach to capture another type of vibe and since I already did a tomboyish look I decided okay now I have to show a girly side of her because there’s more to her than her tomboyish side because when she dresses up she dresses up nice you know so I wanted to capture the encessence of that. To be honest I don’t know and no I don’t have visual refrences in mind for the project. I don’t know I guess i’m trying to show that here’s this skater girl who is tomboyish but also has a girly/punk type of vibe.

How did the first week of shooting go? Did you encounter any difficulties or setbacks as you began to shoot? Have any parts of your series proved more difficult than anticipated?

The first week of shooting was alright it was a little over whelming because I was thinking who can I choose for this project and where I was going to shoot it it was a lot but at least we got it now. I did have minor setbacks because I had to do other things as well so I was busy most of the time but I made time to get it done which is the important part. No any parts did not prove difficulties than I anticipated.

Which images is your group most excited about? Are there particular qualities of those images that you can pinpoint or define? Can anyone in the group clearly state why they’re reacting to these particular images?

I’m actually excited about a lot of them I captured some really good ones. I don’t know if I can pinpoint them but the ones with the tree work every well to me. I think they can but i’m not every sure.

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One of the Gordon Parks pictures I decided to recreate was this one of Muhammed Ali which was taken back in 1960-1970’s. I choose to do this picture of Muhammed Ali because it seemed really interesting to me that Gordon Parks and Muhammed Ali got to work together to see what goes on backstage when he’s not in the ring. This image was then used in the maganize of Issue of Life back in 1966. What can be found cultural in his work with this that Gordon Parks has influenced a lot of people especially Muhammed Ali this created an image that americans haven’t seen before. This is what got to basically show people how the boxer works in and out of the ring. I think the public should understand the photo I choose as an interesting photo I guess because it makes you wonder how did that day actually go was it easy, hard, was he happy while taking the photo, did they developed a friendship etc. You know stuff like that.

These particular images matter today because us as humans It feels like we get a glimpse of what life/cameras was back like back then. Capturing something with a camera and putting it out for people to see can also have people like your work but maybe get them to think like wow I should book him or her for my next shoot or I wonder if I can get a shoot from him. The most important elements to preserve in this recreation is to at least capture the image that altough there not in the same environment at least you can tell where the picture is about. There both doing the same thing and I guess it was to also prove that anyone can do that same pose as in the picture I guess.

I don’t know what his shutter speed was for the original photo i’m guessing a 0.6 shutter speed i’m not sure to be honest. Maybe it was less or higher. The light source was black and white it looks like the light was coming in from the window and the light around seems to capture a good lighting to take the picture. The picture I took wasn’t like that there is a mixture of light and dark because this was taken under the train station. In the original picture the angle was basically right in front of him like fully just straight. I don’t know what type of photographic composition for the shots I know I only know that it was straight regular photo.

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