Photographer research
Photographer Research After trying to recreate this silhouetted portrait in the studio using different lighting placements I decided I wanted to create a portrait that used a lot of contrast to create a striking image. Whilst searching for past photographers who have used shadows to enhance their portraits I found George Mayer and his appropriately named collection of portraits “Shadows”. Shadows by George Mayer In this collection Mayer uses high contrast black and white photography to present an image of the “ideal woman” in a way that is not only more attractive and elegant but also much more imposing and powerful. But Mayer didn’t just stop at using a single directional snood flash to create this high level of visual contrast, he went further by using gobo masks to cast shapes on the models faces to highlight different areas of their bodies to extreme effect. By having only fractions of the models appearance visible for the viewer it adds an enigmatic qual...
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