From a strictly imagistic standpoint, Demaison approaches the process of photographic picture-making as an occasion for extraordinary formal invention. From a conceptual standpoint, she treats the photographic negative (and the resulting print) as a stage for the performance of an action invisible to the eye, often one of considerable duration by conventional standards.” Since the 1990s, the photographs of Laurence Demaison have gone beyond the genre of self-portrait to offer a deeply original vision that is at once multi-faceted and coherent. Although for many artists the representation of the self remains a sublime reflection of the author, here Demaison deforms her body and face, creating an otherness that conceals her true image. There’s a Surrealist touch to these series, which bear comic titles reminding the viewer that it’s all an invention. The representation of the body is the source of a long process of experimentation. Demaison draws on the technical possibilities of film, playing with exposure times, the focus, the contrast and the negative to create fascinating and singular images. Bill Brandt was a British photographer (born in Germany) who was most famously known for capturing British life in the 20th century. Brandt's work stood out to me, by the way he manipulates the a section of the body, to link with the location the image was taken. From these images of his below, I realise that many of his images are taken from a low angle, sometimes floor level. I'm interested that he decided to take the majority of these images outside, using natural light and a wide-angled camera. This would be quite technically difficult as most of these pictures at the beach were taken whilst it was raining and windy, however it looks as though, they were taken during sunny weather, because of the high contrasts in the images. I think I will find it harder to rely on natural light, as the weather is mostly cloudy. I would like to experiment using both natural and artificial light, to refine down my ideas and style of images. A solution to the weather problem would be to just use the flash, to really emphasise the tones, textures and shapes of the body. From the 1940's Brandt completely changed his style of photography, from capturing post-WW2 to the female body. Expositions [ modifier | modifier le code ] Expositions personnelles [ modifier | modifier le code ]

I took these set of images using one photograph and placing it in random places around my school, then photographing it using my iPod. I found this task harder than the previous ones, as most of the places where I photographed the images, made me feel more uncomfortable to take, as it felt quite awkward and un-natural. An example of this was in the toilets, as I placed the photograph behind the toilet flusher. This was the most awkward image to took, as it was a new environment for me to take images in, as well as feeling slightly embarrassed if people walked past. However, this was the last place location where I put my image, because I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and purposefully place myself in that slightly awkward situation for me. Out of all of these tasks I have done so far, using these images, this one I think has been most beneficial to me. This is because it has helped me feel more confident in taking images in what I would think where more uncomfortable situations such as the location of an image, or the subject. All of these images I have created I would defiantly like to experiment more with taking images in more stranger locations and still create and directing the images myself. Usually once images are developed and printed, when people try photographing them, there is usually always a reflection in them from a light source which majority of people find annoying. This task was set, to manipulate the reflections, by photographing the printed images under different types of light sources. The first row of images were taken under artificial lighting in the classroom as I held the images up to the light it created a square looking shape. The second row of images were taken using natural light, however half of the image was placed behind an object, creating a shadow over half the image. For the third row of images, I was focusing more on the shadows rather than the actual light. The source light used was natural, but I places the photograph behind some railing, to create the stripped effect. I think these vertical lines created by the railing worked well with the image as it divided up the image into equal sections as the glass balls are also equally split up and equally distributed through the image. The photographic work of Laurence Demaison is exclusively constituted by self-portraits from 1993 to 2009. Since 2010 she occasionally uses mannequins or dolls. The used techniques – shot, development, print – are analogicals and realized by the author. No particular manipulation intervenes beyond the shot (except chemical inversion of films for some series)Throughout this course we have been given a chance to add on coursework we may have missed. For me, I thought that it would be good to revisit some of my writing a year later and date it here, which will further show my improvement within this course. However, on saying this, i am going to leave my year ten coursework due to the reasoning my writing has improved. So below is a short write up continuing from my artist investigation - Laurence Demaision. One set of images is composed of time exposures registering carefully orchestrated performances for the camera, during which Demaison creates representations of the outlines and surface of her body with layered, multiple exposures of her own hands. These read as both traces of a performance and the sort of simultaneous fluid yet frozen moments to which Butoh dance aspires. I aim to produce portraits that are elegant, beautiful, mysterious and sometimes strange.To show development, I must be able to purvey photos in a high quality standard. To begin my journey, I will consider a plan containing my key ideas such as what facial feature I would to cover with the mirror. I will then begin my in depth research on my artist research and give a detailed analysis as I would like to come up with multiple ideas for my final outcomes.

La sua opera presenta fugaci richiami ad artisti come Etienne Marey, Andre Kertesz, John Heartfield e Francis Bacon.I decided to edit my images even more, as I realised that the formal elements I wanted to show in my images could be emphasised even more with heavier editing. Using iPhoto again, I turned my brightness down more on the images and exaggerated the contrast even more. I think this helped blend the body with the location together, as well as emphasising the tones and textures in the images, which I have always liked about the effect.I followed Brandt's theme, by photographing the body and also the location of the photograph