Project Proposal

For my project, in order to portray the them of desolate, my intentions are to create 2 mini series of images portraying desolation in the form of portraiture and fine art imagery. I would like to create these portraits, portraying that of the human form, but without an actual human form in the image or even present in any stage of the image production. To achieve this i intend in using a variation of materials, techniques and processes to create the look, giving the idea to the viewer that they are looking at a face of human characteristics but in fact the image could not be further from it. The reasons to my intentions is that, in order to create a feeling of desolation, not only is a mass of skill involved with the photographer and the possible 'acting' skills of the subject but to fully achieve a desolate look upon a person, it will never be completely believable until it is real. When a face can be manipulated, fully by the photographer, then the photographer can assume full control over the characteristics and features of the portrait. I intend on creating these 'fake', lifeless portraits using different materials with a mixture of natural occurring events, like that of the natural mixing of 2 substances like 2 different colour liquids. I will document this and then during post production techniques, i will the completely turn the image around, achieving, to its full potential the very meaning of desolate from a portrait so desolate that it holds no emotion, void of life, thoughts and feelings, completely making the image desolate of any human characteristics, holding only to basic human features i.e. nose, mouth, eyes etc. The 4 final images will comprise of 2 sets of 2 images, each set will derive from a single image, meaning that the 4 images will have originated from merely 2 original shots. Although i will be deriving my 4 images from a mere to, i will be sure to adapt techniques to create each piece, unique and not remotely alike from the last. In order to achieve this, due to the fact that all of my images use natural occurring events to comprise them, each and every angle of the image will be different, my intentions is to break each image vertically through the centre, separating the image and mirroring each side to the next so the right hand side will be mirrored so that both sides comprise of the right and then another image whereas both sides will have originated from the left, i will use this technique for all my final images, proving that in every image, there are many stories.