Lydia: photography

Whilst in New York, I took thousands of images and decided that I wanted to just do a post showing some of my favourite ones. I really enjoy exploring a city using my camera, I have done it for years with my friends and it is one of my favourite parts about travelling so here is a few of my favourite images, I hope they show what an amazing time I had on the trip.

I am an avid fan of photography and am really passionate about imagery. I believe that fashion photography is not only gorgeous, I think it often can carry stories and messages that many would not expect. I save any images I love onto my Pinterest under a special folder that I use for inspiration for uni projects or even just to gaze at.

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RECOLLECT VINTAGE / INSPIRATION | gabbigolightly: “ Prada Fall 1998 ”

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Prada fall 1998 Campaign by Norbert Schoerner

I loved this campaign, especially the muted colours with the pop from the red underwear. In addition the visual contrasting of the models unglamorous pose with the expensive prada clothing instantly adds a narrative to the shoot, to me it speaks a lot about the unrealistic beauty standards that models have to push to work towards.

Co Collection 2018

I love the toning of this campaign, it is all very calming and relaxing to view, even the last image with dark tones is not confronting, it is very laid back still. I also love how they used a real ballerina (cough not Kendal Jenner if anyone remembers that shoot cough) as it really shows in the models whole posture. The clothes look gorgeous and appear super wearable as the models poses look effortless.

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Wang Wei fashion photography

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I love these images, taken on an analogue camera by a Beijing based photographer. I personally love images that reflect youth and I really see it in these images, they appear to be fun and the bright colouring really does attract attention, he has recently done a few more high profile magazine shoots and celebrity shoots so I am very interested in where Wang's career may go to.

This week I was set a new project, to translate visual images into words that I will later use as inspiration for my own photo shoot. The shoot my group was given was by Norbert Schoerner and was part of an editorial titled “Trans-Siberian Express,” published in Vogue, 2005.

Norbert was born in Germany although works internationally. He was well praised particularly for his narratives that are present in his work. His aesthetics have been celebrated as well as his adaption to new forms of technology such as 360^o virtual reality.

Our given editorial, ‘Trans-Siberian Express,’ used the journey as its muse, the train became to key location for the shoot and the shoot acted as a documentation of the journey from Russia to Shanghai. It was also accompanied with some words of the man behind the lens, it appeared as if he was in love or almost infatuated with the model. It created a set of romantic, intimate yet rebellious images. It as if the model does not fit into the trains location, seen through some modern clothing in older environments and sexually suggestive outfits.

The over all photo shoot is mainly muted colours with authentic and seemingly non-fabricated scenes. It appears almost of stills of a film about a couple on the run from the police, almost as a Bonnie and Clyde type story.

We summed up the photoshoot in 5 words:

Authentic, Exploration, Intimate, Perspective, Enigmatic.

What do you think?

Corinne Day was a British fashion and documentary photographer who produced a wide variety of works, although I am most interested in her personal investigation project named ‘Diary’ as well as a project compiled by friends after her death titled ‘May the circle remain unbroken’. These projects feature photographs of her friends and herself during very personal moments, such as when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor, in which she eventually died from in 2010. Due to the personal nature of her photography, I see her works as a personal investigation as she captures and displays her very personal moments as a documentary of her life.

The strong red toning in this image gives it an emotive theme immediately as the colour gives connotations of strong emotions. The angle of the image is skewed which gives the viewer a discomfort that fits with the images subject of ‘Tara crying at home.’ The frame and note on the bottom, in what I assume to be Day’s handwriting shows just how personal this collection of images was as the reality of the moment is shown, it was not staged for the photo.

I think this image is very interesting and confrontational in subject as well as composition. The male breaks the black background and disturbs the image, especially with the strong blue of the T-shirt and the red blood seen on his skin. By the model being placed in the middle it does not create harmony in the image, instead makes an uncomfortable feeling for the viewer.

The intimacy of this project inspired me to do a photo shoot similarly, capturing many parts of my summer and collating it into a project like Day’s work.

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