Final Image - Self Harming - SECOND IMAGE OF EXHIBITION

The reason behind these two photographs combining and being merged together is the fact of this HELP aspect of Self Harming. Throughout my research I have understood that asking for help is difficult for Self Harming victims, this photograph is showing that the victim is upset and hurting but can not ask for help because she is unsure on what others will think when she says she is a victim of Self Harming. Another reason why I decided to create a photograph such as this one is because of the interview I conducted with the victim in the photograph, and she stated that it depends who the person is if they want to ask for help or not but personally she could not ask for help she needed due to family issues, so she suffered in silence where others do not know what they are going through.

I feel that this photograph is really showcasing what individuals do not see in Self Harming victims it speaks to the audience in a way which is powerful and emotional, it makes audiences question what they believe in.

WITH MY EXHIBITION - this photograph is going to be A4 and in an A4 picture frame, I am putting the frame up with sticky pads a couple being on the back of the frame and the same on the exhibition wall. I am having some writing with each photo, which will be on card and will either be to the side of the photograph or underneath the photograph. The writing for this particular image is 'Asking for HELP! Is something which is a scary process for them nobody hears them asking HELP! they suffer in silence, it is as if they are locked in their own bodies'.

Final Image - Self Harming - THIRD IMAGE OF EXHIBITION

This photography did not need to be merged together in my opinion because it has a lot of creativity itself without another photograph being brought into it. This photograph is powerful and shows the true essence of Self Harming, it is showing what the victim of Self Harming sees everyday in the mirror it will never go away. The victim can put on a brave face and tell everybody that they are okay but they really are not, and I believe that this photograph speaks that to individuals.

Why I did not want to put another photograph with this one is because I wanted my audience members t see a true picture of what my victim went through on a daily basis when she would look in the mirror. Yes I have taken photographs and merged together what others were seeing, but I feel that showing them just her on her own suffering speaks louder to the audience and show more emotion and power.

WITH MY EXHIBITION - this photograph is going to be A4 and in an A4 picture frame, I am putting the frame up with sticky pads a couple being on the back of the picture frame and the same on the exhibition wall. I am having writing with each photo, which will be on card and either be at the side of the photo or underneath the photo. The writing for this particular image is ' Self Harming victims never see the best in themselves; they feel unworthy, lost and alone trying to cope on a day to day basis'.

Final Image - Self Harming - FOURTH IMAGE FOR EXHIBITION

The message behind this image can be confusing to the audience. But what I love about the photograph is the Yellow colour of the flowers, they are bright and colourful they make a situation and person feel happy and cheerful. The message I am bringing to this image is that even though she is harming herself she is going to get through it and get better. Yellow represents energy, joy and happiness and flowers are pretty and natural, and this is where she will be once she has become happy again in herself.

I wanted the flowers to stand out and be bright to the audience because having a splash of colour within a photographic image makes the photograph happy and bright, self harming victims will get better and be back to their happiness again.  It is also showing that the victim will have a bright future after what she has been through.

WITH  MY EXHIBITION - this photograph is going to be A4 and in an A4 picture frame, I am putting the frame up with sticky pads a couple being on the back of the frame and the same on the exhibition wall. I am having written words with each photo which will be placed on card and will either be to the side or underneath my image. The writing for this particular image is ' In every cloud there is a silver lining. Yellow is represented with Joy, Energy, Happiness, even when times get  tough things can only get better. My model throughout this project is an excellent example of this.'

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Merge - old and new

Merging photographs is not only to do with everyday things but it is also to do with the old and the new. Eric Nagy is a photographer who looks at merging together old and new concepts. He states that ' I decided to retrace the steps of the original photographers, take my own shots and digitally merge them to create my take on the before and after concept'  They are fascinating hybrid photos of Philadelphia.

The reason why I was attracted to Nagy's work is because of his use with a splash of colour within his black and white photography. Even though the photograph is great as black and white, I do believe the splash of colour gives it a bit of life and create more meaning towards it, that is what I have adapted within my final image, I have used a splash of colour to create a deeper meaning towards my photograph and I do like the image with a splash of colour than without it, especially when you know the true meaning behind it.

 

Merge x1

This merge is something which I find very interesting and clever. It's from a Singapore Fashion Shoot by exposures. They have merged together a model from the Fashion Shoot with Street Photography. I think it is a very clever and amazing way to portray merging two different photographs together.

The photograph is very sophisticated, elegant and smart and it looks as if the photograph was taken as one and not merged together, I love how the photograph is in black and white and they have lit up models face and hair colour makes her stand out a little but also the shadow which she is forming it is as if she is in the picture with the black man.

This photograph really inspired me to look into merge and to create my own merge photographs.

Merge

While I have been experimenting with merge, I have come across a lot of amazing photography work which I am impressed with. One which has really caught my eye is a Swedish photographer George Chamoun, he merged together two celebrities from two different era of movie making. 
Jeannie comments on the photographs and states ' the result is an amazing display of eerie similarities between icons in our past and in our present for example, Scarlett Johansson's sexy features look uncanny familiar when framed by the original blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, while Natalie Portman's innocent and pretty features are paired beautifully with Audrey Hepburn' classic gaze. The results are striking.

I believe with the quote above, the photographs are very striking and amazing, it is scary how a like some of the icons on from the past and present, but he has done an amazing job of producing merged images. Chamoun states that ' I chose to work with movie icons from two different eras. This project has been a lot about ideals, patterns and anatomy. I named the  project Iconatomy from the words icon and anatomy.

With these photographs you can look at all day an never get bored of noticing how amazing they actually are.