Aminat Adenuga Photography Ejournal

Listening to Bisi Silva, discussing  the way which different political issues have shaped the way which artist look and create art, the idea that artist base there work on what is seen in the media has changed the art world completely. 

Looking back to the last shoot below, I have began to see that the ideas which i wanted to showcase have not been showcased clearly. For my major project i have always wanted to showcase African culture but add a modern day twist to make the images relatable to my target audience.

  I have also come to the conclusion that my major project should focus on the idea of skin, heritage and identity as that is one of the main things which i wanted to showcased in the previous shoot but unfortunately that idea wasn’t clearly understood. 

Final images 

Here is a contact sheet of my final images, as i said in the previous i wanted my work to relate to the subjects and also the myself. 

after this shoot  i spoke to the models about how they feel to have this skin condition, i also asked whether they felt welcomed by their race here are there response

Joanna:“ I am content in my skin, I've spent years battling with something that I never knew will show me how strong I am. Do I feel accepted? I can't find an answer to that but I will say that I don't care..my mission is not To make people 'accept' me rather let them know I'm here whether they like it or not. It took me years to accept myself, I'm still in the process of doing so..we are peculiar beings who place value on our value in this world but sometimes forget to note that value onto ourselves”

The first two images above are images which have been seen, re posted and shared in the media, these images showcase that no matter who you are what shade skin you are you, you are perfect and beautiful. i have chosen to look at these images because i feel as though they suit what it is my final images would be about. 

i want to create a series of images using models who have skin conditions and who have relayed on makeup to make them feel accepted. already in mind i have two models who i think would suit my vision. 

Test shoot part 3 

I love everything about this shoot, i love the background color, i love how the images/ makeup go so well with the model and i love how these images have a meaning to myself and the model. i would say the reason why this shoot was success is because i spoke to the model and built with her a friendship, speaking to the model i realized that this project should be about skin conditions and how the use of makeup is used to hide and shape people with skin conditions to suit ‘social preferences’ 

Here are some ideas  which i will be looking at for my next shoot, following up from my first shoot i have decided to focus my attend to make the makeup used on the models be there for a reason, so i would want the makeup to relate to me and my culture in a way. for example i will want to showcase the union jack as i am British onto the subjects face so that the images just make more sense and so they will easily be related and understood by the audience who will view my work. 

Here are some images which i shot on my phone,to get some ideas of what it is I want to create. 

I do like these images but I feel as though they don’t really suit what I am trying to achieve reason being they seem dull and do not have a eye catching factor to them. 

The Photo book , A  Renaissance.

By looking at all the photo books which i like i have now been able to decide what i would want my project to be based on. 

I have decided to create a photo book rather than a magazine because I feel as though with a photo book you are able to express more and can showcase different styles, where as a magazine has to be one style of photographs if not it wouldn’t flow well. The photographs which i have chosen to add in my photo book are images which I would like to see in a book, I have also decided to make my photo book all about color and culture. this is because to me both color and culture go hand in hand. 

Here are some photo books and online/physically magazine I have been looking at which inspire me in creating my own photo book or magazine. 

The first photo book which I have been looking at is a Book by Dean Chalkley and Harris Elliot called the ‘ The Return of The Rude Boy’. The reason why this book has been chosen by me to inspire me is because though out the book, the genre is very clear which is something i like. I like a book which is not complicated to understand and also doesn’t make viewers confused as to what style of photography the book is about. Another reason why I have chosen ‘The Return of The Rude boy’ is because the layout of the book looks great the everything has a flow and order, which is also something I would want my own photo book/ magazine to have. 

The second photo book which I have also found interesting and want to use as inspiration is a book created by  Daniele Tamagni, Paul Smith, Paul Goodwin. To me this book is one of my favorite books,I say this because I really like reading through this book. It creates a strong emotions when looking at the images i would say the reason of this is because of the colors used for the book are very vibrate and playful colors but they make everything stand out and really catch the viewers attention. Which is the same effect I would want my own project to have, i would want the colors to flow and the layout of the page to all make sense meaning for everything to all work together. 

The third book which I have looked at, is the work created by Richard Mosse infra photographs at lot like ‘gentlemen of Congo’ Mosse’s work uses bright vibrate colors which also grab the audience attention and makes them intrigued to want to know more. 

below are the spoken photo books/ photo books which have not been mentioned and also some magazines which I looked at for inspiration. 

Here is my chosen module introduction as to what is ‘page’ and also the reason why i have chosen this module. 

Page is looking at different types of photo books and creating your own book or magazine. The reason why I have  chosen  this module is because I liked the idea of actually creating something which can be held, a lot of my work has been photographs which have only been used for on wall which to me isn’t as intimate as a physical photo book or magazine. 

day 4; 

following from day 3 , I have  decided to find different sources to back up the points which I will be making when presenting. 

Here are some sources which was found.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/black-model-british-vogue-naomi-campbell-racism 

I read an article written by Tansy Hoskins which discuses very important views of racism in the world of fashion, Hoskins to me talks about issues which many people would have thought had ended, but still live on specifically for black models. 

day 3; 

As a group we all found topics which we thought was suitable for the power point.The topic which was chosen by me was different races and cultures in mainly a white dominated industry. 

I researched a number of models both Asian&Afro/Caribbean. Here are some models I came across. 

Donyale Luna (first black model on the cover of vogue UK, March 1 1966)

 Naomi Campbell (first black model for French vogue age 18)

Fei Fei Sun 

Aishwarya Rai 

day 2 : 

brainstorm.