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Re-Shoot Weekly Framework - The Environmental Portrait

Group：Yulin NIU & Ziyuan Wang & Jiarui Wang

We chose a graffiti wall as the ambient element, with strong lighting to create a prominent body.

Weekly Framework - The Composite Portrait

Group：Yulin NIU & Ziyuan Wang & Jiarui Wang

Fusion: Double exposures can blend two or more images together to create a new visual language. This can convey the notion of association, connection or interweaving between subjects. By fusing different image elements, double exposures can convey the idea of wholeness, harmony and integration.

Expressing emotions and ideas: double exposures can be used to express feelings, emotions or ideas. By layering different images on top of each other, a unique atmosphere and emotional expression can be created. This superimposition can visually convey depth, complexity and ambivalence, making the viewer think and emotionally resonate.

A portrait is a moment of emotion or fact and has a self-styled point of view. - Richard Avedon

Who: I want to take a picture of my friend (Rainy). Her career as an overseas student reveals a regular, fun, and life-loving lifestyle. She also represents this group. In this day and age, many students' lives are regular and systematic. They often switch back and forth between several familiar places every day, losing their own shadow, and will feel tired, bored, and busy. But, in the concept of this work, I mostly wanted peers to slow down and use portraits to record what a student might do in a day, the choices they make about life, and the way they present themselves. Find fun in the seemingly boring life, and record it, encourage to love life while working and studying. Capture different moments of the day, relax and enjoy life, and piece together three scene story concepts of the "day" while reflecting on this phenomenon.

How: I hope to highlight the positive effects as well as the feedback concepts, which I think can create a sense of calm, simplicity, and authenticity in the portraits I take. By capturing different moments, activities, etc., you feel the meaning of each environment and demonstrate the importance of loving life without being tied down by the demands of work and study. Encourage students to take time out of their day to reflect and relax, to calm down and feel their own emotions and facts, and to love their own life.

Where: I have composed my series of works of three typical indoor life scenes, home, workplace, and leisure place, which will be three different indoor scenes.

Family, work, and leisure are the places where people are most relaxed, most familiar, and most revealing of their true selves, and where people spend a lot of time.

Work scenario: Study/work in the study room

Home: The hall to rest and escape the hustle and bustle

Leisure scene: Cafe for relaxation and entertainment

Method: I will try color, black and white and different lighting to shoot my portrait works, and I think the black and white color will be more suitable for the theme. I wanted to use black and white portraits to highlight the detail of the person through shadows and highlights. Without the interference of color, observers can pay more attention to facial expressions.

I want a more simple and more pure texture of the picture and more profound emotion and expression of the characters. By removing color, the emotional state and inner world of the characters become more prominent, breaking through the limitations of time, and the picture will highlight a sense of eternal existence and highlight the concept of the theme.

Who: I invited my friend to be my model and help me with the photoshoot.

Why/what: I studied the works of three artists: Dr Christian Thompson AO, Polixeni Papapetrou, and David Rosetzky, to help me refine my final end-of-term art project. These three artists have successfully brought the vitality of flowers and individuals to life through their collision. Similarly, I aim to fulfil my expectations for the final art project by showcasing the significance and changes of flowers and individuals in the rich tapestry of life and throughout history. I want to view historical figures and culture from the perspective of modern individuals.

How: Through the photographs, one can sense the influence of the long river of history on society and how people in the modern world perceive and feel about historical culture. For centuries, we have lost a significant amount of our cultural heritage. I want to use this approach to awaken the most profound memories within people and encourage them to pay more attention to the critical parts that are on the verge of being lost, regardless of the aspect. We should know its origins, history, and significance. Additionally, it can allow those interested in this field to understand it better.

In the meantime, I will try different lighting to pick the right one for my artwork.