georgia freeman - art foundation

using Photoshop to explore layering of maps, newspapers and places to explore combining place with person Using similar double exposure editing techniques, I combined maps, locations and newspapers together with the pictures from the fabric shoot previously to combine place + person. Much like linking the subject to their crime or scandal in the press. (Transparency in the media) I love how they turned...

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 previous pictures from exploring portraiture and the building photography, combined together to produce double exposure effects  This idea explored the concept of combining person with place. This could lead on to combining things in the media together, such as crimes/scandals with the scene where it happened/building. This would physically display the lack of transparency/truth in the media. I further developed this working with...

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 going along with the 'media' concept, I began to explore locations that may be prominent in the news and capture some general buildings  I took the images into Photoshop to edit them to be more effective, by increasing the contrast and decreasing the saturation, it allowed the structure of the building to be the focus, rather than the colours. Below were some more...

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 exploring the title through use of portraiture photography, making use of lighting, composition, object placement and incorporating transparent objects  (below are some of my pictures displayed on my portraiture website: https://georgiafreeman.wixsite.com/portfolio/portraiture , where I'm able to display the full size images) I started looking into transparency in identity, so in the pictures of my friend with the glasses on, I applied the question: what could...

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 silhouette shoot using sheer fabrics and natural lighting in an outdoor setting  Inspired by some of my original ideas and the photographer Benjamin Askinas, I went out to an open field in Cambridge, taking some sheer fabrics with me and conducted this silhouette photo shoot. I took with me some large sheer blue material and worked with a friend to get her to...

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researching potential shoot ideas with transparent/sheer fabric and looking to artist for inspiration Exploring a different literal concept, I wanted to look into using transparent/sheer fabrics in a photoshoot. Beginning research into this and how I could go about it, I came across the photographer; Benjamin Askinas. His work really stood out to me, he had explored with sheer fabrics in the way...

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gathering ideas for potential working materials and exploring use of text and projections I began to look into different materials that could be transparent or translucent and started manipulating them by pleating/folding/cutting/scrunching etc, this enabling me to see how they work with the light and what textures I could create. Whilst keeping in mind how I could use these in my ideas. At...

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 mind mapping and collecting ideas for Transparency brief   writing down any words/phrases/ideas that I could think of to do with the word 'Transparent'. This is my initial collection of ideas for the project title.  I then went on to create a visual mind map of some of the main ideas that I liked and found online, a new way of displaying some ideas....

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using the laser cutter to cut out my designs from my thumbnail printing ideas For this task, I had the chance to use the laser cutter to develop my designs further and learn a new technique to use in future projects.  Importing the initial thumbnail designs into adobe illustrator, I then continued to trace over the lines, saving these and importing them into...

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