Bad Images From Photoshoot 27-04-21
(fig.1) untitled by Paris Naik-Neenan In figure one, the effect I intended for worked perfectly, which was to blow out the highlights of details from the model while keeping the shadows and highlights elements of the background. To create an ethereal impression of a female figure, I wanted the viewer to focus o
Max Slobodda | Artist Research
Max Slobodda is a professional photographer who studied at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund, Germany and received a Ba in Photography. He creates work centred around performative, surrealistic photography in his free time. I’m particularly interested in his most recent series named “Str
Zine Layout: Version One
For the zine layout, I decided to separate my mother’s short story into multiple sections to spread out over six pages and then have an image that would correspond with the emotional tone of the writing and motif of that particular section. Initially, I knew what images worked best for three zine sections. St
Zine Workshop
During this workshop, I became inspired to integrate my mother’s short story and my photographs as a zine, which would mean leaving the moving image format. However, I believe this format change would be an advantage. It will give the viewer time to fully comprehend the short story my mother has made rather t
A Locked Door | Moving Image
Inspired by Mona Hatoum’s moving image, I decided to create my moving image using video clips my father had captured when I was a child, right before my mother was sectioned intercut with my house when my mother and father were viewing the house as potential buyers. The film inspired my editing style, “I’
Mona Hatoum | Artist Research
Mona Hatoum was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Palestinian parents who had fled their previous home in Haifa due to political unrest in 1948 and came to Beirut to start a new life. She showed an interest in art early on during her childhood, but her parents were not supportive of her aspirations of creating [&hell
Best Images From Photoshoot 25-03-21
For this photoshoot, I wanted to improve the concept from the previous photoshoot by correcting the lighting technique and using more dynamic poses to emote the right emotions to the viewer from my mother’s perspective. (fig.0.5) Selected images between Paris Naik-Neenan and Sandie Neenan We selected several
Photoshoot 25-03-21
Lighting Set Up: Bleach Out Lighting Set Up, Paris Naik-Neenan, 2021
Unsuccessful Photoshoot
Inspired by Gareth McConnel’s more recent work from his series, Dream Meadow, he captures nude photographs and utilises studio lights to completely bleach his models with light to create these ethereal beings of pure light. In my studio shoot, I did deviate from capturing nude images like McConnell as I did n