indigo

 "One of the first tattooists in the U.K. to experiment with new colors was a famous artist called George Burchett. The story is that Burchett was one of the first to try Winsor & Newton’s Winsor Blue and Winsor Green paints"

CH 4: Red

 "For many cultures red is both death and life—a beautiful and terrible paradox. In our modern language of metaphors, red is anger, it is fire, it is the stormy feelings of the heart, it is love, it is the god of war, and it is power. These are concepts that the ancient color coders understood very well. In Comanche the same word— ekapi—is used for color, circle and red.4 Which suggests that in that Native American culture at least it was seen as something fundamental, encompassing everything."

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Dinner and a Movie

 

When I find a movie that I like, I have a habit of wanting to rewatch it at least 10 times before moving on to a new movie. Luckily, this habit came in handy for the Dinner and a Movie project because I already knew the in and outs of my favorite movies. For this project I chose the movie “Almost Famous”, which has amazing visuals, soundtrack and storyline. I knew off the bat that I had to include main character Penny Lane’s infamous fur coat (which I luckily had a similar one), but as I continued to play around with ideas, my ideas got more conceptual. The candle in the center of my image represents arguably the most important scene of the entire movie; the opening scene. In this scene the main character (William) first discovers good music, by listening to The Who album entitled “Tommy” where in this album William finds a note that reads “Listen to Tommy with a candle burning, and you'll see your entire future”. I wanted to conceptualize that important scene with the candle burning in my image. As for the sunglasses and records, those are key elements throughout the movie as well.

Dinner and a Movie Details

 

Wrapped Human Body Details

 

Wrapped Human Body

I started off with a completely different theme for this project originally, but as I began to experiment with different locations, those locations influenced me. After exploring Markland House on the Flagler College Campus, I wanted to wrap my body with something that looked like it belonged in the house, I wanted my figure to look a part of the vintage interior. I used a yellow floral sheet that matched the yellow floral curtains in the building, and went to take my pictures at sunset, the result was a similar yellow light shining through. The light made the curtains appear even yellower and as though the curtains were glowing. Because I was inspired by a location rather than a theme, I had to think of what my wrapped body represented after the fact. After much compilation, I decided that surrealism encapsulated my final image and portrayed the hidden element of the wrapped human body.
 

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