JEN HALL
1) Immediate Response:
Jens image seems to contain a great sense of humor, almost seems like a critique or comment on “the ridiculousness of wealth or fame to a certain degree. The main subject is Pink, a well known music artist that generally speaks about rebellion and feminine power. Immediately I was drawn to the fantastic choice of color palette, the bright vivid props and clothing choices contrast directly against the dark, almost dingy dirty atmosphere.This darker background adds an element of depth and mystery, is she keeping her “fetishes” somewhat hidden, or underwaps perhaps? I feel this way because the image seems not so bold and intentional as the original sexual as the original images’ intent.
Objective Description:
Jens image contains very contrasty, vibrate colors, reflecting and contrasting heavily on the dark low key background. We as the viewer are very aware of the environment and placement is evident in a brick texture of the backdrop. This dark environment has a somewhat dungy dark feeling adding to my personal feelings of a “hidden fetish.”
The female is clad in lingerie with a glass of red wine in her hands, clearly completely comfortable in her environment. She has vibrant red hair and lips, very large “knockers”if you will, and an expression of utter thrill . In one hand, she holds a vibrant yellow rope, which is attached to a dog collar around a hopelessly skinny and white male clad in tight little green underwear. Who looks up at her with the seeming response of “give me more” The most fantastic color choice for me is the mimicry of the colors in the female shoes and the hot pink guitar.
Formal Complaints/Praise:
One of the biggest praises I have for Jens image is her careful selection of props and clothing in the models. He selection in the male’s underwear are fantastic in her choice of almost exact complimentary colors. In terms of realism, the images does not depend heavily on that factor. LaChapelle’s images are an imaginary world, hyperbolized hyper sexual activities on average, which I believe she was successful in achieving.
Also, I have given praise to Jen for her ability to present a clean and tight image, despite the content and amount of props in the photograph. The crisp, clean lighting immediately stood out for me, which she achieved she achieved with two strobes, one soft box and one silver lined umbrella. Her direct application of vignetting is successful in quite literally dragging the viewer into the image and allows the lighting to appear to wrap around the subjects making them look very three dimensional. The subjects, much like the original image are in almost directly in the center of the frame which is successful with the additions of the lines leading your eye through the composition. Formal complaints about the images may possibly include the tip of the male’s heal poking up causing some what of a tension for the viewer, along with the
hand of the female model bent backward quite awkwardly on the “leash.” Also, one final complaint could possibly the distracting aspect of the floor, which leads my eye around the interesting texture of the floor and away from the models. This background makes Jens image not as sterile and provocative looking as the original image.
What story does it tell:
Jen’s image tells a story of careful selection in models, makeup and props. She appears to have taken a great deal of time and preciseness to achieve this image. Jen tells me that she started out attempting an exact replication of the original image, but as the shoot went along the natural progression of this particular shoot was to attempt other positions facial expressions and movement, which turned out to be successful in achieving her own original image. Jen says about the models and their comfort level, “they stopped listening to the camera shutter and started having fun.” This image, to me, talks about her careful selection of location, lighting, models, props, clothing, hairstylists and makeup artists.
The work in the world:
Jen chose this image because she has been following LaCheppelle for quite some time. She grew up liking Pink as musician, so it was an exciting combination of favorite photographer and one of her favorite musicians. She was intrigued by this sense of reversed roles, generally a strong male and a more passive woman, so naturally this image of role reversal was one of interest for Jen . I think people would be generally amused by this image. Its not so provocative as the original so perhaps more acceptable in community (not art world) standards.
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