I have finally come to the realization that I won't waste anymore of my time and energy on looking for internships and focus on an independent project. I've thought about several conceptual ideas that I could do as my project, but the main two that I thought were the strongest was a "copy the masters" idea and a color theory idea. For my "copy the masters", I wanted to visually interpret master paintings using photography as my media, but I know that this idea has been done before and I wanted to do something more original. So my second idea concerns color theory, which I have been studying in Drawing and Painting. I want to base my photographs on Josef Albers's idea of color theory and the relationship between certain colors, but instead using simple blocks of color, I want to incorporate people to make my project unique and individualize it to my aesthetic. I talked to Ms. Sheehy, my mentor, about this idea and she thought it was a very strong, conceptual idea but a big challenge is lighting because colors are so dependant on lighting. Here is a list of things I have to focus on:
- Study Josef Albers and color theory
- Learn how to use appropriate lighting
- Decide ideas for each photo and which colors to use
- Find models
- Conceptualize each photograph
- Decide on what color relationships to use
- Practice make up/ buy body paint
- Find a place to shoot
- Construct sets and decide on which props to use
- Find appropriate lighting/where to borrow lighting equipment
- Shoot the photographs in studio (potentially in basement)
- Edit/Photoshop each individual photograph
- Make sure the color relationships are completely accurate (warm,cold tones)
- Find place where I can print my photographs
- Decide on how I want them framed/matted
- Ask local restaurants/galleries if they would exhibit my color theory series
- Plan WISE presentation
This is a basic to-do list of what I need to focus on, and I'm sure there are a lot of other things to, but this is my main goals.
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