Home: Final Images

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 Maria Christina Pal Pullen Final Images, Home

My final Home images all express experiences I have at home:

The family breakfast.

The lovely smell of flowers.

Our pet bird Wendy.

The sight of the colourful flowers on the kitchen’s window sill.

And finally, the welcome sign and the home number on the front of the house.

All the imaginary can be described as the ordinary but these simple things make up the feeling of being home for me. Since images can’t hold memory because that is a human thing, the imagery substitutes for it. They communicate through signalling taste, sight, audio experiences as stated in Land Matters: Landscape Photography, Culture and Identity by Liz Wells.

In order to add more to this project I would combine this idea of experience through imagery with my home in Lincoln. I could combine imagery from both Nottingham and Lincoln into one to express how home to me is 2 places now I’m at University.

Portrait: Final Images

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 Maria Christina Pal Pullen Final Images, Portrait

Friend:

This image reflects the fact that we have hidden attributes that make up out full persona. Our ‘true’ self is made up of our different personalities which is wanted I to draw out with my subject during the shoot. By making Tamsin laugh and exchanging casual dialogue she felt comfortable to pose playfully and feel comfortable in the space. My editing allowed the photos to blend into one image and allow the centre, more neutral, image to stay prominent and act as the centre point.

Stranger:

I like how this image glows and really emphasizes her face. I prefer this approach to photographing strangers since my initial cold, awkward approach to creating an image of stranger didn’t show the experience in a positive light.

Self-portrait:

I like how I was able to create this image just using my Iphone. Apps such as Snapseed allowed me to add a vintage effect and fade the image slightly to add artificial age to the image.This image also reflects my distant Chinese relation which makes this image more expressive of my true identity.

Found Object: My triptych ‘Fallen’

March 10, 2016April 14, 2016 Maria Christina Pal Pullen Final Images, Found Object

They are all isolated from where they came from and all contrast with their background.

All the photos were taken where they were found.

They have relating colours and stories.

The reason I believe they belong together in a triptych is because of their stories. They are all objects that fell to the ground from a higher place.

To make this triptych more effective I would improve the colour by editing and increasing the saturation.

Appropriation – Piece 2: Body Image final piece

March 2, 2016April 14, 2016 Maria Christina Pal Pullen Appropriation, Final Images

My image asks the question, why a thin figure would be acceptable on a fashion advert, if skinny bodies would raise alarm if it was in a charity ad? And also reflects how it is wrong to want to be thin for beauty when so many are thin because of hunger. Thin is unhealthy and should be prevented not praised.

Appropriation – Piece 1: Technology Final Piece

February 25, 2016April 14, 2016 Maria Christina Pal Pullen Appropriation, Final Images

Disconnected

My image uses the Nokia logo and slogan “Connecting people” in an ironic way. I placed the logo above a group of people who are all busy with their tech. It presents how technology has actually disconnected us now from the people around as technology has become dominant in our lives. I took the hands from the logo and moved them further apart to also show this separation of people since the hands are normally pictured reaching out for each other.