Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman was an American photographer best known for her black and white portraits, many of which featured herself. Woodman also often explored motifs in her work, some of which included: skulls, birds, and mirrors. Woodman was fond of double exposures and long shutter speeds, giving her work an ethereal, ghost-like feel. This style of photography meshed well with the themes she often explored, some of which included sexuality and the woman's body.During her time at RISD, Woodman spent a semester abroad in Rome where she created much of her infamous catalog. It was during this time in college, however, that Francesca deepened her fascination with fashion photographers and surrealists such as Man Ray and Claude Cauhn. Francesca became enamored with the act of combining unfamiliar locations with familiar objects to provoke uncanny feelings. I feel that although the subjects that Woodman and I are attempting to comment on are wildly different, there is still the same central idea of commenting on a person's appearance or personality in one way or the other, and whether or not this commentary, or lack thereof, is even appropriate at all in day-to-day life.
Jordan Blake
Jordan Blake is a Nigerian-American photographer, model, and director based in New York. Jordan is a visual story teller who has an intimate focus on self-portraits. This focus allows Blake to express not only himself as a person, but also serves as an outlet to capture the essence of a Black man, and what being Black means to him. Jordan "strives to showcase and celebrate Black skin through different forms of creativity inspired by different forms of Black experiences." I thoroughly enjoy Blake's take on the Black diaspora and the range of individuals and stories that he captures in a way that is more than a journalistic take on our day-to-day lives. Blake's use of color stories, sets, lighting, and costume design all come together effortlessly to produce images that allow the viewer to grasp the essence of the person in a way that they may not have in passing.
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