Edward Weston
Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was an American photographer. Most of his work was done using an 8 by 10 inch view camera.
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"The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh."
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"I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect."
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"The camera sees more than the eye."
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The woman in Black
veil
n.
1. A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
3.
a. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
b. The life or vows of a nun.
4.
a. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
b. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.
wid·ow
n.
1. A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
mo·rose
adj.
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
sul·len
adj. sul·len·er, sul·len·est
1. Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.
2. Gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent: sullen, gray skies.
3. Sluggish; slow: the sullen current of a canal.
Morbid Goth- Italian Vogue
Although we were taking an 'ethereal' and 'artistic' approach to the final brief, I wanted to keep it in the confines of still being very fashion based.
I sourced the dresses, earrings, hats, ostentatious jewellery and netting, and we created an image that would hopefully not look out of place in a fashion magazine suplement>an artistic piece, yet still firmly 'en vogue'!!
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Shown below; photographer Craig McDean has shot a compelling but disturbing goth fashion editorial for Italian Vogue . The models posed in designs from Yohji, Yves Saint Laurent, and Nina Ricci.
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Ethereal and Emotive.
The images processed on different materials and using liquid light have a different underlying starkness to the viewer, as opposed to those below. They are softer in actual vividness of viewing quality, but are more stark psycholgically.
I believe that they are more ethereal and the image holds more of a story; a bleakness; a melancholy emotion.
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