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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Styling in the Dark
Wardrobe elements for the shoot:
I took this photo of the sourced garments in the woods near where I live;
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123 Testing
Holly, Jonathan and myself went for a quick late night studio session to test out lighting ideas...This turned in to a 2 hour shoot dancing around to Blondie and using my naked bony back!
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Despite losing our digital images(!!), Mr Sutcliffe outdid himself when using liquid light. Using his medium format negatives he projected the images on to discarded pieces of card, masking tape, tiles etc.
Below are the unnerving yet ethereal outcomes:
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Colour vs Black and white
Le Film Noir;
We discussed as a group the fact that we want our final images to be in raw format using black and white film., as it will give it an authentic yet stark finish.
Blanc et noir
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J'adore Galliano
I want to create a shoot that is chic, luxurious, a hint of parisian, lots of volume yet stark.
For wardrobe, especially regarding the theme of marriage, John Galliano Couture will prove to be my main inspiration...
Lace and Netting
As veils are a huge point of symbolism in marriage and weddings, we decided to use this as as the main element in our shoot. Here are some beautiful fashion images I found which use netting and lace as a focal point...
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