Embodiment

After the holocaust exhibition i sat and had a thought about what it is i realy enjoy in art. I enojoy my photography and i enjoy takeing photographs that look unusual or that would even scare the viewer. there is a certain type of mood in my work that i have noticed i seem to use a lot, it is this on edge creepy mood. i enjoy creating characters and situtations in my photographs. i had a thought and embodiement came into mind, embodying a character through a pose, makeup clothign accesories ect. becomeing someone else, someone who isnt me like a secret persona.
cindy sherman was an nfluence seeing hoe she becomes this entirly new character, this new persona infront of the camera. in one of my photo shoot with gemma i film myself takeing her photographs and looking back i found myself watching her become this new person who was confident giggly and over time she just became this entierly new person she became a model an actress performing to a camera.
When i was a teenager i was always the one behind the camera even if it was our hundenth time walking in the park doing the same thing i would take my camera out and straight away we would pull faces and become these giddy teenagers, i find myself even infront of the camera becomeing this new person i feel like i am on an emotional high. not only infront of the camera am i becoming this new person but even the slightest change in makeup or clothing i find my mod and attitude change to how i feel because of the makeup the clothes ect.
embodyment can come naturaly or it can come purposfully. i think it is a  fantastic subject and somehting of which i can have some fun with and study.

here are some makeup photos of my friend emma, gemma and myself embodying characters through thatrical makeup and outfits.