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.

Quda ehxhibition.

i submitted work to quda an art group who provide exhibition space for artists, i applyed to get my work displayed i n teh shmuchs theatre production at vicoroia baths in manchester. he location was beautful. the theme that we choice (i collaborted with a makeup artist who is a close friend of mine and another close friend whokindly modeled for us.) we chose to create some destressing images that reflected the emotions of the prisoners of war, we wanted to demonstrate how slent the tears were as the strenghth of the prisoners was so strong that you can see there pian but still they hide behind it.
Gemma Louise Schofield a friend and relative of mine modeled fo the photographs, Emma Louise Royal created the makeup effects and i took and edited the photographs in the studio at university.

i had the images printed onto canvas and they were displayed in a little room in the waiting area for the show.