Subterraine

I allowed the light to shine through holes in the roof. Plays with scale.

Negative images

I lined a long box with images. The light coming in from the end turned the images into negatives.

Mirror Mask

Here I was experimenting with cut outs and mirrors. I was happy with how the cut out is not isolated as in the previous shots. I liked the reference to where it had been cut from; the negative space or the context. I think the focus on the edge of the second photo is working well, this emphasizes the 2D image and the cut edge.

I became an image

I became an image

I made myself an image and cut myself out so I could meet Micky as an image. I need to make sure the work doesn't look like a bad Photoshop job. It needs to look like exactly what it is...........a photograph of images. I am using lighting and shallow depth of field.

Micky's Room Ideas

I made a diorama with images of Mick. Cutting them out and standing them up. I used shallow depth of field and lighting to create a mood and trying to making sure they dont look like collages. This is all experimenting.
I was interested how the cropping and placement of the image made it look so incomplete.  I was aware that cropping by framing a subject does not give this effect. The viewer assumes there is more body to be seen but it is just not in the frame. We are familiar with the conventions of cropping but only by the frame of the camera.

See the example below

Micky'sRoom