I was really inspired for my self portraits by film noir femme fatales and focused on dramatic lighting in the studio (my favorite place on the 8th floor by far).
Each image is inspired by a different film, the first being The Big Combo
Each of us have to make a triptych of our self portraits and a 6+ portraits. So that's my triptych just to give you a taste of our studio work. Overall, I'd say the self portraits are very diverse, ranging from experimenting with low exposure and flash, "painting with light," costumes, and motion. The classroom walls are covered in our new prints which has proved to be a nice change from the purely black and white prints that we had grown accustomed to. To me, it's pretty weird to have my work up for anyone to look at. There have been a couple incidents where I've almost ripped my stuff down out of pure frustration. But hey, I think we've all been there.
EDIT: Literally seconds after writing this, I walk into the classroom to see that all of our prints are off the wall and bags placed in the hallway. Apparently a beam had broken in the classroom and is currently off limits due to safety and construction reasons. Things definitely are staying interesting.
The digilabs are really hopping these days; presently I'm sitting next to a printer and it's shaking so much I'm concerned it's going to shake its way off and crush me. No joke.
On another note, the plan for today is visiting two galleries along with plenty of lab time. We're heading to the Bonni Benrubi gallery (bonnibenrubi.com) in a few hours, but until then we're slaving away to get our work finished and looking sweet.
Stay classy kids.
Annika
