There is a problem that still exists I need to create/make/do..
Emma my daughter then offered to be a model for this particular module and we decided that we would start off using the mirror as the instrument within the work to begin.
I not only took images of Emma with the mirror we also emptied the shower room and I introduced a stool for Emma to sit on.
Once I had taken a series of images I then introduced the chair that I sit it whilst using the computer. I could use these images as paintings they are interesting positions.
Once again I returned to the mirror as a tool, and the images produced I feel have something tangible with the viewer's view point which makes a connection.
Once I had introduced the chair into the small space within the shower room and once I had taken images of Emma within the mirror, Emma seemed to develop her own idea of what she felt would make interesting images.
Emma then began to place herself within the space taking control of the images being taken. The chair became part of the work, this piece of furniture not only became a prop but also was integral part of these particular images as the mirror has been in previous images.
This week there was an incident within my home and the photographs above are quite frightening to look at because of the situation that occured in reality. But without this situation that occured this images are still disturbing and are something that I believe have a theoritical basis.
Even without working into this images there is something potent and I believe the viewer will gain insight in these images, there is depth and a sense of the teenage identity that is revealed within this images.
The next two images are photographs which were taken earlier of myself a few weeks ago. The first image is when the ink was running low and I like the lightness and the tonal colours I have used, I have also added pen scribbled onto the figures.
Again this is another image taken from an earlier session that I took of myself I have printed this image using photography paper and washed over with water and brown water colour was added.
The following images are the worked on images of Emma I have used a variety of inks and pen scratched into the images. In some of these images I have added brighter colours to some of the images I enjoy how they runs over the physical aspect of Emma. I attempted to wash over those put the ink didn't spread.
The next few images have been washed over using watercolour inks and I enjoy the contrast of the two figures. I have attempted to use different colours but I don't these particular images work.
Out of all the images that I have worked on I do prefer the darker colours that I have used, however I like the washed out tonal colours.
The last three images that I have added are interesting because they are printed short on ink so they have a lighter washed out feel and the colour is a blandish blue result, The colours added are brighter and interesting. I do feel this last session and the work I added to the images have pushed the work further on than it had been a few months ago.
Angela asked if Emma would her opinion on this collaboration and Emma agreed and below is her statement.
Emma’s
Statement
I’m used
to my Mum doing art, and over the years she has sometimes used.
The photos taken of me were taken in
my Mum’s shower room, it’s a small room and it has a full length mirror which
used to belong to our old neighbour in East Sussex, he died this year and I
miss him, but the
mirror reminds me of Norman each time I look into it. I
also have a picture of me and him from when I was little.
I hate my
picture being taken especially at parties, as I don’t like the way I look and I
always feel really uncomfortable.
I don’t really
know why I offered to take part in these photos it but it didn’t bother me
because I don’t know really know the people who are on this course and my mum
needed me to do it so that she could pass her course.
I liked how my mum said that
I could wear what I liked but I only put a small amount of make up on.
Mum cleared the shower room,
and I started off by sitting on a stool and Mum took images of me where my reflection
could be seen. Then Mum brought her chair into the room, and I sat on that and
let Mum take the pictures. I then got a bit bored of just sitting so that’s when
I thought I would go onto the floor.
The photos of me are
okay, I prefer them in black and white and they are better after Mum has worked
into them because me makes me
look sullen. I like the way my
eyes look big.
The photos of me on the
floor makes me look boxed in as if I can’t escape, I think these photos show a
teenager who has lots to say but doesn’t or can’t because she is experiencing
different things every day and sometimes too many things happen so she feels
closed in.
Also these photos are about
girls who feel they will never be cool and yet there are bits about them that
are good but they are made to feel that they will never completely fit in by
their peers.
I have found Emma's statement really interesting, and what she has written is quite an eye opener, I do agree with what Emma has stated especially the last two paragraphs. She is experiencing so many things and the next few years there will be many times when she will have to make choices, some will be the right choices and some will be choices that she will regret, but these are all things that she has to experience.
