Go check out the work of Jr and photos related to his project. Select your favourite and post it to your blog/journal.
Answer the following Questions:
FOUND PORTRAITS
I like the negative space that is filled with black tone and how it strongly emphasizes the person.
I like the scratched texture of the photograph and also how this girl is looking down so that it makes viewers to become curious about the scenario of this picture.
I love the position of this person which leaves just half of the negative space.
Also I think the pose of the model is loose but at the same time very active so that it gives sense of natural motion.
I like the subtle tone of this portrait that creates such a calm atmosphere and also the highlighting on this man's left eye.
I really like how the negative space suggests the background and slightly implies the location but not clearly.
FROM INSIDEOUT PROJECT
by Bianca P
I stand for a country of peace, I'm tired of breathing an environment of insecurity, hate and death in our contaminated streets.
My story
I'm
a young artist who lives in a multicultural city where the average of
death per day is around 17 people, whom mostly are youths... Our future
depends of us to change that situation. We are the creators of our own
world, is time for a revolution of Peace to start in our country by
standing against all politicians who manage our people at their selfish
will. We as youngs have the power to ask for a better country, for
transparency, for progress and for love to clean our streets. QUIERO
RESPIRAR PAZ Y ESPARCIR VIDA
1.Why did you choose this/why do you like it?
- The reason why I chose this picture from the InsideOut website was because I like how the message of the portrait is clear, but somehow obscure; and also the way that person tried to visualize her message with her expression and the mask that she wore. This series of portraits is very straightforward, but at the same time, makes people to think about the problems related to the politics and how the citizens are suffered due to some selfish politicians.
2. What sort of message is it communicating?
- The message of it was the fact that the insecure and contaminated situation caused by corrupted government has a great effect on people.
3. Can the style/format work for the LFAS JR project? Why or why not?
-This style of work which has a concern over the politic does not work very well with the LFAS JR project because our project doesn't have anything to do with the government or politics unless we want to complain about our school's policy :)
FROM JR's SITE
1.Why did you choose this/why do you like it?
- The reason for selecting this photo as my favourite photo is the fact that JR tried to interact what is happening around the world with his photography. I believe many people tend to think photography is used to capture the beauty of people, animals, plants,objects, etc in visual ways; however, I like how JR implied the message of violence that happened in downtown of shanghai with the photograph of frowned man attached on the wall. Also I really like the fact that the portrait is facing toward all the mass that signifies the aftermath of the violent night and shows its potential to interact with people who pass by the street in powerful ways .
2. What sort of message is it communicating?
- It is telling people about the conflict between the residents and the workers which caused disasterous situation; as well, this photograph brings the media attention of the world toward the issues of shanghai and tries to give us the message about the confrontation among the people bringing such ugliness.
3. Can the style/format work for the LFAS JR project? Why or why not?
- Yes I think this style of work can possibly fit very well to the LFAS JR project because since LFAS is an art school, it would be a great idea to tell people story about the problems over the world with portraits of people posted on the wall around the school. Although we do not need to tell everything in a single portrait, I think it will be so powerful when a series of portraits line up together to suggest messages to the viewers.
4. What sort of ideas do you have for the JR LFAS project?
Although I do not have any concrete idea for the JR LFAS project yet, I think just like JR's own portrait project, we can embed some issues in our community to bring people's attention. I think those issues should contain major problems as well as minor problems that the majority of people do not pay much attention. As well, even though this project is mostly about the interaction between people within the society, it might be a great idea to mention about environmental, or ecosystem problems. In order to do so we may need to take portraits of non-humans.
**Arts Matter at LFAS. This year, you will notice some extra energy around the arts with the Arts Matter lecture series where artists from all across Canada will share experience and ideas and why the "Arts Matter" to them. We are going to start the year with an "Arts Matter" Portrait project to communicate why the Arts matter to us. Then we are going to take photos of fellow classmates to practice and communicate why the Arts Matter to them. And then we are going to go further to explore the LFAS community and why the Arts Matter to us.
