Another project that JR did that really fascinated me was 'Wrinkles of the City'. JR went to Istanbul, Shanghai, Cartagena, Los Angeles, La Habana, and Berlin. JR photographed the elderly and pasted their pictures up in the places that they wanted. He photographed the elderly to show the story of the city, and the culture. He also did this to show the beauty in aging. In 2015 JR photographed an elderly man in Istanbul. He pasted his photo on a building about to be demolished in Kadir An, Istanbul, Turkey.
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One other project that appealed to me immensely, was the ones he did on the Mexican border. He made 2 pieces on it, one called "Migrants, Mayra, Picnic across the Border, Tecate, Mexico". This was made in 2017. What JR did was he pasted one side of the cropped face - so only the eyes were visible (the face of a young undocumented immigrant called Mayra) - in the Mexican border they pasted it on a table and on the American border they just printed it on a large blanket and laid it down. They did this because they couldn't get any permission from the [ ] to do this project and so they had to lie a blanket down as that was the only way. At one point the [ ] showed up but they let them stay and finish because the [ ] happened to be an immigrant from Mexico. This story makes me happy because just like that it already shows some peace and love between America and Mexico. The other piece is called "Giant, Kikito and the Border Patrol, Tecate, Border Mexico-USA". This piece is a photograph enlarged to be nearly a 70 foot image, pasted on the border. You can see this below (the first image on the left). This piece is about the 1-year-old Kikito peering over the border in curiosity about what is on the other side. This piece represents the innocence and the peace, gathered from the vulnerable, playful toddler peering over, of the Mexicans. This was made to show everyone that when they look at Mexicans they see them differently from the way that they are portrayed in the media - they see them like that 1-year-old boy.
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My composition of my subjects face is good as it creates the distinctive images of the face. I have a good lighting which makes the same image in black and white still show parts of the face. |
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I have photographed the image around my home environment, so that it resembles JR's work more. |
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The circular edits make the photo have a more blended edit creating a sense of some supernatural mold of the face, unlike if I had done this with a triangular tool. |
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I edited seperate parts of the face and not just the whole face. Furthermore, if I had made 2 or 3 more circles then the face wouldn't of been so visible as a small circle (seen in my edited photo) and the image would of had more of the molded face effect. |
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First, drag your image into photoshop. Then, you create a layer of the same image and press the 'rectangular Marquee tool'. After that, you decide which part of your image you would want to edit and draw a shape around it. After that twist and move the selected part where you prefer. Repeat the step as many times as wanted. Once done, save your image - depending on where you will upload the image save as JPEG. Then you have your image!
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I edited the faces of my images successfully in photoshop. They turned out interesting and I made a GIF of one of them. I used my EBI in the practice response which enhanced my edited images to be more compelling in this response. I like the first image out of the 3 images that I have digitally edited the best because of the hypnotic look that they eyes portray. |
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I had edited the faces in a more peculiar way that would captivate the viewers more. For example, I could have cut unique geometric shapes out of the image and move it to certain parts of the face that made my image seem as if that part of the body was getting pulled away from its original position. |
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Using the template of the pentagon, I made an good pentagon from the image of the girl and placed it in captivating places connecting parts of the body from the pentagon to the flat sheet. |
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I had made my pentagon neater, with all the sides connected - some not because hey were either too log or too short. |
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I managed to create my weave, and because I cut in in 1cm strips it made my weave look more interesting. My weave portrayed me as if I had 4 eyes, so it doubled all my features. |
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I had made my weave a bit straighter and if I had made it interactable, by not sticking the strips of the second sheet to the strips from my first sheet so they can move and create a different style to my face. |
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First you upload your two images that you will use onto photoshop. Then, using the "mouse" tool, you press on the image of the person then drag it into the background design. After that, using the "quick selection" tool, you select sections of your image that you want to be cleared, then press edit and clear. Do this for the rest of your image. Once you have done that you can see the is the outline of the person has not gotten cleared, so pressing the rubber tool you carefully rub out them out following the outline of the person - easier to do if you zoom in. Hereafter, to make your image blend in more with your background design, you can make the image of your person less opaque (on the right bar of photoshop) so that you can see the design and make parts overlap on the person making the image look beautiful. Then you reset the opacity to 100% and save it!
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I have recreated the renaissance painting as well-thought modernized photo. I potoshoped the background patter image and the image of my subject well. |
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I took multiple photos and if I had made some of the leaves overlap parts of Selin so that it had the affect that Selin was in between the leaves. |
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My response was kept interesting in the way that there were stair cases built round and round the building and the building wasn't directly upright, it was as though it was "defying" gravity. |
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I had erased the bottom of the image so that it doesn't look like there are 2 images overlapped, and that it creates the full effect that the building is in fact real and that it is standing. |
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I have made the bottom landscape of the photograph look better than in my first response. I liked my idea of making two spikes on the Burj Khalifa because it strayed away from the original design and made the building look abstract. |
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I can improve my final response by editing the Burj Khalifa into a much further engrossing design. For example, I could edit the body of the building to be as if it is curved side to side. |
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My finished image looks nice and neat because I cut the building out the image neatly with straight lines. My edited image look brutalist because I blurred parts of the mbuilding to make the same colour and have a smooth texture like concrete. |
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If I made another response, and if I took it a step further by adding colours. |
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First, drag the two images that you will use, onto photoshop. Then, using the "mouse" tool press on the image of your subject and drag it onto the image of the background. If needed, press "command" "t" to position the image of your subject how you want it. Next, (while having "layer 1" selected) using the "rubber" tool rub out the outside of the subject, zooming in to rub out the finer detail. Once that is done, press "file", "save as" and your done, remember to save the image as a JPEG.
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My image is clear and the stance of my subject conveys power and pride. This is successful because Roman creates these pieces to present pride in everyone. The background design is delightful and effervescent. |
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I photoshopped a patterned circle in the background behind the head. This would resemble the artists work and highlights the subjects. |
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I photoshopped Lily well onto the background. I incorporated what could be improved in my first response to this response - the circle round the head, highlighting my subject. |
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I had made a GIF that changes the background and clothing of my subject. This makes it interesting and different. |
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Once you create your individual images, upload them all onto the website called gifmaker.me. After that you can adjust the canvas size (so the size of the image) and the animation speed (the speed at which each image is viewed for). Then you press create GIF animation to create your GIF, then press download the GIF, to have it downloaded onto your device, ready to upload wherever you want.
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I completed my GIF successfully, with the background and the circle above the head changing in design. I used contrasting colours to highlight the subject and draw in the attention of the viewers. |
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I really liked the concept of my piece, the soul leaving her body. It shows creativity and is portrayed well with my long aperture setting. |
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My subject as based in an empty room allowing me to capture the whole room evoking the element of vulnerability and alone. |
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The angle of my shot is positioned well showing the piano "sucking" in my subject. I used a long shutter speed which helped create that affect, by adding a blur to my subject. |
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I had a finishing shot that is just the piano, to show that the piano sucked her in and she is kept there. |
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The black and white of the images create a sense of mystique and memory. The aperture was on a good setting - slow aperture - creating the blur and "double" of my subject. The setting in the woods and the slight blur of the outside of the photograph adds to the slight sublime romantic connotations. The subjects facial expressions convey the emotion to the audience. |
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I had photographed my subject in other setting as well, creating a broader range of photographs with different connotations. |
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The images do represent the stereotypes of women. The images are in focus and blurred where I wanted it to be. My subject never looks directly at the camera to purposefully show that she is "trapped" in the photograph the way she is "trapped" in the societal expectations. |
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I had better composition so what my subject is doing is more visible. I dressed up my subject in clothes that better show what a stereotypical female wears. |