In a lesson with Leah we were each given a photographer to quickly study and give a short presentation on. The artist I was given was Yto Barrada, whose work I quite liked. I enjoyed how she depicted the struggles of everyday life as art by photographing moments in her hometown of Tangier. It wasn't until she had left and came back, that she noticed how violent and dangerous living their was as the residents try their hardest to make their way across the Strait to a better life. I made my presentation very short mentioning her life, focusing on one collection in particular called 'The Strait Project' and showed 4 pictures in which I thought the idea of this everyday life theme was shown. My favourite of the pictures is the last one of the two girls looking at the advertisement of the cruise. I thought this picture was reminiscent of childhood and how as a child you will always dream of big things even if in reality those things may not be possible for you. I made my presentation very minimalist as I find this is a very clean and professional appearance.
No comments:
Post a Comment