Another creative line I took in investigating the relation between flowers the human face led me to a sequence of photos inspired by Tim Walker’s photo-shoot of Nick Knight, where In Knight poses with a vase of flowers. I attempted to do something similar with a professional photographer (Haris) I have collaborated closely with in the past, and I explained…
Category: Experimentations
Experimentation 10: Beauty photoshoot inspired by Giuseppe Arciboldo Duane Michals work
In my research about artistic representations of flowers I stumbled upon the work of Giuseppe Arciboldo, a sixteenth-century Italian painter. What I found interesting in Arciboldo’s work was his depiction of natural objects – flowers, fruits, vegetables – to illustrate human-like faces. I wanted to experiment on something similar so I researched some more about art that put flowers in…
Experimentation 9: Frozen memories
The previous experiments prompted me to attempt another approach where I froze the flower in a block of ice and then took photographs of the melting flowers. This approach symbolises the longing of people to preserve memories – memories that come to life when looking at flowers. In my work, I identify this quest for preserving memories with a particular…
Experimentation 7: Decomposed flowers 1
In order to also experiment with the idea of flowers in relation to human memory as well as human aging and the process of decay I also used the approaches of fade-out and added-colour but with decomposed flowers.
Experimention 6: Adding emotions 2
I also tried a different colouring process by adding various highlighters in the water in order to achieve a more organic addition of colour.
Experimention 5: Adding emotions 1
For my second experimentation, I tried to do the opposite by adding colours (painted the flowers) in order to try and explore the way in which certain colours may trigger memories and evoke emotions.
Experimentation 4: Fade-out memories
For my first experimentation, I used the fade-out technique where I faded out the image in order to illustrate how memories fade out with the passing of time.
Experimentation 3: Life circle/Time lapse
Another method I used was a sequential photo-shoot where I aimed to capture photos of a flower each day from early in its development until the time it decayed and started decomposing.
Experimentation 2: Visit to Queen’s Mary park
What lies behind my decision of choosing the Queen’s Park in London as the location for the experimental photoshoot (for the module Research in Fashion Communication AD394) is the fact that this very park made me realise the importance of flowers to me. The Queen’s Mary garden reminded me of my beloved grandfather’s garden. A grander full of roses, so…
Christiana Zacharia: Final Major Project
My initial idea, which I developed in my project for Creative Research for Fashion Communication module, was to investigate the role of flowers in the work of the creative industry. I began this investigation with a close research of different artists and photographers whose work was inspired and driven by the theme of flowers. Based on the insights I gained…