~ GLAM ROCK ~

(AD137: PHOTOGRAPHY AND STYLING – SUBCULTURES)

 

Due to having researched similar subcultures it became obvious that we all had a strong connection and knowledge about Glam Rock as a subculture. Therefore we decided to assign roles and do the shoot. I styled, Colin did the Art Direction and Sam and I did the digital photography, although we decided to only use the film photography which I also did. This was another way of me improving my skills with film photography.

For the concept, something that stood out, was the way in which many of the Glam Rock icons in history had more than one ‘alter ego’ or character that they liked to become. However, much like many celebrities, there is more to them and their persona, than they like to evoke on stage.

This meant that the concept behind our photoshoot was to have our model dressed in a performance outfit, yet not really displaying attributes of being a performer. Ultimately the quality which the film photographs portray fulfils the rawness of the concept behind the images. We wanted our photographs and stature of the model to look light and airy, yet still powerful.

Unfortunately, our desired model, Liam, wasn’t available on the day that we had planned to carry out our shoot. But we wanted out shoot with him to go perfectly so we decided to do a test shoot with Colin as our model. We tried many poses and angles and by the end of it, we knew exactly what we wanted to do with Liam.

Colin Glam Rock Contact Sheet

Some of these images look beautiful and exactly in line with our concept, however, it got dark early and we didn’t get everything we wanted perfect, and also Liam was a slightly better fit for our shoot.

Here are some of the photographs with Colin modelling that we really liked.

 

 

Then, the next day, we did our shoot with Liam, knowing exactly what we wanted him to do and we finished in an hour. We learnt a really valuable lesson here as it is important to know what you’re doing, especially in industry so that can use your time efficiently and save money when hiring models and studios and the like.

Glam Rock Contact Sheet

Happy with our digital photos, we awaited the arrival of our film. When it was developed, we started printing in the dark room and we were so happy with our prints.

To save resources, we then just scanned the rest of our strips in and digitally edited and refined them.

We then chose our final images and I edited the layout and wrote the piece of writing to explain our concept. We were all really happy with the outcome and the way the story of the feature turned out.

 

 

 

 

Styling by Kynza Kendall-Jones

Art Direction by Colin Kolmel

Digital Photography by Samuel Jarman and Kynza Kendall-Jones

Photography in final feature by Kynza Kendall-Jones

 

stay groovy x x

 

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