WEEK 2

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING IDEAS FOR STYLING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

During this workshop we explored how styling can create movement and can start a shift in society. We touched on the use of protesting by the pussy riot group who use aspects of styling focusing on accessories such as masks and expressive colours to emphasize their fight against cultural and political issues in modern society. One of the main movements they executed was their protest against Vladimir Putin who was performing human rights abuse in Siberia . This expanded my thinking on how styling isn’t just a way to look good and complete an outfit to express fashion but instead a form to express a message and create movement. We then went on to explore the importance of recycling wasted fabrics to also create3 narratives and grow the cultural change of sustainability. Within the brief we were given the task to to experiments with layering and the narrative of over consumption, As a group we decided to reuse old fabric and incorporate it into one of the prompt words ‘Water’. The discussion of where the shoot should be staged ended up with the conclusion of a location shoot, set on the seaside and we began experimenting with styling and props such as a bucket of water. This allowed us to slowly shape an understanding of our narrative. Using a national rail uniform to represent the poor treatment of workers in our current society and touching on the Living crisis. This allowed us to showcase how over consumption and mass manufacturing exploits the workforce. We built on this by wrapping my head in denim as this fabric is one of the most manufactured material and wanted to portray the sense that those who are the ones who constantly buy are blind to the fact that their affect is causing catastrophic strain on normal workers. We decided to incorporate position and stance within this shoot as showcased below we placed the worker above the over consumer to battle the societal issue

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