Here are a few more of the photos that I shot the weekend before last.. I'm starting to collect written stories and quotes from people that I'll be showing with the photos.. And I'm trying to shoot people all differently depending on their personality and what kind of tattoos they have.. I've been having a little trouble trying to come up with ways to make the portraits more fresh and unique.. A lot of people have been commenting that they want to see more of the tattoos on people.. For people to be "showing more" and for the images to give a better view of the tattoos.. but to me I feel like the images are not about showing off people's tattoos so much as they're about the people themselves and who they are.. I agree that if somebody has a tattoo that has very special personal meaning to them that it should be visible, but if somebody is covered with tattoos, like the image of my friend Josh is front of the blue wall, the fact that he is so covered with tattoos says something about him.. as apposed to a closeup of someone with just one tattoo that has very special meaning.. If anyone has thoughts/ ideas/ comments I would love to hear them, good or bad..
2 comments:
wow the 2nd one came out really surreal looking which the coloring of the wall contrasting the black bottom half of the picture. it looks really good though.
oh and i just read what you wrote because i am both lazy and enthusiastic about photos. haha
and i think that i agree which what you said about josh's shot. If you made the tattoos really super clear and made every person show all their tattoos it would feel more commercial or dead and less about the actual person and them being apart of this culture of tattoos. thats just my opinion personally.
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