This is the second idea i had to show someone trying to erase a fire incident out of his mind. The difference in this shot was i decided to choose a picture in which his face expression was awkward. The way he showed his face expression reflects how he feels about the incident that occured. In this image i also wanted to portray Carlos trying to wipe the incident out of his mind.
This was finally the last picture in which i decided i wanted to show Carlos trying to erase the fire incident out of his mind. The only difference is his face is not showing. By having his face not show the main focus is what had occured. However, the body language he is showing describes how he feels toward the certain incident, which would show how bad he would want to get it out of his mind.
If my house was burning i would take...
My final series consisted of three portraits together that all have in common shadows. I decided to make different type of shadows based on the models personality or clothing. For example the first model had already made her own vintage stencils, the second was wearing indian patterns and so we made it according the last one had squares and so i made the stencil very squarish. Having shadows draws the viewer in to both the darker areas and the brighter lit areas.
