Proposal

Why I choose to explore light drawings:

In the past I have focused on documentary/portraiture, I have always been interested in disability and mental health issues, but I wanted to step away from portraiture and delve into something more challenging. In a different manner than I am used to by using and exploring the qualities of light drawings.

Initially I photographed in the studio, just capturing light drawings that represent a state of mind. Where I could I tried to get people with disability and mental health issues. To create the light drawing voice themselves anonymously

So in the end I had light drawing that represented a personality.

In the bellow two images, I asked the model to draw how he felt , he first started out by drawing devil horns and the triple six’s, after having some more time he then took another image of angel wings. These two collected images represent the way in which people with disabilities moods change, from one moment of being devilish to being so gentle and angelic like

I feel I can develop this in to a project further, where it allows people to express their inner feeling through the medium of light drawings and not be visually recognised.I have chosen to use lights as when information is received in the nerve ending in the brain there is a little spark. And also there is always light no matter how dark your situation is.

Here are some other images I have produced:

With the above stickman image, I would like to re shoot this and instead have two stick people. From the image I get the idea of loneliness from the image,as you can only see the stickman reaching out to nothing.

Initial ideas

My initial ideas are the following:

Baby portraits

Animal portrait

I wish to produce diptychs and triptychs

Family portraiture

I would also like to experiment with smoke
Disability and mental illness
Light drawings

Introduction

Introduction:

For this assignment  i will be entering the melbourne festival emerging talent award competition: 

The theme is Expanding horizons, we can take it in which ever way we wish, wether this is communicational ( i.e society and issues) or a more artistic format.

We need to write a proposal of our ideas and include previous work and sketches that will then need to be submitted by 14th march 2014. i will then be judged on my proposal for the shortlist process and if i am sucsessful i will be invited for a exhabition on the 12th and 13th of september

The images must meet the following:
2 dimensional, suitable for hanging and a maximum of 2 meters in any dimension
In the medium of pain,pastel,pencil,textile,printmaking,photography or mixed media
It is original work, safe for hanging and meets the health and safety requirements and is not offensive

Deffinition of expandind horizons:

To experience and learn new things.

to increase the range of things that someone knows about, has experienced or is able to do