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The Forbidden Look
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I did a 1920’s themed shoot at the weekend. I have been planning this since xmas. It took that amount of time to get the clothes, props, suitable models and venue together and then organise a time that suited everyone and massive kudos to my MUA Josephine for going above and beyond the call of duty.
I have edited the photo to age it by sepia toning it and then adding textures, noise stains and imperfections and fading it to make it look as old as possible. The idea here was to see if I could make it as authentic as possible.
A lot of work had to be done on the image in PS as there was unsuitable grafitti on the walls which had to be cloned out. There was a modern painting on the wall behind Ben so I had to find something more in keeping with the art of the era and put that in over the existing picture. And there was a space invaders machine :) to Bens right which had to be removed.
The image is meant to take the viewer to a train station waiting room where you encounter a situation where a beautiful wealthy white woman finds herself on the same bench as a black man as a photographer takes the shot, with the position of the case representing the barrier between the races.
Lit with a large softbox to my left angled towards the subjects and a reflected umbrella to my right.
The image I hope gets the viewer to think about the situation and the potential story behind the picture.
Wow, what a class shot and I also like how you’ve given us some background to the shot. I love the models expression, I think she nailed the look of someone looking down on another. I do think the wall on the left side of the couch does look much cleaner than the wall on the right, maybe a bit of dirt here and there would sort that. :D
Dave.
I think that it’s a great scene and a beautiful expression from the model.
My only critique would be of the image above Bens right shoulder, to my eye at least
it doesn’t look right in the image and maybe it’s just a distraction from the main event?
Well thought out though and beautifully executed.John, the picture behind Ben was put there by me as a composite to cover up a much more modern painting that was on the wall anyway. The subject matter of the painting I chose is in keeping with the art of that era.
Mark S.
I’m obviously then not familiar with the art of the era Mark but I still think it would be better without.
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