r dyer Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Hi all. i havt to produce 6 images on the theme of identity, but i seem to have a sudden mental block.My usually overactive imagination has stopped working and my brain has turned to mush! any links to some inspirational work linked to this theme or comments greatfully received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_haykin Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Is this for a photo class assignment?, and please define "identity" in this context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beepy Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I would perhaps mine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity">Wikipedia.org's entry on "identity"</a> for grins - looking for interesting springboards for say six approaches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r dyer Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Yes its for an assignment. It has to be on my identity, thants the only criteria. at the moment im thinking abot taking any old photos and saying photography is a large part of my identity! thats how bad its got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 You may need to furnish a bit more info, does identity mean being able to identify someone by their clothes such as police, fireman and chef, or does it mean that you have to take photos of things that give clues to your personal identity, like photos of tools if you like working on things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Sorry Russell, you chimed in before I finished composing mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r dyer Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 im trying to keep away from the old "heres a photo of me......" approach, but i mite have to resort to that if i dont get hit by a massive lump of inspiration soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 My suggestion is to sit down and write out the things you like doing like bicycle ridding or hiking, playing a guitar and such, then see what you can come up with to compose these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Make a 2"x3" print. Put on your forehead. Make straight on picture. Put your palm on a flatbed scanner. Scan it in. Take your typical clothes outfit - everything. Drape it on a chair in approximate wearing position. Photograph it in a plain setting. Okay, that's three. I have lots more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I'll dribble in more ideas. For a contradictory view of personal identity: Photograph yourself looking into a mirror from 3/4 behind-view. What's in the picture is exactly what you cannot see in real life. The invisible part of yourself. (See, the mirror image is reversed, and of course you cannot see the back of your own head.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl.jahr Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I want to be your friend and not be nasty. But, Russell, do you realize that future employers of you are googling for anything you might have said in a public forum. I don't think it is a good idea to declare your brain to have turned to mush, and to be as sloppy with spelling as you are. I am sure you know how to spell, but may think in an informal forum that's not important. It is! (Re-read second sentence above) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Who or what is the first thing you see when you wake up? What part of your body do you notice mostand least favorably most of the time? What part of your body is the msot fascinating or mysterious to you? Without doing a special clean up, What does your bedroom look like? Your kitchen ? your car? your favorite and least favorite class room? When you step outside what do you notice most of all? What are you eating today ("you are what you eat")? Do a screen grab of your favorite website. Photograph your favorite book, open to your favorite passage. What's the last thing you'll see before you turn off the lights and go to sleep? Photograph your favorite material possesion. Try to be as un- self consciously arty about your lighting and compositions: jsut photograph these things as directly as you see them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_jeanette1 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Photograph your driver's license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r dyer Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Well thanks for that. Im actually dyslexic and cant spell for toffee. And come to think of it neither can most the professional photographers i have worked for. As for "future employers of you are googling for anything you might have said in a public forum" i think they are not stupid enough to think that just because a photographer has 'writers block' on a college assignment they are not worth employing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvisionphotography Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Russell do you do any self portraits of yourself? I have found that I have found my identity through doing them. Just a thought. There are so many emotions one can present through them and I really do like finding other people that do self portraits and REALLY find it interesting how kids today love to take pictures of themselves with digital cameras. <BR><BR> I also like phat someone said about photographing what you like doing. Good luck ~ micki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff_foale Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Hello Russell. It might just be my weird sense of humour but if you are dyslexic how about a self portrait with you holding a dictionary upside down. It might even work as a campaign photo for antidyslexicphobia. Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 <i>Well thanks for that. Im actually dyslexic and cant spell for toffee. </i><p> You too?<p> I can't gum and walk chew at the same time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r dyer Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 "It might even work as a campaign photo for antidyslexicphobia." Best idea ive heard in ages! Maybe i should be eating toffee with the dictionary upside down? Thanks for every ones help so far. Liking alot of the ideas. I forgot to mention im a twin which could be a part of it i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klix Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I forgot to mention im a twin which could be a part of it i guess. Well, duh... a HUGE part of your identity stems from being a twin. So, the easiest, almost cliched theme would be to take pictures of a pair of things: - A pair of socks - can be identical pair - brand new or fresh from the laundry, or one sock can be new, the other torn. - An apple and orange -- an unmatched pair. These and any others would generate interesting talking points -- especially coming from the perspective of a twin. KL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r dyer Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 lol sorry. it becomes noral and you forget when you live with it every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aramat57 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Actually, Karl, I frequently wish PN had a spell checker like Yahoo does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 www.iespell.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_jeanette1 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Thank Dog for spell checkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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