MAMAN ‘LOUISE BOURGEOIS’ PHOTOSHOOT
2022 - 2023 FASHION ART DIRCTION
MODEL: NAOMI FIELDING
STYLISTS: AMINA & MARCIAPHOTOGRAPHER: XAVIER
ART DIRECTOR: ANNIS
WE HAVE USED PEARLS AS A SIGNATURE PROP FOR THIS PHOTOSHOOT TO REPRESENT THE PURIY AND INNOCENT FEELING OF LOUISE LIVING WITH HER MOTHER. FUTHER PROPS INCLUDE WEBBED FABRICS, TAPESTRY, LACE, MESH, AND MORE. WE HAVE USED ADDITIONAL EFFECTS WITHIN THE BACKGROUND OF THE PHOTOGRAPH TO CREATE MOTION AND DYNAMIC EYECATCHING IMAGERY. FOR EXAMPLE THE WAVERING WHITE TAPESTRY THAT ACTS AS WIND BLOWING IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH.WE HAVE RENTED A STUDIO SPACE TO BOOK IN CALLED THE ‘LIGHT ROOM’ TO RECEIVE A GIVEN TIME TO PLAN AND USE THE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR THIS PHOTOSHOOT.MODELLING FOR THIS PHOTOSHOOT WAS BOTH EXCITING AND DIFFICULT, EXPERIMENTING WITH VARIOUS POSES AND BALANCING / SITTING ON A BLOCK OF WOOD. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WERE ALL NEUTRAL AND VISUALISING ISOLATED FEELINGS TO THE AUDIENCE.WE HAVE STITCHED AND CLIPPED THE TAPESTRIES TOGETHER MAKING A VARIOUS PATTERN OF DIFFERENT FABRICS WITH LAYERS OF LONG NECKLACE TYPE JEWELRY AND A WOODEN RING TO REPRESENT A TRAPPED SPIDER IN ITS WEB.EXPERIMENTING WITH BOTH SHADOWS AND LIGHT, FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH WE HAVE ENHANCED THE INTENSITY OF SHADOWS WITHIN THE BACKGROUND AND REVEALING THE TOP HALF OF THE MODEL, CREATING A EERIE FEEL.