Studio Practice

In this assignment I will be experimenting with three different studio styles: 

• High Key 
• Low Key 
• Still Life 

The main focus of this assignment is to produce a series of images employing the three techniques above while exploring the theme of 'identity'. I will have to explore what identity means, how it can be conveyed and the best way to capture it. 

At the end of the assignment I will have to have shown an in depth study into all three styles of shooting, a body of work in which I explore the identity of a person or persons and finally present two printed images no smaller than A3 demonstrating two of the given styles either still life, low key or high key. 

To explore the idea of identity I chose an artist as my subject matter. I wanted to document them in the studio producing a piece of work from scratch. The artist I chose was a henna artist.

• Henna has been used to adorn young women's bodies as part of social and holiday celebrations since the late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean. The earliest text mentioning henna in the context of marriage and fertility celebrations comes from the Ugaritic legend of Baal and Ugaric, which has references to women marking themselves with henna in preparation to meet their husbands.

Despite its historical roots the art form has been adopted and is now practiced widely by many young artist as an interesting and no permanents form of body modification. 

I thought this would be a brilliant example of identity as it not only explores the identity of the artist, it explores the identity of the art and the arts history too.