New Project

I was not too sure how I felt about it this weeks new project going in on Monday. But once I sat down I got that good Ravensbourne feeling, which is when I come in to Uni and feel so ready and excited to work. Ian began explaining and briefing us on what we will be doing for the next two weeks and then later in the afternoon we went to Somerset House to look at the Guy Bourdin exhibition. Our goal is to use this exhibition as inspiration for our own shoot, Our shoot has to be themed and relating to a specific publication and season. Bourdin shoots woman but I really feel like exploring the world of menswear so I am thinking about looking at these new ideas of manliness and shooting menswear.

I really enjoyed the Guy Bourdin exhibition. It was incredibly inspiring, the way in which he works and sees things is fascinating. I love the thought processes, he really puts a lot of planning into each and every photograph and you can see that in the quality of each final image. My favourite room in the exhibition was one that had three large screens in a circle so that if you stood in the middle you would be surrounded by them. And on the screens clips from some of Bourdin's films were flicking through along to some mesmerizing music. I wanted to stay in there forever.

The images that inspired me the most were the ones that were looking through things. Such as a gold fish bowl or the car door windows.

Image by Guy Bourdin

 

Image by Guy Bourdin 

Journal Extract - Notes From The Project Brief - Image Authors Own