Jessica-Mu
MuJessica-Nadar 3
My portrait was taken by myself and I was inspired by Nadar.
From my take on Nadar’s photography, I chose to emphasize the simpleness of my shot by minimizing everything else that was not related to me. He did not use many props during his shots, and he oftentimes only focused on the person in efforts to keep his portraits simple and direct. In order to replicate and mimic Nadar’s style, I used a blank background in order to have the main focus on me. I took my shot near sunset, during golden hour, so that the natural lightning was not as bright and whitening compared to earlier hours of the day. In order to make my surroundings look more soft, I exported my photo to procreate in order to first darken the shadows and second, lower the exposure lessen harsh light, while gently blurring out everything but myself to focus more on me. I made sure my hands were hidden, and I only photographed 3/4th of my body for the ending shot. The clothing I wore was simple, and my hair and face were kept upright.
While Nadar chose to emphasize facial features, I thought wearing/adding the mask (especially during this time) would have been fitting for the overall project. In efforts to visualize what Nadar would have done during a masked-health crisis-pandemic-era, I wanted to take what he focused on in his shots and apply it to life during a global pandemic. Essentially, this was my attempt to depict what Nadar would have chosen to do if he had lived through the era of covid-19. Because one of his focuses was to document his clients, I wanted to make a statement that no one now is without a mask- that masks are a part of us. Given the extreme changes that covid-19 has brought upon us, I wanted to make it as if the masks are now a part of every human, and that we are no longer ourselves without our masks. I wanted my limited facial features (from my eyes to above) to be the main focus in attempts to evoke what Nadar would have done, had he been obligated to take shots with masks.
MuJessica-Nadar 3
My portrait was taken by myself and I was inspired by Nadar.
From my take on Nadar’s photography, I chose to emphasize the simpleness of my shot by minimizing everything else that was not related to me. He did not use many props during his shots, and he oftentimes only focused on the person in efforts to keep his portraits simple and direct. In order to replicate and mimic Nadar’s style, I used a blank background in order to have the main focus on me. I took my shot near sunset, during golden hour, so that the natural lightning was not as bright and whitening compared to earlier hours of the day. In order to make my surroundings look more soft, I exported my photo to procreate in order to first darken the shadows and second, lower the exposure lessen harsh light, while gently blurring out everything but myself to focus more on me. I made sure my hands were hidden, and I only photographed 3/4th of my body for the ending shot. The clothing I wore was simple, and my hair and face were kept upright.
While Nadar chose to emphasize facial features, I thought wearing/adding the mask (especially during this time) would have been fitting for the overall project. In efforts to visualize what Nadar would have done during a masked-health crisis-pandemic-era, I wanted to take what he focused on in his shots and apply it to life during a global pandemic. Essentially, this was my attempt to depict what Nadar would have chosen to do if he had lived through the era of covid-19. Because one of his focuses was to document his clients, I wanted to make a statement that no one now is without a mask- that masks are a part of us. Given the extreme changes that covid-19 has brought upon us, I wanted to make it as if the masks are now a part of every human, and that we are no longer ourselves without our masks. I wanted my limited facial features (from my eyes to above) to be the main focus in attempts to evoke what Nadar would have done, had he been obligated to take shots with masks.