Sanne De Wilde

Snow White

I was initially attracted to these images because of the simplicity of the colour scheme and unusual beauty. I first thought that the images would be of albino's, although their eyes do not appear to be the usual colour of people who are effected by albinism.

The subjects look detached from the photographer. They look as they are interested in something not in the cameras field point of view.

The focus in the series of 'snow white' is in portraiture and shooting people. It appears to be shot in set up studio settings.

It looks to be Sanne De Wilde's subjects to be excessively blonde and unusually fair skinned, which is why the people are confused with albinos.

The concept of these images is to reinforce that not everyone conforms to the beauty standards of society and that people can look 'otherworldly' while still having aspects of beauty.

"the series is not about people who are 'different'  from the norm. other people become ' different because other people think they are"

De Wilde exaggerates the pale textures of their skin by placing her models in front of a cold colourless background. The lighting looks fairly soft and forgiving.

The average thought for the images seems to be a perception of vulnerability. whilst being a thing of beauty. The whiteness of the images and people shot could make the rest of us think that these people are fragile and vulnerable.

http://canadianartjunkie.com/2014/04/01/sanne-de-wildes-snow-white/
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jan/03/sanne-de-wildes-snow-white-series-in-pictures
http://www.ignant.de/2014/10/16/snow-white-by-sanne-de-wilde/
https://estilo.catracalivre.com.br/tag/sanne-de-wilde/

Bruce Gilden

                                Bruce Gilden

A technique Bruce often uses is "flash in one hand and jumping at people" which involves spontaneously ambushing his subjects unsurprisingly, pointing the camera in their face and taking the picture without their permission which has proved to be highly controversial in the industry of photography.

He has used the frame by filling the subjects full face at a very close proximity.

The images are theoretically a "catalogue of ugliness" which Bruce was inspired by from watching his favourite wrestler, who was said to be the ugliest, on television when he was younger.
"When I was five, I liked the ugliest wrestler, so it was easy for me to pick what I wanted to photograph."

The message being conveyed is generally the fact that everybody should be equal, these people may be deemed "ugly" to everyday society, but Bruce Gilden sees differently. He mentioned that he is "one of them", he describes them as his family.
what is the concept?

The concept behind these images is to photograph people who have faced struggle within their years of living. Weather this being drug addiction, alcoholism or other forms of abuse.
The reason for him to picture in this style is because he "liked being among the common man". He stated he "liked characters" and this statement definitely stands within this project of his.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/19/bruce-gilden-face-street-portraits-photographs-book

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