Hey. You're My Project.

My sister is studying media at the moment. Right now, she has a photography assignment about 'someone with a talent'. Because she's lazy  I'm a brilliant artist, she has decided to do her project on me. This has involved some artistry and a bit of posing on my part, and lots of hard work and frustration (terrible model, bad lighting, and troublesome equipment) on hers.

Because I'm also a narcissist, I've requested a copy of the photos. You know, to kick start my modelling career. Or something. Some of the pictures turned out alright. Among them my new profile pic!

'By the way, you have to draw or paint a self-portrait'.

I think the idea here is about an artist's way of representing him/herself. You use your work to communicate who you are and what you stand for. There is no separation between the artist and the artist's work. I have actually done a project that gave me similar associations, though visually, it looks very different.

At work.

This one speaks for itself I think. Drawing stuff is always necessary, and pencils create pretty lines!

Still at work.

'I need you to draw or paint a union jack because you have to pose in a picture with a union jack and a tea cup' 

Because I'm, well, living in England and tend to try to limit my tea intake to about 16 cups a day. My boyfriend also happens to be an absolute addict and should really just be kept on a drip. He keeps saying he'd probably bleed tea. It's not quite true, luckily, because that would very possibly turn me into a vampire every time he had an accident. And that might increase the number of 'accidents'.

This one is kind of a disaster, but I like it.

Everything is kind of blurry and kind of horrible, because it's winter and we've got about an hour of daylight on a good day, though since i got home, an hour of daylight is close to what we've had the whole week. The camera isn't really up to the night photography challenge, and because it's f***ing freezing outside standing still is kinda impossible because I'm shaking. This picture might not end up being part of the actual project, but I quite like it. It's artsy. 

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My sister had a different pick of the series, and told me the presentation went very well (she got a 5-/B-) . Apparently the teachers LOVED the concept, the variety and the finished pictures, but would have liked to have such things as lines and movement of the CD shelf mentioned in the presentation.  Oh well, positive feedback is positive feedback, and I'm happy to be a part of such an interesting project!