Personal Identity Triptych

Artist's Statement:

For this assignment, the project was to create a 3X3 triptych with 9 photos, 3 for each person. We were supposed to do it by headshot, middleshot, and then a picture of our shoes. One of the triptychs was supposed to be a self portrait. I chose to use photos of my dad, myself, and the great Phoebe Williamson for my 3X3 triptych.

I chose to play around with shadows and lighting to make the photos more interesting. I chose to have all of use in at least partially if not fully in bright sunlight, and have some aspect of shadows across. I liked this because it created some more visual interest, and made it more interesting to look at.

One thing that I hoped I might have done differently would have been to also take a photo of my mother, so we could all have the same lighting and the same setting, but I was unable to, since she is traveling currently. I also wanted to have it all be a little bit more unified, but there is a slight imbalance because my dad and I are visually related both my our setting and our similar lighting, while pheobe is seperate. I could have changed this by photographing a different subject than my dad, but I was limited for subjects.