Feedback from Liam.

Today, Liam gave me feedback on my Final Major Project - I felt like I really needed this as I had done something completely new as I had experimented with using something that wasn't a mirror and therefore had changed my project slightly and progressed quite a bit.

I am going to write down what Liam told me in note form, but go into detail where I feel it is necessary:
The images have a surreal/poppy vibe.
The newer images could be used as chapter breaks to stop the images from being too repetitive.
Look at the book "People in trouble laughing pushed to the ground" by Broomberg and Chanarin.
Generational.
Recognition of oneself.
The idea that the mirror does not equal reality.
Fractured self.
Notion of perception.
It is genuinely unusual.
The images where I have shot through card look like they could be appropriated imagery - looks as though there has been a tear in space/time, they are dynamic.
The images represent the notion of deception: the angle of the mirror and the fragment that can be seen of the subject.
The photographic face is a mask - it's how we want to and choose to be seen.
It speaks of the culture we live in of the selfie --> Narcissus --> Kim Kardashian posting images on Instagram and the like.
Fragment.
More complex than 1,000 pictures.
Seduction/retreat.
Representation.
Paradox.
I should mix the colours up to keep it interesting and engaging.

One thing that was mentioned that I thought was especially interesting was that the original daguerreotype was called the "mirror with a memory" - this is because this is what I am doing with my work in a way; I am playing on the idea of how we see ourselves and therefore what we remember of ourselves.

People in trouble laughing pushed to the ground:





This is the book by Broomberg and Chanarin that Liam recommended to me to look at. In each image, they have taken contact sheets and placed a sticker over a section of the image. This section is what is included in the book; this is really interesting as it coincides with my project - is the image revealing something or hiding something?

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