Final Print Selection (3/8)

Here are the final 3 images for my series of 8. After much deliberation, I decided to use all of the portraits that were taken at the festival as I felt that the effects on the photographs were the best in comparison to all of the others I had bleached. I also like the consistency that they were all taken in the same place and at the same event.

I chose this image because again, the age of the subject shows that psychedelia is liked by people of all ages. I think the subject looks quite proud in a way and I find this intriguing as to why he is. I also like that I have combined it with a yupo painting to add more depth and colour to the photograph. I feel that in comparison to the image without that it has been balanced out more.

I chose this image to contrast that being involved with psychedelia is not always about dressing like you were around in 1967. I combined this image with a yupo painting to get the effect in the bottom corner as I thought that this print was somewhat lacking in colour. I also like the subjects stance within this photograph.

I think that the colours from the bleach work extremely well on this print. I liked the subjects insistance that he wore sunglasses and had a cigarette for the photograph, which I thought was interesting in comparison to all the others who made eye contact with the camera and some didn't really know what to do.

Overall, I think that the series works well together and I am very happy with the outcome. I like that the venue is consistant within all photographs, even though you may not know it. I think that the added yupo paintings in 3 photographs was a crucial in making the photographs become what they are. I think that without the added yupo paintings the series would have been less balanced as some photographs would have been more colourful than others.