Trying to decifer my own methoods of photography, I had looked at the causes of bruising and how they change on different people. I chose to create it on myself. in these images I used watercolours and ink on my lips.
I did this is keep my project up to date and wanted to inks to run freely across my face like bruise would. I was in control of where i placed the ink but once i pressed my lips together I simply photographed what occured. From this experiement I think I have provided myself with very strong imagery which i can work from an take into other mediums, such as recreating the lips by embroidery onto fabric. Using sections of the images in photoshop to layer to create new patterns.
These images are very strong because they are relatively simple but are powerful in colour and black and white. The difference the quantity of ink i used also make a large difference to the final image.
I think where you are able to see the cracks of my lips provides a more shocking image. It looks as though they have been damaged, however where the ink is hearvier and in colour it looks as though it is bleeding. I do not want to work to be provoked by violence or emotion but see the beauty in it which i think has been captured in these images.
I could further this work by bringing it onto other parts of the body and seeing how the inks create patterns depending on how i position my body.
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