Mapplethorpe Portrait Image Bank

In this self portrait, Mapplethorpe is formally dressed, he's striking a powerful pose perhaps to represent sexuality at the time where men were seen as more powerful and strong as a gender. This image shows a man at his best, in a tuxedo and dressed up.

Another self portrait by Mapplethorpe, this image shows power in a different, from using depth and form he creates this power of a silent leader of sorts. I get the senses of danger from the characters cane, maybe it represents the violence in his life. 

This image shows emotions of sadness and pain, we don't know hat could have happened to this character. This picture puts in you thought as you try to work out what has happened and why this person seems sad, this is brought out through the use of form. 

This image in my opinion symbols women at the time, they didn't have much free speech in the 70s, it was getting better at the time but still many women were stereotyped to be house wives. Mapplethorpe portrays this through the tape mourn the mouth. 

This is the opposite of the image above, this one shows women acting against the stereotype, she has short hair like a boy, its messy, her clothes are considered very male and the the cigarette implies the deviation from social norms. 

This image represents the Bettles, it shows the writing stage, deep thought and beginning something new and unique.  

Definition Post Portrait

Definition Post

A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.

Describing Words: Head, Shoulders, Ear, Far, Close, Face Back of head

This is a standard black and white portrait, I like this one because it's basic and gives the general idea of a portrait across.

I chose this image because it shows how portraits work and how they can be unique. Portraits can often be boring but this shows that the average or trait can be changed.

This is a back of head portrait, i chose this one o show the diversity between portraits, I like this one because the background is boring, there isn't a lot going on, meaning your focus is on the women. 

I chose this portrait because I find it to be unique, there's more of a story behind it and I find that fascinating. 

My Definition: Portrait is a picture of the face or head, with a story behind it. 

Straight Images Location Back Of Head

Back of Head Portrait Work Diary

Work Diary

During this session we went out to take photos of the back of each others heads, this was fun as we were able to have a laugh about it but still get some work done. I also found this rather difficult as when ever I'd take a photo I would always include a busy background, this resulted in me going back out to take more photos. 

This back of head portrait is rather good because the background is bland but at the same time the wall curves away from the middle causes an effect the draws your eyes to the model in the centre as the bricks seem to point into the middle.

This is again a good photo from the session, the background is plain and there is nothing to distract you from the main point of the photo except from the shadow produced by the model, if given the chance to retake this photo I would take it from a better angle but I could also just clone over the shadow. . 

To improve I'd like to take photos of more unique 'heads', as in I'd like to take photos of tattoos, piercings or mid shaved anything fun and different. 

Image Bank Back of Head Portrait

Above are portrait photos showing the back of someone's head, I chose the ones above as they are creative and fun to look at, each has something unique and weird about them. 

Portrait Image Bank

The images above are all portrait, these are portraits in which make up is used to change the person, whether that's fake blood or a full face of make-up these all look fun and add excitement to the boring portrait.