Monday 2 February 2009

Heath Ledger's Joker

Heath Ledger's Joker
Makeup by Lindy Hemming
2008
From The Dark Knight Film

Like many around the world, I was shocked by Heath Ledgers untimely death. This fueled my performance piece and linked with the work of francis bacon to convey the idea of being trapped behind an outer shell and masks.

Doug Keyes

Doug Keyes
2001
From Collective Memories Series

I looked at his work after looking at the work of Ken Kitano. Their work has very dreamy qualities which I think is achieved from the multiple exposure/sandwich negative process. Like Kitano I used Doug Keyes' work to fit in with my negative construction project

Ken Kitano

Ken Kitano
From Our Face Series

Ken Kitano
From Our Face Series

Ken Kitano
From Our Face Series

I saw this print during the Paris Photo exhibition and knew it would be highly influencial towards my neagative construction body of work.