Connecting essay 1- Ulric Collete and We are all the same

Ulric Collete

We are all the same

Colette employs images of family members in his series entitled Genetic portraits to show the similarities between the people in the world around us.  To create his images he uses a deep depth of field in order to create focus on the whole image and incorporates a square image format in order to compact his portrait.  The seamless editing of Collete creates an amazing illusion and in some cases the images seem to blend together so well that it is hard to see where one portrait ends and another begins.  College has also  positioned his shot to allow for the subjects facial features to be clearly visible whilst using a wide enough shot that the subjects hair fits into the frame.

In my image below I have also employed a deep depth of field however I have not used a square orientation as I felt that a landscape orientation was the best option as it allowed for me to use a close up shot of the subjects face to allow for more emphasis on the facial features opposed to other areas such as hair.  I have also created a stark contrast between my both images whilst attempting to match up the key features of the face such as the nose eyes and mouth.  In my opinion the contrast between both images opposed to the smooth blend seen in Collete's work translates the message that even though we are different we are all the same inside in a more effective way.  In my image below I have used a close up shot of the subjects face to allow for more emphasis on the facial features opposed to other areas such as hair.

Both images implement a studio set up as well as implanting editing techniques to even out some of the tone in the images however Collete uses far heavier editing techniques.  Both images have been created in order to show the similarities of people.

Elric Colette uses images of family members in his series entitled Genetic portraits to show the similarities between the people in the world around us.  The seamless editing of Collete creates an amazing illusion and in some cases the images seem to blend together so well that it is hard to see where one portrait ends and another begins.  College has also  positioned his shot to allow for the subjects facial features to be clearly visible whilst using a wide enough shot that the subjects hair fits into the frame.