This Image is called "The Brave Normal Face"

This photo was created by Zanele Mohali. The photo was taken in South Africa as a protest about treatment of bisexual /lesbian people. The picture depicts that everyone is equal.

This woman in the photo has a masculine appearance and she lives in South Africa. The environment she lives in was not easy, as people are judgemental over their sexuality.

She wears a black shirt and blue/ black jeans. similar to men's street clothes.
The photo could be shot with F 1/125 and the photographer uses SLR because it's in black and white..

This photo gave me an understanding of arts and how important  equality is about. I think this photo shows that every one should be treated as a human being.


How I plan to emulate her work:

I will take the picture in the studio and use one bright artificial light at the right side of the subject. I will ask the model to wear men’s street clothing and pose with a tough face and arms crossed. I will use  a digital camera and set the  shutter speed at F 1/125. I will then use Photoshop to change the colour into black and white. The orientation of the camera will be vertical.

The pictures below are some of the photographs I produced that best emulate Zanele Mohali's composition.

 

I tried to emulate Zanele Mohali’s work and I think I achieved some of it. I think her work is beautiful and brave, as it was taken outside while mine was taken in the studio.  I had a bit of trouble getting rid of the shadows in some of my pictures, as the lighting position should have been moved around as I take different angles or I could have used a diffuser.  My work could be better if I used two lights instead of one.

The  subject was wearing men’s street clothing and posing with a tough face and arms crossed to signify defiance.

Willing Gossip

This image is called “Willing Gossip”. It was created by photographer David LaChapelle. The composition: Two lights with white diffuser (one on each side of the subject ) were probably used and a dark blue backdrop was used to create this composition. The shutter speed used could be F 1/125. The objects used in the composition are: colourful wilted flowers on a vase, newspaper, artichoke, mango, peaches, lit cigarette, table and human leg with bare foot.

How I plan to emulate his  work:
I  will take the picture in the studio and  use two bright artificial lights with white diffuser attach to one of the light. I will place one light on each side of my subject. I will use colourful flowers, new paper fruits, cigarettes and  all the objects David Lachapelle used  in his composition. Then I will arrange all the objects on a table and used  blue background. I would probably set up the camera's shutter speed at F 1/125 and take "portrait" shot for this composition.

The pictures below are some of the photographs I produced that best emulate David LaChapelle's 'Willing Gossip' composition.

I tried to use similar objects David LaChapelle used in his composition, but it was difficult to find some of the objects such as wilted flowers, a foot/leg model, artichoke, peach and real lit cigarette. So, I replaced some of the objects with something that's in the same category, but the flowers I used were still fresh. David Chapelle's composition was very creative, which is inspiring and I tried to do the same with my composition and I think achieved a little bit of the composition. 

There are a bit of unwanted shadows in my photographs, as I found it hard to find the right position of lighting that would make the shadows disappear. Also, it was difficult to find the right angle so that my subject would be in the centre of the frame, so I cropped them to make them look better.