My location and setting was our classroom. I set up the first mirror to my left, and positioned the camera off the the side so I was able to get the cracks in focus, and not be able to see me or the camera. In the second shot, I had the mirror behind the broken lightbulb, and set it so when I took the shot, you only can see the mirrored bulb, and not the real one. I found this as a cool prospective because it deceives your mind into thinking it is the real thing. The blurred edges add to the surrealism because you can't really tell what's behind the mirror. In the third shot, I used the positioning of the mirror to be in front of the window so it looks like the flag is splitting the mirror. I like the idea of the broken mirror because I believe it represents evil, and the flag represents good overcoming the evil. Also, the photo is dark, which also signifies evil and darkness, and the red of the flag sticks out through it all.
I was able to make the background of the first shot naturally blurry, and focus the cracks, to represent a broken, faded world effect. My setting contrasts the images because some have blur, some have darkness, and some are crystal clear. I think the middle is evocative because it represents broken ideas, and lack of confidence in your own ideas. I tried to blur reality by showing the world as a broken one that's blurred, or forgotten, and make that illusion. The smashed mirror was inspired by Bing Wright's work that's about smashed mirrors, and I like the secret meaning behind the idea of the broken mirror.
I was able to make the background of the first shot naturally blurry, and focus the cracks, to represent a broken, faded world effect. My setting contrasts the images because some have blur, some have darkness, and some are crystal clear. I think the middle is evocative because it represents broken ideas, and lack of confidence in your own ideas. I tried to blur reality by showing the world as a broken one that's blurred, or forgotten, and make that illusion. The smashed mirror was inspired by Bing Wright's work that's about smashed mirrors, and I like the secret meaning behind the idea of the broken mirror.