Connecting Essay 3

My photograph:

This is a photo from my 'ageing' shoot. I used two separate images, one of me as a child, and a self portrait that i took in the studio. I then edited half of each image, so that i could re-create my face, with my young features against my current features. Because of the edit, i have been able to show the contrast between myself as a child, and currently. I like this photograph a lot because I was able to fit the facial features as well as i could, and so the hair, hairline, nose and mouth all match up - which recreates my face. Having the two images recreate one image, makes it easier to see the physical differences from growing, and ageing. This photo was influenced by Bobby Neel Adams work. 

Picture I have found: 

This is a photo from Bobby Neel Adams, who is a photographer that i have researched and have been influenced by. In this photo, he has used an old image of a model when she was young, and then he has also re-shot a similar image, of her currently as an adult. He has then merged the two images together to recreate the entire face, so that her young features match in line with her adult, current features. I like this project a lot because the message of the photos is clear, and it is also a clever way to show the changes within growing up. I also like that Bobby Neel Adams dresses the models in similar outfits to their childhood photograph, as well as makes the pose in the same way. Bobby Neel Adams shoots these images both in colour and black-and-white. 

The connection:

As my photograph was influenced by Bobby Neel Adams, the images are very similar. I have used a similar technique, as i have re-created the entire face with each half of the two images. I have also shot one image in colour, and have done another in black-and-white. In my photograph, i made sure that my hair was half tied up, so that i replicated the hairstyle i had in my childhood photo. However, i did not dress in a similar way as i did not have a similar outfit. Whereas in each of Bobby Neel Adams' images, he makes sure the outfits are similar or sometimes exactly the same. Both images display the same concept, of ageing from a young child to adulthood. They both also show the physical changes that come with ageing and growing up, such as bigger facial features, teeth, longer/different hair, different face shape etc.