Film Poster

1. find and discuss your favourite film poster

   I like this poster as it shows straight away its an English film but it doesn't say what its about to                                                 

Fashion Photography

1. When is an image a Portrait? When is it a fashion photograph? Are the two the Same?

It is a Portrait when a picture is taken of a person expressing their personality and mood of the subject. Portraiture focuses on the face but a background or body can also be included.

It is a Fashion photograph when…… the image is more focused on the fashion like the clothing or make up instead of the person themselves as a lot of this is used for commercial fashion to promote their clothing or make-up line. 

2. To what degree should an image manipulated to go into a fashion magazine?

In the film the following manipulations occurs

How about manipulations to the photos before they are taken, models, Makeup, sets clothes

The make up on the girl before the photo was taken is acceptable because a lot of people wear make up but the Photo-shopping of the eyes and neck are totally unacceptable as its not like people can Photoshop themselves and walk around like it. Is not natural at all. And pictures like this can knock a girls confidence in what she looks like as she will feel ugly.

3. Is there a clash between the creative and commercial side of fashion Photography?

What clashes occur in the film between the creative and commercial

Who wins?
Commercial photography wins in the film as the person making the decisions about what goes in the magazine and what doesn't. She makes a lot of harsh decisions regarding the images for the magazine but I think she knows what she's doing. 
Do you agree? Why?
I understand why commercial wins over creative photography in the magazine industry because it is a lot more important with selling clothes/accessories instead of wanting to be creative which takes more time and you don't want to take to much attention away from what is being promoted like the clothing by putting whacky make up and having whacky hair unless that's part of the promotion too.

In your posts you will need to discuss  the journey that Portraiture has taken over its' history. For example the movement from Rich and Powerful people having expensive portraits made for them to the works of Portraiture photographers depicting the inner conflicts and catching their subjects in moments when they are least prepared. 

Look at work of at least one of the following photographers and discuss:
Tony Vaccaro

                              

 Vaccaro is a war Photographer who was drafted to war in 1944 and 1945 who landed in Normandy then Germany; so he got a range of what war was like and got a lot of pictures but the pictures of allies who where dead where censored out due to propaganda. 
After Vaccaro got discharged from his regiment he stayed in Germany to do photography for a newspaper. A lot of his war photography was never properly seen as it was damaged out in the harsh conditions in combat. Vaccaro even devoloped his own negatives on the  battlefield too also the frustration of getting all the negatives done in a helmet finally paid off.  

This image to the right is an image of a German soldier returning home from war to find out that his home has been blown to pieces and his family have gone too from either death or gotten out of the country.