Portraits:
Vivian Maier Photograph:
My Photograph:
The photographs featured above, of which one is mine, are linked due to the type of photography that they fall under and the ways in which they were created.
In relation to the practical photography process these images were taken very differently. Maier was photographing in the 1900s whilst I began photography in the 2000s and therefore the cameras used are very different. Maier originally used a Kodak Brownie box camera which took film and therefore the process of taking a photograph and the post-photography process was very different. Maier used a film camera and therefore could not digitally witness the image once taken and instead had to develop them in a dark room to see the outcome. I on the other hand can immediately view the image and adjust the setting which Maier would not have had the same access to therefore influencing greatly the outcome of the images.
Furthermore, the two photographs featured above are examples of portraiture and more specifically self-portraiture. Maier depicted herself in 1900s American society with her, now, vintage camera whilst I was documenting my self-portrait in 2000s English society with a modern digital camera. Although it was not my sole intention, I have documented time and the advancement of technology in my Maier inspired self-portrait.
Finally, some similarities of the two photographs are that both document self-portraiture, reflection, composition and depth of field. However, depth of field is also a difference between my work and Maier's as Maier's foreground is in focus with the background blurred whilst mine is the opposite which was intended to stress the differences between the two societies and time periods.
If I was to capture a photograph that is pastiche and more nostalgic in representing the style of Maier then I could capture a reflected self-portrait with a similar composition to Maier's and then edit the image by cropping it to become square and then finally edit the image to black and white whilst adjusting the contrast to achieve an even more similar effect.
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