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Born in 1977, Guilford
Lives and works in London

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•My project focuses on the human skin and the texture and tone which is unique to each individual

•Using 5 models ranging from the ages 9 – 52 (myself included)

•All will be a range of skin tones and genders

•I will be taking close up of their skin, focusing on lines, wrinkles etc

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Skin Deep

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New skin for old ceremony

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Inspired by his travels to East Africa, Douglas White became enchanted with Elephant remains mostly the dead skin and bones. The body suddenly became a landscape, the body was physically present and yet absent due to the elephant being dead.
The decaying skin was naturally impossible to retrieve from Africa to the UK and so began to replicate the elephant's skin using

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•This shoot has allowed to work out the kinks in my project

•Reflecting back on my initial ideas, I know now that my close ups will be at their best if I took them using macro equipment.

•If lines and tone is one of my main focus, it will better to shoot in colour, maybe even vibrant

•The studio light must be closer to the subject to create the harshness that I'm looking for.

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•Using the studio, my plan is to take black and white images using only one point lighting

•Having my models sit down while I moved around and took shots

•Getting as close as possible using a film camera

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Weston has produced very interesting images which focus on the formal elements. His vegetable shoots are what drew me into his work. Such as the cabbage with the strong prominent lines, fascinated me.
I plan on taking simillar images but on a more abstract level, getting as close as possible to my subjects making their skin look more like a landscape.

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This shoot was very successful and I am very pleased with the outcomes.
Some images were under exposed but this can be easily fixed on Photoshop.
For my next shoot I will attempt to capture more images of a similar nature, however the skin tone and possibly a different area of the area. I am also aiming on getting a much older model with more prominent lines, hopefully around the face and neck. The knees might also be an interesting area to focus on.

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Exhibitions

Drawn from Life

28 March—23 September, 2017
Sir John Soane's Museum

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Created by Mark Quinn’s ‘All About Love’ sculptures are a part of an  exhibition titled ‘Drawn from Life’.

There are twelve sculptures which  each portray Quinn and his muse embracing one another and are life-size casts representing the intimate moment

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Each sculpture shows the figures in a range of poses - some are supporting, or fighting, holding and embracing one another.

They were physically bound together during the casting process. The adoration, endurance and frustration is embodied in plaster that will forever represent any intimate relationship.

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There have been some changes to my calendar:
- Initial plan of using a film camera was scrapped due to complications in the darkroom. The risk of my images failing to develop were so high so I decided to stick to a digital camera it also eliminates the use of Photoshop
- The Museum trip on the 11th of May had to be moved because the exhibition "The Radical Eye" was over the weekend before so that meant a different exhibition had to be chosen - I picked the "Drawn from Life" sculptures in Soho

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The outcomes will be very detailed orientated much like the work of Edward Weston and his vegetables

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Human skin accounts for only sixteen per cent of our body weight and yet it is out most prominent feature

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In many cultures and religions it is frowned upon to show a lot of skin. It can be deemed inappropriate to be showing certain parts of the body, such as the legs.

I personally grew up as a Hindu and did not have much restrictions in terms of what I should wear and how much of my body I could show the world.

My lack of restriction might have been due to not growing up in a religious household but I did discover that there are certain things my parents, mother especially frown upon.

I was taught to take into consideration your surrounding and dress accordingly.

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Issues in Medicine, Psychology, Religion, and Society: 2013 Edition

Page 41

There has been a growing number of people wanting to look and stay younger. This naturally involves plastic surgery and using methods to alter the skin.
Altering and morphing skin to look a certain way can sometimes have ramification. There are horror stories which tell stories of surgeries