This photograph was taken by Rankin for his project called 'Destroy'. For this project Rankin took many pictures of different artists which he then gave back to them so they could 'destroy' or edit them in a way that portrays there personality. These images were then put into a book and are being sold to raise money for the 'Youth music' charity.
Rankin is a middle aged photographer who has done work for many different companies such as Nike, Swatch and Vogue. In 2001 he launched a magazine, 'AnOther', that focused on fashion and originality. He has also published over 30 books and his work has been in many galleries around the world.
This is a photograph of Kylie Minogue taken by Rankin.
It is a close up of the top half of her body from the side. The picture has been made black and white before the singer has drawn over the top of it in red, using make up possibly nail varnish. She may have used this as it is associated with beauty and its an everyday object that she uses. The arrangement of the picture is pleasing as it is very expressive. Kylie has focused the make up in circles around her chest area, this could be because of her battle against breast cancer that she is trying to express through the picture.
The photograph was most likely planned by Rankin as it was taken in a studio and he probably wanted to portray the subject in a certain way. There is no dramatic lighting effects but the main light is behind the subjects head. The photographer has also edited the brightness/contrast of the image to enhance the colours and made it black and white.
The photograph captures a good mood as the artist is listening to music through headphones and the abstract doodles over it could express how she was feeling. This also gives it a very violent feel to it.
Great start Katie. Work on the analysis of Kylie now, not forgetting to link back to where you get your images from and include the original image (before Kylie destroyed it).
ReplyDeleteSo, a few questions to ask, regarding Kylie, would be:
1 What is that paint (make-up is right I think - it is NAIL POLISH?) and WHY did she used it?
2 Rankin wanted a 'good mood' as you say, but is the final picture like that? I find it violent and disturbing!
3 What do you think Kylie is trying to express, why would a female circle her chest area with red paint! (look up Kylie's cancer battle).
I hope this helps.