C&N Assignment 3 – Development and Experimentation Part 2
Moving on from the retrospectively constructed joiner image, I was reminded of a favourite poster I used have in a flat I shared I with my best friend in the late 90’s a mosaic of Marilyn Monroe made of old Playboy covers.
The above is true mosaic made solely of the covers, however, I believe that the concept is an excellent way to present found images and the obvious way is to use Photoshop to make this possible.
The picture I have chosen is as the base picture has a particular meaning for me, I was taken over Christmas 2016. This was the first Christmas that myself and Anastasya had together, however, that Christmas my mum had been taken a very bad turn with her breast cancer and I was due to fly home the next day to see her (she subsequently passed away in early January 2017).
The image was a quick set up studio style shot, to send to mum in hospital showcasing the England rugby shirt she had bought Anastasya for Christmas. Anastasya is a huge rugby fan, especially of England and Wasps, strangely for an Indonesian girl living in Hong Kong. Rugby was one of the first things we talking about when we met to has a special place in our relationship. Plus this is the last image my mum saw of me and Anastasya as a couple.
The mosaic effect is made up of a series of images to collected from Anastasya, my Dad and other friends and me of me and Anastasya.
I really like this image as I feel it showcases me and Anastasya and fit into the theme I was picking up from my diary that we are a whole and both work better as a package.