Final Book Proposal

Femme

(or something else)

I have been toying with many different concepts for my final book assignment.  But, no matter what I keep coming back to the idea of femininity and the nude figure.  I was very inspired after looking through different photography books from the special book collections on the fourth floor of Cabell library.  I was most inspired by Sante D'Orazio's A Private View, Photographs & Diary. The way that he combined multiple images to a page, and in some instances put a single image across two pages really interested me.  I don't want my nudes to come off in a sexual way, but I want them to be perceived more for the innocence a nude figure represents. I plan to solely use digital images, and some of the images I will include in my book will be from earlier projects from the semester. I will include a small amount of text in the beginning of the book, but none with the images.  

 Inspirations

 

 Diane Arbus

I have not been able to find any information on this work but it was taken around 1970.  I think that many of her images show a raw, innocent quality quality that I want to show with my own images.  This image specifically felt very personal without knowing anything about the subject.

 Arthur Elgort

Kate Moss, Paris, 1993, 20 x 13 1/4 in.

I have always been very inspired by Elgort's work.  His images have so much emotion behind them yet seem effortless.  He is able to capture beauty and light in a way I hope to be able to do.  His photographs show a kind of innocence of women, yet a kind of strength at the same time.  I feel like this combination is what makes his photographs incredible.

Here are some more images that have been inspiring to me for this project: