Final Project Concept Presentation

Examining how people construct their identity on in photographs.

This will be similar to my facebook images from the social media project. The images will consist of two photos, one that is set up how a stereotypical profile picture is set up and then another photo of the scene and context of the photograph. I'm basing my images on actual profile pictures from my friends' facebook profiles.

In order to push the concept, unlike the images I created for the social media project, I am constructing the scenes much more. I'm also hoping to add a bit of absurdity to the images. For example, one of the images I have taken so far have been based on a profile picture of my sister. I created a space with fake flowers and "grass" made out of a towel, and took pictures where the subject looks like she is outside smelling flowers, but in reality she is inside in a living room.

I'm also interested in taking "stereotypical" profile pictures of myself. I really hate taking pictures of myself, I'd much rather have them taken of me, so these images could explore how awkward and uncomfortable I feel about "constructing" my identity to show to other people.

I'm still not sure how I will combine or display these images yet. I do not think I want to use the facebook set-up like I did in my other images.