6 Poses

For this session we had to research six different poses that we found inspiring and then bring them into class. One had to be from a fashion editorial, one from a beauty editorial, one from a beauty advertisement, one illustration/cartoon, one unposed image and one from a painting.

For my fashion editorial image I chose an editorial named ‘Nevermore’. The image shows two models (Ashley Espinal and Emily Hunt) in heavy gothic make up and outfits posing in the forest. The make-up artist for the shoot was the model Emily Hunt who posed for the shoot. The photographer was Olivia Witzke.

For my beauty editorial image I chose an image from Rankin’s book ‘Myths, Monsters and Legends’. He created these images along with artist Damien Hirst. The image shows model Dani Smith as Medusa as she is completely painted black and has snakes for hair.

For my beauty advertisement image I chose a ‘NARS’ advert for a mascara.

For my illustration/cartoon image I chose an image of the character Maleficent from the 1959 Disney film ‘Sleeping Beauty’. The image shows Maleficent and her raven Diablo.  

For my unposed image I chose a still from the 2011 series ‘American Horror Story: Murder House’ of one of the main characters, Tate Langdon. He is responsible for the death of a number of characters I the series ad is shown with skeleton-style make up. The character is portrayed by actor Evan Peters and the key make-up artists for the series were Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvia Knight and D. Garen Tolkin. This image is taken from a flashback of the character on the day that he carried out a school shooting.

For my painting I chose the 1893 painting ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch. He actually created four versions of it between 1893 and 1910. The full name of these was ‘Der Schrei der Natur’ meaning ‘The Scream of Nature’. Munch painted his inspiration for the image on one of the pastel versions:

“I was walking along the road with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city – my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety – and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.” (Munch, 1894)

Auxiliary Magazine, 2013. Nevermore (viewed 20/10/2015) Available from: http://auxiliarymagazine.com/fashion/2013/11/fashion-editorial-nevermore/

Hunger TV, 2011. MYTHS, MONSTERS & LEGENDS: RANKIN & DAMIEN HIRST (Viewed 20/10/2015) Available from; http://www.hungertv.com/art-culture/feature/myths-rankin-and-damien-hirst/

(Viewed 20/10/2015) Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream

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