This image by Aziz and Cucher has been created via Photoshop in order to remove any features from the mans face. By removing these features, it is almost as though his identity has been removed entirely as we cannot grasp at anything to try and guess what the man is like. The editing techniques used to create this image have worked very well as it looks almost natural and is a very convincing image. The dark background works well with the composition of the image as it brings your entire attention to the mans face.
To create this image, I used the patch tool on Photoshop and replaced the eyes and mouth of the model with bare parts of skin. By doing this, it almost removes her identity as she is wearing very simple clothing. The use of a bright pink background connotes the stereotype that pink is a 'girls colour' and so the whole image represents how women almost have to follow their stereotypes and not create their own identity. I believe that I have portrayed this well as I made the model seem quite small in the image and therefore is almost appearing to 'drown' in the pink.
A major and very clear similarity between these two images is that both use the technique of removing the facial features of the models. In my opinion, this works very well as it is quite shocking when you first see it and so makes a great impact. A second similarity is that both images have been shot from just below the shoulders and above. This has been done so that the viewer of the image focuses on nothing but the persons face.
A difference between the two images is the use of colour. In the top image, the colours used are very dark and plain so that your attention is not deterred from the face and ultimate message of the photograph. On the other hand, my image uses the bright pink in order to convey a separate message and therefore follow a theme of feminism rather than identity. Also, in the first image, the man is not wearing a top and so appears to have been 'stripped' of his identity, whereas my model is wearing clothes as I felt it was unnecessary for her not to in order to convey my message.
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