These were one from each category of diptychs that I did for one of my assignments. And, well, this might seem a little weird, but it totally shows my usual train of thoughts.
For the Diptych A (none of them were ever titled) I photographed the Boulder Library. I was first looking at objects as a person would, and then looking at them as if I was a small animal. For example, and ant. Then I thought to myself, 'if I were an ant and couldn't see the entire thing what would my favorite part?' For this specific image I thought that the engraved part would be my favorite because it reminded me of a playground for ants or other bugs instead of people.
So I did a series like that which were first a close up and then the actual image.
For Diptych B I used the mannequin in Cooper's house. This mannequin is signed by all the drunk ladies that come to their parties. So, as you can tell I signed it. This is the funny part.. I soon became obsessed with how I had signed my name on the mannequin's chest, because that looks nothing like my signature. This one is so much cooler! This made me think some weird thoughts.. so here they go. I thought the mannequin was like me in the sense that she would try over and over, but it just didnt seem to work. For me it was my signature. No matter how many times I try to replicate it when I was sober I would get nothing even close. Now the odd part.. I felt as if the mannequin wanted to be human. She attends all these parties but no one sees her as being one of them because she is a mannequin. Its a little out there, but I kind of thought that her feelings were hurt because she was getting beat up (the holes that are all over her body) and no one was parting with her. In short I thought that the mannequin wanted to be included as a human, but it just never worked out because she's a mannequin; just like when I am sober I just cant sign my signature the right way. THerefore, the close up signature and the actual mannequin.
And for Diptych C Cooper was the one that actually took the picture, so I guess that actually makes it his picture.. Anyway this was near the end of my diptych assignment and I was extremely frustrated with the fact that I felt I should be a better photographer then I am. I was acting like I was 10 years old and pouting because I didn't think I was good enough. When I saw the pictures I was actually impressed because of the warm colors and detail of my hair. That is when I decided to fix them up a bit in PS and use them in my project. This one had no real thoughts beforehand.
It did make me realize for some reason that getting frustrated gets you nowhere. This is all a learning process and it takes time!
P.S. I am enjoying this forum already and am looking forward to your thoughts!
