Jasper James

Jasper James

Jasper is an editorial photographer who has worked with many companies, for example, major companies. He has produced a wide range of portraits and editorial works. The work I have selected to annotate are from his series from, “ ‘Skyscapes” (James, 2019). The series captures people showing the inner emotion which them being hidden by the use of double exposure.

What is denoted? & What is Connoted?

 The Image denotes the subject being slightly invisible with the city being able to show in full charterer while with the outside of the subject being covered with sky making the area slightly blue. When looking at the connoted sections of the image it shows emptying and loneliness. The imaging power from here shows that we are small compared to the big wide world. These two images are showing the same theme as the top image of isolation. These two images have got more blue for the background than the first image has got more of the city the middle one has got some of the city is displayed and the bottom one is showing a tiny bit of the blue.

How are you affected as a viewer?

 When looking at the images I feel isolated with the way it has been captured with the removal of all things significant. The image communicates people not being known this emotion is big when looking at the outcome that has been produced with the message of you are small in the world. The emotion coming across from the image is that the subject is looking isolated because it looks isolated is showing that they have been disconnected from life and that they are all by themselves. The main subject is showing the background clearer to show that he is looking to give up on their life and cannot go on, I think this showing the emotion of emptiness, as he is empty inside. Contrasting the rest of the background has got sky on the image because it shows that the rest of the world is cloudy and that they do not look like that they are accepting him. The use of the shades of blue has been done because of the sky background and showing the clarity of how lost he could be. The body is darker because it showing that he is not being shown to have clarity or be accepted into life. The background has got negative space to show that he is disconnected from life and has to be in the city.

What makes this work significant to you? 

This body of work is significant to me because it highlights the problem of being alone the image captures isolation the feeling of being hidden from society. This is similar to what I am planning on doing how I am relating it to the use of mobile phones. The use of placing the subject in the centre challenges the viewer as it is harder to follow the image like this. All the pictures are trying to influence in order to show that people are a disconnect from the world and they need to respect everyone and not push them out. He uses this to create contemporary portraiture, as his work is modern and different and his work does not always have to be all so simple. The use of this in contemporary portraiture makes people think about his work and why the message is behind this and what has been contained.

Strengths & Weaknesses

My work is going to be street photography of someone at the edge of life who is about to become to the edge of society and this works with them being hidden from the world in the way that they are positioned. The Weakness in relating to my work is that I am planning on replicating it in Photoshop with it not having the double exposure.

Who is the intended audience? & What context have I seen the work in? 

The Intended audience for this are his clients and the publishers with it are shown across the internet. The Context I have seen this work has been online and recreating this in college but linking it to Brexit.

The Poses

The main subject image was taken in the studio and the background taken from a bird’s eye view. The location is showing that the powerful background looks like it is going to remove him from life. The poses are showing that they are looking over the city and that they are disconnected from to take the main subjects this would have been done in the studio. The background is a crane shot as it is wide built up and the clouds are just a blue overlay.

My Take On Jasper James In College, Day Democracy Died 

Please note

Please do not take offence if you do not support Brexit. The attempt was to make it politically neutral and that both views are being ignored.

 Now when writing this Image 1 is going to be showing a silhouette and cityscape of Folkestone. I did this when the government lost the high court battle about Brexit. I wanted this to be universal for people different from politics. My shots have got somewhat of a political message to this work because I am showing that Brexit is a good thing. After making this and realising this I remembered that I should not make my work to political. However, this has got some connection to peters to work as it brings.

These have formed an Idea For influential art for Visual Research taken for Level 2 Art and Design For College.