Foil Project

Surrealism

Saw VIII                                                                                R.Andrejcak/14

This is something that not many people will probably understand why I did it but it's something I feel came out exactly the way I thought it would. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Idea for Surrealism Project

I'm going to do a Saw like surrealistic photograph of myself. It will include different ways saw had hurt his victims.  More of a creepy evil theme I really enjoy doing bloody gore like art and this is why I'm choosing to do this idea. Even though this makes me seem as though I'm sick in the head I believe I'm going to portray this very well.

Surrealism Description

Katherine Linn Sage born June 25, 1898 and died January 8, 1963, who goes by the name of Kay Sage, was an American Surrealist artist and poet. She was active between the years of 1936 and 1963, and then she had committed suicide in her last year of work. She had married a surrealist painter Yves Tanguy in 1940, and was extremely sadly affected by his sudden death by stroke in 1955. A member of the Golden Age, and later the Post-War periods of surrealism, she is mostly recognized for her artistic works, which typically contain themes of an architectural nature.

Man Ray is the nickname of originally born Emmanuel Radnitzky, who was born on August 27, 1890 and died on November 18, 1976. Ray was an American visual artist although he spent most of his life in France. He was a huge contributor to the Surrealist movement, although it wasn’t formal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a fashion and portrait photographer. Ray is also acknowledged for his work with photograms, he called "rayographs" so people knew they referred to him.

 



Artist’s Name: Kay Sage

Title: Unusual Thursday

Date: 1951

 Description:  It’s random different things all together in the one corner of the photo. Then you have what it looks as to be an unfinished bridge leading off into the distance.

Analysis: I feel as though this picture wasn’t supposed to have any symmetry. I do feel that she used the rule of thirds so that the focal point which is the bridge in the distance wasn’t centered. I feel not having it centered makes the image stronger.

Interpretation: In my opinion this photo speaks out to me a lot. Reason for that is probably because I feel I have a very open mind and I am creative. I feel that it means right now you may have mayhem going on but if your cross that bridge or keep moving forward there’s another journey ahead of you. I also agree with the title because maybe on a certain day it’s a bad one but the bridge represents a new day and you should be looking forward to it.

Judgment: I feel this is a piece of work that you need to really relate to yourself and analyze. Without actually sitting down and thinking about it you probably wouldn’t think it was a nice successful piece of art work. But overall I think it has a lot of meaning and is a great piece.

Artist’s Name: Man Ray

Title: Coat-Stand

Date: 1920

Description: This is a photo of a real woman and a cardboard cutout of a woman. From the breasts to the bottom of the full leg is the real woman. Meanwhile the arms and face is a card board cutout.  Then he makes it look like the coat rack is holding up the woman.

Analysis: I feel that this picture is supposed to have the symmetry between the top part being fake and the bottom being realistic. Although the one missing leg throws it off slightly.

Interpretation: This photo is rather easy for me to analyze because I feel as though the artist is trying to portray to use as the viewer that not all women are real and there are a lot of fake people in the world. I also feel that the coat-rack represents the men and society back in the day because this was in the 1920’s and women had no rights and whatever men said is what they were provided to do no matter what.

Judgment: I feel overall this is a really successful piece because it describes the life of a woman in the 1920’s. This photograph says a lot to the viewer and proves that being a woman was difficult in the 20’s. I really enjoy this photo and appreciate the meaning that comes with it.

I feel both of these pieces of work are different in appearance but I feel they have similar meanings and as the why they were created. Sage is trying to interpret that you need to get past the bad things and move forward while Ray is telling the horrible life women had in the 20’s and showing what they were treated like. So both of the artworks have a meaning to them which I feel is a cool thing. But these are also very different by the way they are created and taken. The dark colors help make the mood of the photo bad and show the feeling ad make the viewer have those feelings. In the first one at the end of the bridge you see the light which represents goodness. Overall I believe both of these have great meanings and very successful.

Photo Journal

                                                                                

 

                                                                               

 

 

 

 

Smile Series

                             Smiles                                   Rachel Andrejcak                               2014                                                        

For this assignment I knew exactly what I was going to do as soon as I was told about it. I find everyone smiles interesting to look at because not every smile is the same. For the actually project I took all of the pictures in the same lighting and back round. I didn't want to just put all of the photos next to one another because I feel that basic. So I added different colors to make it pop. lastly I used the desaturation for the four corners to just give it more of an interesting look. 

Myself In a Painting

"Dogs Playing Poker"  Rachel Andrejcak
This is a famous painting where I put my best friend and I as the picture in there room.

Artistic Inspirations

Hamburger, 1985-1986 Warhol

You may know Andy Warhol for his neon colored pictures of Marilyn Monroe but most of his work it very similar, although his earlier work was much different. I love the bright colors.

Two Women Eating From A Bowl,1821-23 Goya

This may also look familiar, from the artist Francisco Goya who also created "Saturn Devouring His Son." He has a lot of wrenched looking people in his art that I enjoy.

From Miley to Miranda,2013 Richardson

This photography is famous for taking pictures of celebrities but one he especially likes to photograph is my favorite Miley Cyrus. His pictures are very clear and have solid backgrounds. I Really like him.


Jacob In Peony, 2013 Geddes

From seeing all of these pictures of infants hanging in my kitchen my whole life to now learning what a wonderful photographer Anne Geddes. I believe her baby photos are adorable and simply precious.

Solider, 2014 Von D

This is a tattoo by my favorite tattoo artist Kat Von D. Her portraiture completely amazes me and some day it is my dream to get a tattoo from her. Incredible how she can do this on skin using ink some cant even draw it on paper.

 

Photo Walk 3 (Primary Colors)

                                "Chevy"                          Rachel Andrejcak                          2014
You can see the primary colors are all involved in this photo. The yellow truck, blue chevy emblem on the front and the red sign in the distance.

Depth of Field Photo Walk

                                        "Window Ledge"           Rachel Andrejcak         2014

Project Graduation T-Shirt

David Hockney Inspired Collage

                                         "Puzzle Tree"          Rachel Andrejcak            2014
I had a bit of a difficult time with this project. It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. Putting all the pictures where they belong is pretty hard even with the picture right next to it. What I did was copy and paste the photos I took and put them all together like a puzzle thus why I named this the puzzle tree. Overall I believe it came out the way I wanted it to.

                                                                                                                                                 





                         "Michael My Favorite"                  Rachel Andrejcak              2014
This is my favorite piece I have ever done. Michael is one of my TAPS students and he is the absolute best. I used a lot of cropping out certain parts to make this picture exactly how I wanted it to be. I believe it came out the exact way I wanted it to.

Then and Now

                       "Halloween Heather 08'-14"           Rachel Andrejcak            2014

 

I'd Rather Be...

                        "Asylum"                              Rachel Andrejcak                                 2014
I'm extremely happy how this photo came out. Your probably having a difficult time finding where I actually am in the photo. I am in the top right corner right below the word asylum next to the girl in fetal position. To complete this photo I had started with a very bright photo of myself and used the hue/saturation to dim the color and I used the lasso tool to cut myself out of the background. I hope you all like it as much as I do. And I also hope it was a little difficult finding where I was placed in the photo.

Partner Portraiture

                                "Halloween Bruh."       Rachel Andrejcak                          2014
For this project I had to do a lot of editing in photo shop. First I started with using the lasso tool to cut out the body and heads to place them on the hands. After that I used the magic wand to cut of the pumpkins to place where the heads originally were. Lastly I just took a simple photo of the desk to use as the background. Overall I like it a lot and think it came out exactly how I wanted it to.

Photo Walk 9/24/14

This is my favorite photo I took today because of how bold the red is in the plant as well as how healthy the actual plant looks.

Before and After

I really thought this was fun to do because I got to take away some of my birthmarks and really bold my tattoo. Editing this photo was a little tough but once I figured it out it was awesome.

Portrait Series

"Light Skin" By: Rachel Andrejcak 2014

These photographs I had taken them in color, but I felt that the black and white with the pop of the blue watch would be interesting and pop. My main idea was to show different emotion in each picture and for the photos to be looking at one another. You can see the top left is looking down on the bottom right as it looks back up. I feel this is a strong photo series and I really like the way it came out.







Photography Composition

                                Concrete                         Rachel Andrejcak                        2014

Focus (Sharp) – When the lens of a camera is centered in on one particular subject.

In this photo the camera was zoomed in on the ground and you can see it perfectly clear rather than everything else in the photo.

                                                Lost Loved One     Rachel Andrejcak            2014

Low Key- Is when a dark color is used to create more intense feeling when looking at the photo.

In this photo the shadow and dark color helps its look low key.

                                                   Miley Ray            Rachel Andrejcak          2014

 

Vertical- Is a type of photo that is longer rather than shorter. Up and down is vertical.

In this photo the puppy is sitting straight up and it makes her look longer rather than wider so it makes it a vertical photo.

                                   Get Big                            Rachel Andrejcak                              2014

 

  Angle (up) - When a photo is taken from a worms eye view it is angle up.

This photo was taken from the floor making the people look large making it an angle up photo.

                                   What me?                         Rachel Andrejcak                           2014

 

Silhouette- When a light source is coming from behind and the subject is dark.

The light source is coming from the windows and the girl standing is more of a shadow because it’s dark, making this a silhouette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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