Portraiture.

(Img. 1 - Mike.)


(Img. 2 - Ffion)



(Img. 3 - Amy.)

As the introduction of full body scanners begins in U.K airports, our privacy, dignity and rights will be pushed to beyond our usual comfort zone. My portraits using a modified flatbed scanner, are affected by the subjects movements, distorting and sometimes almost completely destroying their visual identity.
The decision to move about is theirs. The disfigurement of the portrait won’t be attractive however it is their anonymity they will be changing. The studio was set up with bright lights and most photos were taken on a one-to-one basis which may make the subject feel somewhat as uncomfortable as the scanners they may encounter on their next journey abroad will make them. Some of my peers have not and will not turn up to have their photos taken this probably isn’t but could be seen as a use of their rights to remain anonymous.

These photos (Img. 1-3) were taken in the photographic studio. I used studio lights on the subjects. The rigidness of the photo shoot allowed for lots of shots to be taken in (Fairly) quick succession. Keeping the focus in the same position and also the lighting at the same level.