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Lewis Morley Research –

 Within my research I have always gravitated towards portraiture, and to be doing this within this module has been great. I have admired the work of artists such as Lewis Morley. Lewis Morley for his portraiture and famous shoot with scandalous Kristine Keller, Morleys shoot inspired me due to the way he shot Kristine. The shoot was taken after she was involved in a political scandal, instead of  shying away from the public she presented herself as an ordinary woman, who unfortunately has had her reputation tarnished through influences which she could not control. I would like to interpret/ recreate either a similar shot portrait or a portrait with a story behind it. This may change within the next shoot.


My interpretation of the Kristine Keller shoot I did in my own time, I used a Cannon 90 dslr, with a ring light in my room and edited it with photoshop in black and white. I thought it was neccesary to see if I still wanted to go down this route of portraiture or if I wanted to experiment in a different way. Overall, i felt I wanted to do something more different, maybe use more colourful backdrops or props.

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