Intimacy

Rooms are places in where people spend must of their time in. Bedrooms are either messy or organized depending on the type of person. Bedrooms can tell a lot about a person. This are the first couple of photos from a series I want to start called "Intimacy".  I might change the name of the series as it progresses, but for now that the best title.

This photos were taken at Josue's parent house. Josue has two brothers. One of the brothers was not home and I was able to take a shot of his room. His other brother was home and he spent most of his time in his room and I didn't get the chance to photograph his room (I will in the upcoming days, if he lets me). Ofcourse I took a photo of Josue's room the room I know the most.

Joel's room

Josue changing his shirt. I dont think he know I took this photo, if he knew he would probably be upset that I'm posting his photo on my blog for everyone to see.

Josue's room

A car lover and as you can see a big fan of Hotwheels

"Deadpan"

       On my 3rd photo assignment I had to do a photograph related to what is know as "Deadpan" photography. Referring to a "Plain lack of expression" from the part of the individual being photographed and the detachment of the photographer from the subject. Usually photographs are pretty much posed, but in this case the subject is probably in a natural state on a plain expression/ emotionless expression.

Rineke Dijkstra is a Dutch photographer and a great example of a portraiture photographer who focuses on deadpan photography. Her works have been showcased at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. Here is the website where you can find her latest work installments at the museum. Below are some of her works.
                                         

Rineke Dijkstra "self portrait" after a swim. This show her exhaustion and expressions after swimming.

Rineke's photographs are so raw and simple. I really enjoy her work.

For my version of "Deadpan" I photographed my friend Johanan Colon who by the way I enjoy photographing. He has been the subject of my photographs a couple of times now. Here is the final product.

Johanan Colon

I kinda got carried away with the location we were shooting at that I just took a couple of non-"deadpan" photographs.

I really enjoy doing portraiture. Being this close to the subject can tell you so much about them and one can even see sides of that person that you have never seen before. In my opinion portraiture is also open to interpretation in a way. The viewer may ask questions such as:

• What is this person thinking?
• What emotional state the subject is in?
•  How is the subject feeling?

All this questions may be asked more often with "Deadpan" since the subject is showing little to no emotion.

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You can visit Johanan Colon's blog and learn from his creative side and also read my recent feature HERE

Thanks for reading.....
M.Berri

Late Night

So these are my last days of Spring Break. I get back to school on Monday. Its been such a busy week moving  to a new apartment with the love of my life, its been nice and weird at the same time. Now I got him there all the time I dont need to go back home in the middle of the night and probably beg him to let me stay, now I can just stay. We have argue a bit about silly things, but its all part of the new experience for the both of us. I just hate drama.
Aside from moving to my new home this week was supposed to be full of fun. It was supposed to be hot and nice, so I could enjoy the beach; however, instead its been cold and annoying and I havent been able to have the fun that I was supposed to have. I mean I've had other types of fun.
This past week I also been feeling kind of uninspired to do anything, this is no good for me. I love being creative but I havent been feeling it this past week, I dont know if is because of the weather that I rather stay home or what it is. This needs to stop I need to grab my camera again and do what I enjoy doing. I just have to go out there and do it, Im the only one who can make this possible. ONLY me. No one else. I need to take control of what I want. I will.
I also missed my deadline for my porrfolio review at school and Im very dissapointed that I need to wait another semester to submit my work. I guess I can look at it on the bright side. Now I got some more time to prepare and submit the best portfolio.
Thanks for reading Good Night......