Laurence Demaison

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Since 2010, she occasionally uses models or dolls. The techniques used – shooting, development, printing – are argentique and produced by the author. No special handling is involved beyond the shooting (except for chemical films inversion, for certain series).

The body, given its formidable expressive power and unending versatility, is an inexhaustible and deeply engaging subject. And when we use our own body, it is capable of responding instantaneously and with minute accuracy to the ever-changing action/reaction that modulates the flow of conception, without the losses in transmission inherent in the use of a model." - Miguel Ribeiro ( http://www.miguelribeirophoto.com/video.html )Overall, I chose the exam question human figure but dived in deeper by choosing the theme of 'distortion'. I have taken five shoots but three mini shoots in one. I liked my theme because it allowed me to improve my photo shop skills as it is computer based. However, I had taken my initiative and researched five photographers to take inspiration from and expand my ideas. When looking at the photographer,Brno Del Zou; I had noticed that they had printed out their images and manipulated it in person, possibly so they have a clear idea of what they wanted to achieve. I have taken this idea and was inspired by their work and their take on distortion. So I was encouraged to take on the challenge too.

I took these set of images using one photograph and placing it in random places around my school, then photographing it using my iPod. I found this task harder than the previous ones, as most of the places where I photographed the images, made me feel more uncomfortable to take, as it felt quite awkward and un-natural. An example of this was in the toilets, as I placed the photograph behind the toilet flusher. This was the most awkward image to took, as it was a new environment for me to take images in, as well as feeling slightly embarrassed if people walked past. However, this was the last place location where I put my image, because I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and purposefully place myself in that slightly awkward situation for me. Out of all of these tasks I have done so far, using these images, this one I think has been most beneficial to me. This is because it has helped me feel more confident in taking images in what I would think where more uncomfortable situations such as the location of an image, or the subject. All of these images I have created I would defiantly like to experiment more with taking images in more stranger locations and still create and directing the images myself.

L’Œil de la Photographie : The Prix HSBC pour la Photographie turns 20 this year. It is awarded annually to two photographers to help them complete a project that will be exhibited and published as a monograph, often the artist’s first. What was your experience with the prize ? Throughout this course we have been given a chance to add on coursework we may have missed. For me, I thought that it would be good to revisit some of my writing a year later and date it here, which will further show my improvement within this course. However, on saying this, i am going to leave my year ten coursework due to the reasoning my writing has improved. So below is a short write up continuing from my artist investigation - Laurence Demaision. One set of images is composed of time exposures registering carefully orchestrated performances for the camera, during which Demaison creates representations of the outlines and surface of her body with layered, multiple exposures of her own hands. These read as both traces of a performance and the sort of simultaneous fluid yet frozen moments to which Butoh dance aspires. I decided to edit my images even more, as I realised that the formal elements I wanted to show in my images could be emphasised even more with heavier editing. Using iPhoto again, I turned my brightness down more on the images and exaggerated the contrast even more. I think this helped blend the body with the location together, as well as emphasising the tones and textures in the images, which I have always liked about the effect.I followed Brandt's theme, by photographing the body and also the location of the photograph Expositions [ modifier | modifier le code ] Expositions personnelles [ modifier | modifier le code ]

LODLP : Can you tell us about your winning project? Has the prize had an influence on your subsequent work ? I remember that after the call, I didn’t know what to do, so I took a long, hot bath. But it didn’t last too long—there was work to do! The HSBC team is incredibly efficient and competent and kind. It was such a pleasure to work with them in such wonderful and professional conditions. Such conditions are rare. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them again and again..

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Laurence Demaison, born in 1965 in France, is a photographer and visual artist, graduated from the Strasbourg School of Architecture in 1988. Her first approaches to photography took place in the early 1990s. Her photographic work is exclusively consisting of self-portraits from 1993 to 2009. Apal'kin's work has a direct view on to the model. The shots were taken with a studio lighting as it can be more controlled than natural lighting. Using studio lighting is perfect to use as you can place it anywhere and make shadows to create a contrast between light and dark. However, I do believe the final shots does have a soft affect left by the studio lighting. Arms and hands can create leading lines which this photographer used to make the mirror the focus point. The mirror is on a rule of third which catches the viewers attention further. I believe that Apal'kin's work is usually taken with a large depth of field. I purvey that the photographer did not use a tripod and had taken this image with an f stop of 8. The photo was taken at a middle point, only revealing the upper half. From a strictly imagistic standpoint, Demaison approaches the process of photographic picture-making as an occasion for extraordinary formal invention. From a conceptual standpoint, she treats the photographic negative (and the resulting print) as a stage for the performance of an action invisible to the eye, often one of considerable duration by conventional standards.” I took these images in different locations. I first took images in my garden in the evening, whilst it was raining. For these images I used the flash on my DSLR camera, because of this, it also captures the rain falling, which I think made the images more interesting, as it's not obvious that it was rain. The next location I photographed in, was in my local area, using my friends as models for the pictures. These images gave me more flexibility as I wasn't trying to photograph myself, so I could get my friends to pose in a wider variety of positions, than I could whilst photographing it. Photographing the body felt more as though I was creating a sculpture. Another thing I don't really like about these images, is that they don't fit with the abstract style of work that I have been focusing on in my project. I would like to follow on from this, by taking a second set of images using