WK 2 Portfolio Artist Research HENDRIK KERSTENS
HENDRIK KERSTENS
Since 1995, Dutch photographer Hendrik Kerstens has been photographing his daughter, Paula. His photographs have been collected by museums around the world and have inspired taste-makers as diverse as Elton John and Alexander McQueen. (McQueen, in fact based his Fall 2009 collection on Kerstens' image of Paula with a plastic bag as a head-dress, using the image as his invitation for the show.)
From the beginning his images were not the traditional snapshots of a child growing up, rather his formalised portraits of her had and continue to have far more in common with traditions in painting light, gaze, gesture and scale.
What do I see? i see a young girl Hendriks daughter Paula with porcelain skin wearing bubble wrap around her head almost shaped like a chefs hat,shes got grey eyes red lips,black background,shes got a serious facial expression,you can see her cleavage
What camera and compositional techniques have been used? portrait shot,flash was used placed on the left,shes placed in the centre of the frame,
How does this image make me feel? i feel it is abit sexualised because you can see her cleavage and nakedness from this photograph
What ideas is this photographer working with? Hendrik takes portraits of Paula clearly reminiscent of Johannes Vermeer who was a Dutch painter who specialised in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. The austerity of the photograph, its clarity, the serene expression on the young girl's face, and not least, the characteristic "Dutch" light, all combine to create this impression. However, Kerstens was not just imitating painting. As the series progressed, he became increasingly interested in the game of creating a conceptual and humorous dialog between past and present.
What camera and compositional techniques have been used? portrait shot,flash was used placed on the left,shes placed in the centre of the frame,
How does this image make me feel? i feel it is abit sexualised because you can see her cleavage and nakedness from this photograph
What ideas is this photographer working with? Hendrik takes portraits of Paula clearly reminiscent of Johannes Vermeer who was a Dutch painter who specialised in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. The austerity of the photograph, its clarity, the serene expression on the young girl's face, and not least, the characteristic "Dutch" light, all combine to create this impression. However, Kerstens was not just imitating painting. As the series progressed, he became increasingly interested in the game of creating a conceptual and humorous dialog between past and present.
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Bubble Wrap
August, 2008
 August, 2008 |
What do I see? i see two paper rolls, black background, the model is facing the left side of the frame but her gaze is on the camera,shes bare from the top you can slightly see her top or black material shes wearing
What camera and compositional techniques have been used? the model is centred in the frame,flash was used on the left,theres shadows on the right side of her face
How does this image make me feel? makes me feel like its halloween and shes in her halloween costume
What ideas is this photographer working with?Hendrik Kerstens photographs his daughter Paula in the style of 17thC Dutch painters with a twist that brings a humorous dialog between past…
Reference
http://www.mopa.org/hendrik-kerstens
http://www.danzigergallery.com/artists/hendrik-kerstens/2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer
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