Multiple Portraits
Paul M Smith.
A photographer that studied Fine Art between 1991 and 1995 at Coventry university, thereafter he worked on a research project based on contemporary art. After his university education, he attended the Royal College of Art where he received a masters degree in photography. He has worked on many techniques including the cultural and visual creation of various 'alpha male' identities. He's created many portraits including album covers for celebrities including Robbie William-'sing when you're winning'.
Smith’s commissioned work includes pieces for Channel 4, Mattersons, and the CD cover for Robbie Williams’ Sing when you’re winning. His work has been shown at the Saatchi Gallery, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City, The National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers Gallery, Technisches Museum Wien in Austria the Australian Centre for Photography. |
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What is unusual or interesting about his work?His works are based on various subjects and surroundings. Some of his works for example the Robbie Williams series, some are captured on the football pitch whilst some are on streets. Nevertheless, he has created another series based on armies and focusing on the camouflage outfits. Some of his works are interesting as they tell a story whilst others are quite unusual as you wouldn't really imagine it but it's creativity.
How do you think these images are created?I think these images are created by using the program photoshop. Using a digital camera possibly a DSLR and placed onto a tripod therefore the camera stays in the same place throughout and doesn't move. After capturing several images, by using photoshop, you can overlap the images (placing them on top of each other) therefore creating a multiple portraits image.
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What may have been especially challenging when taking these images?I think there are many risks and challenges when doing this technique particularly when taking the images. Firstly, the camera must be in the same position the whole time, otherwise if the background is different, the overlapping won't be as effective therefore the images will appear un-clear and the process wouldn't work. Another challenge is that the subject must know exactly where to be positioned, because if it isn't planned then the subject's appearance may appear more squashed together, and the multiple images would intersect too much. In addition, whilst overlapping the images, you have to make sure that each image is directly and positioned as it's last.
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