Mood Board 2

My second mood board, I have included accessories as well as some of my original photography and suggested pantone colours that fit well with my theme. 

Mood Board 1

As part of the research and development  for my still life styling brief I produced mood boards comprising  of the various accessories I wish to use within my editorial. I have featured some of my photography as well as internet images and swatches of pantone colours from WGSN. My main reason for doing so was to create a certain look and theme I will maintain through out my final piece. 

Some more images from the work of Anne-Catherine Becker-Ech­ivard, many pieces of her work convey personal or political messages however her work has a childlike quality and can be considered as a caricature of modern life. I plan to take inspiration from her work in order to add humour into my shoot.

Artist Research;

Anne-Catherine Becker-Ech­ivard

Anne-Catherine Becker-Echivard is a contemporary artist who has become well-known for the images she creates using real fish, which she places like little puppets and then photographs. 

Artistic inspiration

After deciding to go with my theme of fish I looked up artists that involve fish or sea creatures within there work, there are obvious installation artists such as Damien Hirst who has created large pieces of work involving fish and other cold blooded animals. Most often these particular pieces are featured in Perspex boxes and styled to look as though they are moving. All of which is very intriguing and form a unique starting point for my shoot preparation. Some images of Hirst’s work feature below;

The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living 1991  

Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purpose of Understanding 1991

Aquatic inspiration; A trip to the fish market

Upon focusing on the collections for the ocean trend of Spring/Summer 2012 I decided to pay a visit to my local fish market in Bolton, my main reason for doing so was to increase my archive of photographs and to focus more upon fish, noting there colour and shape as well as the way in which they were displayed upon the counters. The varied hues of silvers and blues are most interesting and would create a visually pleasing colour pallet for my editorial. The photographs below document my trip;

Most of the fish were displayed upon crushed ice with green parsley leaf for decoration, the contrast between the white ice, the silvery shade of fish and the vivid green is beautiful and something I could possibly include when designing my editorial.

Givenchy Spring/Summer 2012

Another designer collection from the Spring/Summer catwalks that also features this running theme of the ocean is Givenchy. The garments themselves are somewhat simple and feature bold cuts in pristine monochromes, the accessories and details however feature many unusual objects such as stiffened metallic frills that represent fish fins and enamel pendants created to look like shark teeth.