Work-in-Progress #3

Since the last critique I have been able to define a more specific approach for what I am aiming to achieve in my project. I was struggling the most with how I wanted the series to come across in a way that wasn't stereotypical and gimmicky that made it seem like here is a person and here is there tattoos. I want the viewer to be very aware of what I am trying to do. I want there to be a comparison between the individual and their tattoo because I want to be able to make a point that this person has these tattoo for their own reasons and they make them who they are but are still able to look at their face and say they're still a person without their tattoos, or if they aren't visible they still remain the same person. I feel like its now important to include a small part about how tattoos are seen in society because it makes a difference and I want to explore that a little bit. Even though it has begun to be extremely better in terms of judgment from society, a stigma still remains. By saying that tattoos make a person who they are but are not al who they are is included in that. An individual can be presumed as one thing by their tattoos but is by no means defined by them and are not limited to what their body shows other people.

I have been working much more to edit the photos to how I want them. With trying a little bit more editing to the faces I decided that I want the pictures to look aesthetically pleasing by editing the contrast and brightness but I really want to keep the faces photos as natural looking as I can without diminishing the quality of the photo. Overall I exposed the photos a little bit more than what I would think a "natural" look is so they have a brighter appearance once printed. For the tattoos I'm struggling with deciding if I want to make some of the blacks and the colors darker and more saturated if the are a little pale in actuality or if I want to leave them closer to how they were when photographed for more of a true appearance and representation.