Blog Entry #4

This work [the large one] is from the category of fashion design. It has definitely contributed to a new understanding of color to the world, as well as a different one because while it has a definite color scheme that would be considered analogous, it has accents here and there of blues, greens and turquoises that contradict this color scheme. Not only this, but the color is used in ways it would not normally be used. The props and accessories used in this photo look pretty normal; lollipops are often orange and red. But what stands out is the legs of the model, as she has red syrup running down her legs and this is just one example of how the color use is unique and goes hand in hand with the unique use of candy as clothing.
I think this work stands out from other works in the same genre mostly because although it is a fashion photo shoot, the model is not wearing any clothing [with the exception of shoes]. She is, instead sporting different types of candy and in order for the photo to work, she must model this candy well as if it were clothing in a normal fashion photo. Not only this, but the colors are all unsually bright which might normally make for an obnoxious photo, but somehow in this photo, it works.

This work is different from others this artist has done because of the attire used in the shoot. Fashion photographers do often experience shooting all different kinds of clothing, including paint or even clothing made of nature like sticks and plants. However, this photo shoot was unlike any other because the girls were wearing candy and toppings and even ice cream-something not very common in fashion photo shoots.

I think the structure of this work is very effective because there are two objects fighting for dominance which creates tension, but in this case the tension works. These two objects are the model herself and the glass with ice cream and straws which seems to be besides her but is actually behind her. I think it does work because this object is behind her and because it blends more in the background than the model, the fight for dominance could easily be won by the model. There are many accentual shapes in the form of cherries and ice painted on the backdrop. The middle-sized objects, the lollipops are actually in the foreground of the photo but still do not take the focus away from the intended focal point of the photo, the model.

They adress the human form with an actual human that is 'dressed' and made up in candy and such to go with the background but stand out at the same time, and I think this really works well. The human also features the same bright colors as the rest of the picture, but it is more concentrated and less 'everywhere', so, for example, the pink color that takes over the whole floor is not overused.
After seeing this work, I can appreciate the use of extremely bright and childish-looking colors and thinking outside of the box because this is definitely a fashion photo shoot that is out of the ordinary. Also, it makes me want to be on America's Next Top Model even more because this photo shoot is from that show.

The other pictures shown with the photo this blog entry is about are others where the models wear something out of the ordinary and color is incorporated into it. Two of these are from the same candy shoot and feature the same bright colors. The other uses a noticably different color scheme of earth tones and the model in this photo is also wearing something besides clothing-she is wearing mud, as the wardrobe of this photo shoot was anything found in nature.