© Holly Andres Today you will be writing about this photograph by artist Holly Andres. The image is from her body of work titled Stories From A Short Street. Here is the artist's project statement:
STORIES FROM A SHORT STREET is a collection of eight photographs inspired by my unique experience growing up in rural Montana as the youngest of ten children. By casting a fictitious group of siblings loosely based on archetypes of my own family, each image is constructed to enact a specific moment, communicate identity through space, and depict a psychological portrait. Your analysis must be 5 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember to post your analysis as a comment to the blog post that corresponds to your class. If you post your analysis to the wrong class's post, it will not be graded. This is due by 4PM today. When you are writing, be sure to pay close attention to all of the details in the image—the artist loaded the photograph with many visual details to cue you into the subject's identity. Remember, in the statement it says the images are meant to depict a psychological portrait. How can the details of the photograph—the objects, lighting, background, color palette—help you make educated guesses about the identity of the subject and possible meaning of the image? Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
Samantha Meldner
11/15/2018 08:37:59 am
Eden Vogelsang
11/15/2018 08:39:03 am
In this photo there is a girl holding a mirror while standing with her back facing a full length mirror. She’s in a room that look older especially with the decor and the colors of paint on the walls. She has a lot of pink colored beauty products on her aqua/teal dresser,that also has another mirror on top of it that you can see her profile. The photographer uses a lot of greens and pinks, the walls are a pastel pink and green. There are some dark shadows in this image, they go from the ground up like an ombre effect.
mariah podwika
11/15/2018 08:40:54 am
The image is of a girl standing in her bedroom and looking in a hand held mirror. There are many mirrors in this room along with pink makeup containers. The colors are very dull and borderline pastel colors. The walls and ceiling are very worn and cracked and even the desk gives off the older and vintage vibe. The bed seen in the furthest mirror back is very plain and a sharp contrast to the colorfulness of the vanity and the items on it.
Matthew Sutherland
11/15/2018 08:43:45 am
This image is of a girl holding up a hand mirror next to two other mirrors. The girl is wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, and a red towel on her head. The hand mirror has roses on its back. The two other mirrors have dark brown borders on the outside of them. The girl can be seen in both of them. In one of the mirrors, a brown bunk bed with blue sheets can be seen. On the left in the foreground, there is a turquoise-colored table with many pink hair and beauty products. The ceiling is also turquoise. There are two paintings of flowers on one of the two pink walls in the room. In the middle of the other pink wall, there is a window with turquoise drapes and a turquoise border.
Clara Blume
11/15/2018 08:43:59 am
In this image there is a girl in a white patterned shirt and jeans with a pink towel on her head. She is holding a small mirror in her left hand. There is a window on the right side of the frame that has frilly, translucent fringing. There is a turquoise dresser in the left of the frame in the foreground that is covered with accessories such as bottles for multiple products such as lotion and nail polish remover. Most of the items on the dresser are pink. There are two additional mirrors, one on the dresser, the other standing in the corner. In the mirror in the corner of the room, you can see the reflection of her face through the hand-held mirror as well as a set of bunk beds on the opposite wall. In the mirror on the dresser, you can see her profile.
EmmaKate
11/15/2018 08:45:16 am
This is a picture of a girl who is looking in a hand-held mirror with a mirror behind her and a mirror to the side of her. The lighting is studio light. Its studio light because the photograph was taken indoors and there is a window that looks like it was taken at night. The objects in the image are three mirrors and a messy dresser with many beauty products spread out across the vanity. There are pictures of flowers hanging on the wall behind her. The girl has a towel on her head and looks to be getting ready to go somewhere because she is fully dressed. The colors that are in the image are pink for the walls, blue for the ceiling, blue for the windows shutters and blue for the vanity or dresser. The room looks like it’s in an older house because of the cracks in the walls and the colors of the objects in the image.
Hasan Ehsan
11/15/2018 08:45:58 am
This image shows a female looking at a mirror, with multiple mirrors in the frame showing different points of view of the same person from different angles. There’s a lot of differing shades of pink objects, to include the cosmetics on the vanity, the towel on her head, and the background on the wall. There’s not many conventional colors, in that the majority of this image is green or pink. There’s portraits of flowers on the wall, and you can see the woman’s bed in the reflection of the biggest mirror. It appears to be dark outside through the given window, so artificial light is probably being implemented to capture this exposure. From what I can tell, she’s looking straight at the camera in the very smallest mirror showing her reflection. 11/15/2018 08:48:32 am
The image shows what looks to be a teenager in her room who is wearing jeans, a sweater, and a pink towel on her head. Her room is filled with beauty supplies and mirrors, and you can see her bunk bed in the background which may show youth. The photographer uses many shades of pink, making the photo a little nor “girl”, and she uses aqua blue which works well with the pink. The picture seems to be taken at night which creates a darker tone like there is a hidden meaning. The girl looks to be looking at herself in a mirror to make sure she looks perfect.
claire rollwitz
11/15/2018 08:48:42 am
Sergio
11/15/2018 08:50:18 am
The image of a girl in her early 20s looking through a mirror that is reflected by a mirror in the back so you can see the girl in 360 degrees, the photograph taken by the photographer Holly Andress is using the color pink excessivebly in the photo and the pink is very very noticeable and in the photo there are a lot of pink soapps, mirror, hair straightener,polishes for nails of different tones of pink and a pink towel hat thingy.
Troy Githinji
11/15/2018 08:58:48 am
In this photo, we are introduced to a young lady staring into a mirror that she is holding, which is then mirrored by two other mirrors in the room. On a desk nearby, we can see many beauty products, including nail polish, hair products, and lotions. The lighting in this photo is definitely in a artificial of some kind, seeing that most of the light is directly on her. Looking at the young lady, we can make an educated guess that she is in her early to mid teens and the background implies she is in her room. The colors used in the photo, like on the walls, seem to almost clash in their contrast, adding a sort of pop to the image.
Farouk Ramzan ?
11/15/2018 10:00:04 am
The image's subject is a teenage girl. She has a pink towel wrapped around her head. There are many pink beauty products on the left of her. The shades of pink in the image vary. The flowers in the frame have a peach-pink shade. The towel is bright pink, her undershirt is light pastel pink, and some of the beauty products have a softer tone of pink. The subject's nose has a red shade to it. As the subject stares into her hand mirror, the image reflects from the larger mirror causing it to look like the subject is staring at you. The mirror on the left is reflecting her left side. The lighting is unnatural as an external source of light was used.
Teresa lei
11/15/2018 03:29:32 pm
A lot are going on in the image. A girl is holding a mirror and standing in the middle of the room. The tone of the image is fairly neutral. There is a pink wall, a green dresser and green ceiling. In total there are three mirrors in the room. Besides the one the girl held in her hand, the largest one lands in the middle of the room, and it depicts the back of the girl. The other one, which is on the dresser, shows the side of the subject. There are various bottles of lotions and makeups’ on the dresser, which makes the scene seems pretty messy.
Sofia Galindo
11/16/2018 07:10:49 pm
In this photograph by Holly Andres from her body of work titles Stories From A Short Street. Holly Andres says that her collection is inspired by her growing up as the youngest of ten children in rural Montana. The siblings photographed in her collection are based off of her own family. In this particular picture, there is a teenage girl standing facing the camera holding a mirror while inspecting her face. There is a full-body mirror behind her that shows the reflection of the hand-held mirror, which is also showing the girls eyes and nose. In the left part of the photograph, there is a turquoise dresser with another mirror on it. Through this mirror, we can see the girl holding her mirror. Comments are closed.
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