By Sarah Craig

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By Sarah Craig
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Can any photograph of a face taken in a fraction
of a second do justice to the complexity of that
human face? Being, after all, connotes a
continuous rather than fixed state, which would
seem to rule out photographys narrow attention
span. Ewing (2006) p150
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Portraits Questionnaire

• 88 say its more important to capture the
  essence than beauty
• 75 think it is important to document yourself in
  images
• 58 liked the idea of a new portrait that showed
  many images to capture the essence of a person
• (out of a choice of 4)

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Other Artists

• Gary Schniders Helen (2000)
• Durational Portraits

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• Eva Lauterleins
• Chimeres
• (2002 2005)
• Both pictures get negative responses in the
  questionnaire

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• Mathieu Bernard-Reymonds Vous etes ici (2005)

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My Favourite PhD

• The Free Photographic Omnibus 1973-2004
  practice-based research offered for a staff PhD
  by publication (2005) by D C Meadows
• New media portraits Capture Wales

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Research Methods
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Quick, Important Points!

• Case studies of other artists
• Learning and developing with the portrait subject
• Technology development
• On going evaluation (blog)
• Getting data from exhibition and reviewing with
  focus group

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Intended Output

• New Media Portrait appealing to large audience,
  possibility of a consumer product
• Generate interest by using the format with
  celebrities and launching a big exhibition
• Website

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Thank you!

• Questions?