This proposal discusses creating a set of 3 photographs exploring the theme of self-discovery. The photos will use scanography to portray what lies beneath people's appearances and the fronts they put up. A model will be scanned with a focus on their face and hands to represent feeling trapped. Mixed media techniques like overlaying textures will also be used to pull out facial features as part of the image's front. The photos aim to show there is more to people than meets the eye and not to judge by appearances.

1. Proposal. . . .
“Discovery of inner personalities”
The basis for my final idea is inspired and designed around the theme of discovery,
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which could be interpreted in a number of different ways. However, I will be looking selfdiscovery and what that entails. The brief’s and learning outcomes requires a submission of
experimental photography with a maximum of 3 images, using techniques that I have
learned and developed previously. The idea of self-discovery will be addressed by looking at
what can be hidden in this case of a person. As ‘appearances can be deceptive’ and as most
of us do, the stereotyping of people because of personal appearances, when there can be a
lot more to the story and you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. As well as looking at the
similar idea of what a smile can hide and the front that many people but up. I will achieve
this theme and portray this by using scanography as previous experiments show it is a great
way of creating something with an eerie vibe and showing strong emotion through a
photograph therefore no real location required, Which will be shown in a matching set of 3
images to show this as a story. For this process I will be using a model specifically a close up
shot around the face to capture the expression and where stereotyping comes from. The
hands are also an important part to my final images as it communicates the idea of feeling
trapped within yourself. As well as techniques I will also look to incorporate text into my
work, referencing quotes that link to the idea of discovery and discovering yourself taken
from the internet making it more poignant to the reader. In terms of the equipment required
to produce my photography’s I will need to use of a scanner to create my images and
Photoshop in the later production stages to get my photographs up to a high, professional
standard. As the second technique I will also incorporate mixed media that will overlay as a
more transparent layer over the original scanned image, which will therefore require
different equipment and resources to compliment this such as different textures and
patterned papers as well as paints and coloured felt pens pulling out specific facial features
of the photograph and so as a part of the image it will act as this front that people put up.
When the final photographs have been created they will look to target a younger audience
that will interested in the world of art and bringing in to the masses as when finished it will
be seen as modern art, which can also relate to their lifestyles and situations which can
relate back to this idea of self-discovery and rediscovery.