Untitled Landscapes 1985
A series of 16 colour cibachrome landscape photographs. The photographs are of UK urban and rural scenes, interiors and exteriors. Each image features the figure of a woman gazing into the landscape, back to camera. The viewer is invited to make an identification with the view through her eyes while at the same time being aware of a ‘blind spot' in the visual field caused by her physical presence.
I have been looking at Susan Trangmar's work and have found that it is quite influential when planning out my final ideas for the FMP. Because I will be merging two images together, one image being a studio based beauty shot and the other being an image of a landscape, I felt that I should look at some examples of this type of work. Trangmar has placed herself within the landscapes. I feel that these images are a reflection of her views on feminism, her standing in front of the landscapes is symbolic of her standing in the way of beauty, and making the audience see the relationship between herself and nature. The viewer is confronted with her against what normally would be an empty landscape. I feel that this connects in someways to my idea of nature crashing with the womans identity and her emotions.
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