Shauna Frischkorn
Shauna Frischkorn series of photographs is called 'Game Boy'. It revolves around the idea that people, mainly boys, are obsessed with their consoles and are trapped in their little world of devices. Frischkorn takes photographs of individuals in a dark/ black background with no light apart from the light from their device on their face. This shows how much our lives revolve around technology and how for many people the only light/happiness in our lives is our technology and communicating to people through social media, email, texts etc. is the highlight of our lives. The individuals in the photographs are looking up at either a TV screen or some form of console/device. This shows us how much everyone is obsessed with not only mobile phones for communication but with game consoles for entertainment. Frischkorn uses boys in her work as it is a huge generalisation and stereotype that boys are obsessed with Xbox's and Play Stations etc.
When completing this shoot I wanted it to be unique to my project and to follow my theme. I decided to base my shoot around mobile phones as the rest of my project is about mobile phones rather than game consoles and other devices. Although Frischkorn has given the idea that boys are obsessed with game consoles, I decided to interpret this to everyone with mobile phones as we have become so engrossed in our mobile phones. I also decided to not just use boys for my work as I am doing about mobile phones and there isn't really a stereotype when it comes to mobile phones and genders as everyone tends to have one and be equally obsessed with it. |
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Original Edits
While photographing these images I had many complications with lighting and the quality of the image. I originally took these photos in the dark room using only the phone as the light. This meant it was difficult to focus on the individual in the image. It became hard to have a good quality image and yet the photograph still be dark. I experimented with different locations and found that taking the images in the studio worked out better. The lighting in the studio wasn't as dark as in the dark room which meant I could focus on the individual better yet it was still quite dark so it didn't mean I needed to overly edit the photographs.