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Mood & Color Artist Statement
The word I was inspired by was “mood and color”. My initial reaction to this word was how people typically associate every color with a different mood or emotion. Such as how yellow correlates with happy, and blue can mean sadness. I used this idea with the color green, using it to mean envy/jealousy. I wanted my work to be something I could personally relate to, or have experienced before. My picture represents a team, happy and joyous because they won a trophy, then in the background a person wearing green looking envious. They are jealous because they are not apart of the winning team. The goal of the picture is for the viewer to understand the role color plays in the emotion and characterization.
I gained inspiration for this photo from having experienced jealousy of another team or group many times in sports, and I figured athletes can relate to this concept. When taking this photo I had to gather a group of people dressed similarly to represent a team, so I used my own field hockey team. I placed them all standing together in a circle as if celebrating a victory, with happy and excited faces. I included the prop of a trophy so the viewer could really understand that they had won and are celebrating. I then included a person in the background, wearing green to represent the mood of envy. In contrast to the team, this person’s facial expression looks upset and jealous of the victorious team that they are not apart of. I included the scenery of them being on an actual field hockey field for the extra credibility to the story I was portraying.
I learned many things while shooting for the word. I learned it was hard to find an angle that appropriately focused on all the aspects I wanted. I really wanted to showcase the happy facial expressions of the team, the trophy to be somewhat prominent, and also make the envious person in the back clear. Taking a photo that focused on all three of these aspects was challenging but I was able to figure it out after several trials. In the end I accomplished a story that represents my word “mood and color” with a relatable touch.
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