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| Rachel Baran Delusions |
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| Rachel Baran Fade |
After telling my sister that I was on the lookout for some
interesting photographers, she sent me a link to Rachel Baran’s write-up on the
French website Buzzly (http://www.buzzly.fr/les-auto-portraits-puissants-et-surrealistes-d-une-jeune-fille-de-20-ans.html).
I was immediately interested in her surrealistic works, and I love how she uses
Photoshop seamlessly in order to create unnatural effects. She also includes
typography and hand written elements to some of her final photos. Rachel is
from the United States and lives in Ohio. I was shocked to read that she is
only 20 years old and has such an amazing talent. (Then I read some of her
writing online, and thought that she sounded like a 13-year old with the amount
of “likes” and text message abbreviations she had used). She likes to travel in
order to find interesting scenery for her photo-shoots.
Rachel’s style ranges from somber imagery including bloody
horror scenes to high fashion editorial shots that I could picture (no pun
intended) in Vogue or Zinc magazine. She also takes a lot of self-portraits,
and transforms herself in order to create an interesting photograph.
The images that really stood out to me are her “pixilated”
photos. I find it ironic that she chose to add a pixilated effect when the
majority of photographers try to avoid pixilation at all cost. She chose
specific parts of her photos to digitally alter and manipulate. I like the
contrast between the crisp parts of the images and the blurry portions.
Work Cited
Brice. (2014). Les AutoPortraits Puissants et Surréalistes d'une Jeune Fille de 20 Ans. Buzzly. Retrieved from http://www.buzzly.fr/les-auto-portraits-puissants-et-surrealistes-d-une-jeune-fille-de-20-ans.html
Baran, R. (2014). Rachel Baran. Flickr. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/beee33/
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