After being inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo, I experimented with the idea of blood and thorns. With the first image in the series I unintentionally formed a ‘cross’ shape when places the thorn which although subtle and maybe not noticeable to most people, links with the religious connotations that I spoke about in the previous post.
The second image provided a detail shot of the leaf and the blood drop at the end of the leaf draws the viewers attention into the image. To contrast with the crowded first image, the third photograph is much more simplistic. The feature of blood still remains yet differs from the green leaf in the second image.
In terms of pairing the series with a self portrait image, I want to reuse a concept for an image that I shot for the previous module in which I am scratching myself. However, I want to reshoot the image that the scratched are a lot more obvious, linking to the blood and thorns in the nature image.
Final Major Project Kirsty Powell 