She said I was just... there.
‘She said I was just there’ is a project pursuing the niche in taking family portraits. In my portraits of my own family members, I present the unrehearsed life of my family – the niche. What I started out with, was just pictures of my sisters. As I ritually arranged sessions for photo taking, I...
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2011
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| author | Chui, Wenyan. |
| author2 | Oh Soon-Hwa |
| author_facet | Oh Soon-Hwa Chui, Wenyan. |
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| description | ‘She said I was just there’ is a project pursuing the niche in taking family portraits. In
my portraits of my own family members, I present the unrehearsed life of my family –
the niche. What I started out with, was just pictures of my sisters. As I ritually
arranged sessions for photo taking, I realized that many of the images that I get are
restlessness and annoyance. That is because of who I am behind the camera. I am part
of the family. In front of the camera, there is no pretense. No trying to act all smiley
for the camera, but the real and upfront emotions that speaks for themselves on their
faces. Yet apart from the photographic confrontation with my own family members, is
a series of reflective moments caught on camera. These are not the happiest family
gatherings photographs that we often choose to take, but the real and un-staged
moments that even they, themselves, cannot see... and they can only be seen in a
photograph. |
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| institution | Nanyang Technological University |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/447152019-12-10T12:27:53Z She said I was just... there. Chui, Wenyan. Oh Soon-Hwa School of Art, Design and Media DRNTU::Visual arts and music ‘She said I was just there’ is a project pursuing the niche in taking family portraits. In my portraits of my own family members, I present the unrehearsed life of my family – the niche. What I started out with, was just pictures of my sisters. As I ritually arranged sessions for photo taking, I realized that many of the images that I get are restlessness and annoyance. That is because of who I am behind the camera. I am part of the family. In front of the camera, there is no pretense. No trying to act all smiley for the camera, but the real and upfront emotions that speaks for themselves on their faces. Yet apart from the photographic confrontation with my own family members, is a series of reflective moments caught on camera. These are not the happiest family gatherings photographs that we often choose to take, but the real and un-staged moments that even they, themselves, cannot see... and they can only be seen in a photograph. Bachelor of Fine Arts 2011-06-03T04:08:21Z 2011-06-03T04:08:21Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44715 en Nanyang Technological University 9 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Visual arts and music Chui, Wenyan. She said I was just... there. |
| title | She said I was just... there. |
| title_full | She said I was just... there. |
| title_fullStr | She said I was just... there. |
| title_full_unstemmed | She said I was just... there. |
| title_short | She said I was just... there. |
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