Author: johnston-a66
Alt Means Research Task Pt.2
Bernie Boston – Flower Power On 21st October 1967, Bernice Boston, an American photographer, captured the image of a Vietnam war protestor placing a carnation in the barrel of a soldiers gun during the March on the Pentagon. Boston took this photo for the Washington Star newspaper. However, the editors did not see the significance … [Read more…]
Alt Means Research Task
Paula Rego – The Abortion Series in 1998 there was a referendum in Portugal to legalise abortion. In response to its failure, Paula Rego created her Abortion Series. It draws attention to the dangers of women undergoing illegal abortions or “backstreet” abortions. Each of her pieces shows women having illegal and unsafe abortions and the … [Read more…]
Portrait Exercise
For this project i was paired with Leah to do a portrait of her. I used A mix of water colour and pen in order to quickly build shadows and add definition to my work.