Concentration

Oftentimes a reflection in a mirror can reflect what you expect to see, and other times it will reflect something your eye wouldn’t normally see. In this concentration I worked to play with reflections in mirrors in attempt to challenge the viewer's eye to create optical illusions. By changing the angles, locations, and perspectives of these mirror images, I have captured several photos where contrasting and similar backgrounds have been connected through what they reflect.                                                         

Focusing on creating illusions with mirrors was the primary theme for my images. I originally began with the idea of focusing on just reflections in general, however I found that mirrors alone had so much depth to them. Beginning with photo 9, this was a more basic and staged mirror photograph where the natural reflection fills a section of the subjects face. This idea became more advanced in photo 6 where there is an optical illusion that the subject has no head because of the placement of the mirror. Similarly, the staged photo 5 creates the illusion that the mirror is not there because the road lines match up with each other. The flipped photograph of the champagne glass in photo 4 continues with this allusion by making it difficult to know which side is the physical glass. Towards the end of the concentration, I began to explore replacing the reflected images with other photos I had taken. By combining two images using photoshop, I created a piece within a piece for photo number 11. Similarly, my focus shifted towards having contrasting photos and reflections. In photo 2, the city is visible in the background, however the image reflected is that of a tree. These images all were selected and captured because I believe they displayed the complexity of mirror photography.

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