The photographs
were taken at handhold speed 1/60 nothing is moving so handhold or slower makes
the most sense. There is a shallow depth
of field, which suggests F4 or a larger aperture to let in more light. I enjoy how the artist did not shoot full on
portraits of just the face. She has a
unique perspective.
The concept for
these photographs are that they are portraits of young Russians that do
cosplay. Mariya Kozhanova was
concentrating on identity or the lack thereof of a formed identity where they
began to be inspired by different cultures.
She wanted to dig deeper into this subject by documenting these
cosplayers to see if its detachment from the world or inspiration from a
different culture.
Cosplay has
always been interesting to me. I have
never dressed in Cosplay this is just coming from a viewer standpoint. Some people truly immerse themselves in the
character and spend countless hours perfecting a costume to become the
character. In my opinion it is a
beautiful combination of art and fashion.
Other than just the subject of Cosplay the combination of light and
color in the photographs is great. There
are wonderful shadows and great placement of the subjects. Excellent photographs overall.
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