This image is a recreation of a movie poster for Stanley Kubrick's movie adaptation of A Clockwork Orange. This was my favorite image of the group to shoot and work on. I had a blast working to recreate the dress style, lighting, coloration, pose and props present in the original image. For the dominant image of me as Alex, I made the eyeball out of a ping pong ball, bought eyeliner and borrowed the hat and shirt from two of my friends. I had to do a lot of work editing to get the lighting and colors correct.
For the smaller image, I used a male subject instead of the female that is present in the original. I decided to do a gender reversal of the original subjects for this image as my own twist to keep it unique and different instead of just a straight up recreation. Bending traditional gender roles and placing individuals in situations in which they may appear not to belong or depicting them in a non-traditional light really interests me. It can also reveal intimate details about a subject's own gender identity in certain situations. This also serves as my gender/sexuality photograph for that reason.
I love how the image pops out of the borders, which also are not rectangular, and that one of the reasons that motivated me to use this image- not only is it edgy, interesting and a subject I enjoy, but it also gave me a chance to work with images outside of the traditional shape range.
The image of me as Alex was taken outside in midday lighting, and the smaller image was taken indoors with a combination of lamp lighting from below and florescent overhead lighting to create the correct balance of shadows and lighting (with some help from Photoshop as well).
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