Jasmine Harris

The main subject matter for Jasmine's final artworks is youth and youth culture. She has communicated just two emotions/situations from the multitude that one could experience heavily in their later adolescent years as compared to any other time in their life. Jasmine has done this through using young models that are positioned in the crux of this era of their lives, making it uncomplicated to work with them and an easier process to complete her artworks to her expectations and their full potential. By exposing her models on camera, working with them in vulnerable positions and uncomfortable surroundings, Jasmine helped to portray the raw feelings and emotions an individual expresses when certain affairs could easily push one to questionable lengths.

JASMINE HARRIS

“Untitled” This photographic artwork series surrounds the theme of identity and how others perceive us. Adolescence and our youth is a crucial time where we experience this development of ourselves the most out of any other time in our lives. The use of primary coloured makeup is a nod to both confidence and boldness as well as the cake. The cake was seen as the product of my model’s identity. As soon as the cake made contact to my model’s skin, her “true colours” of adolescence begin to emerge. The second half of the series was produced with the black and white images and these effects were applied over my original shots. The digital photographs immediately transfer the images to represent a manic kind of stance. As was my intention, the coloured and edited shots were identical in composition. The black and white photographs were designed to portray the deterioration of my model, Erin’s self-expression and confidence based on how someone else may perceive her. The black and white images almost act as if we’re viewing her through somebody else’s eyes. Digital photography, photographic paper, matt board

JASMINE HARRIS

“Untitled” This photograph explores strength in the face of vulnerability, a fairly topical theme for the Year 2020. I worked with my friend and model Spencer in his living room. The organic lines of his torso and stance paired with his natural features is appealing to the eye as well as relatable in terms of body hair, acne etc. During the process of this photoshoot, I asked Spencer a multitude if questions including: when do you feel your most vulnerable? Who can you be your most vulnerable around? Why? What are some steps you think you could take to becoming more/normalising vulnerability? Do you feel you put any limitations on yourself? If so what are they? What is one thing you’ve had to forgive yourself for?

My purpose behind this process was to truly expose my models true emotions and to have him think about these answers while he moved around and posed at his own will, making this whole shoot as natural as possible. I considered this method because I released that first emotions and reactions are so unedited in real life and I wanted to communicate that here too.

Digital photography, photographic paper presented on foam core

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