Week 3

Craft
I changed the pictures that I was originally going to use, but I'll get to that once I begin to talk about my concept. I chose these three pictures because my sister (the girl in the photo) was at SUCH a perfect position for Abraham Lincoln's head to be placed over hers. So hey, why not stick his head on a body with a polyester jacket? That's not something you see everyday! The background is there to just give extra insight into the concept of the pictures.

Composition

Who knew that you couuld change a photograph so drastically by using just a simple computer program? It's amazing! I cut Lincoln's head off of his body and placed it on my sister's. Then I cut my sister out of the picture that she was in (the background was so... Blah) and placed her on a picture of the Field Museum (which just so happened to be where we were when I took the photograph of her). My sister wears glasses so I decided to put them on Abe's face. It turned out to be pretty cool! Hanging on the front of the museum are two banners; one with a photo of a dinosaur and another with a photo of a mummy. I plan on replacing both of those with photographs of Abe.

Concept

I originally didn't have a solid concept when I began the meshing of the photographs. I was hoping it would come to me as I went along. I didn't get a solid concept until the day of the critiques. I got a few really good ideas from different people. Ultimately, I ended up with this. Museums are full of history. Abraham Lincoln is an important figure in American history. What In this photo, I have Lincoln going to the museum to see himself. What would Lincoln think of himself after going to the museum to look at his own history?