In my opinion, the overall concept for my Diptych is the various facial expressions of children. I am trying to convey that we always like children with innocent smiles, so we tend to capture their side full of joy. But children’s emotions are actually varied. It is more meaningful to record these seemingly “unqualified” expressions. Because it is difficult for children to describe their exact feelings in words, the facial expressions often reflect their inner world more realistically.
In the first image, I would like to create a still-life setup with a child smiling in the middle. This can represent the children’s joy side that we like. In the second image, I would like to collage the facial features of different facial expressions into a big interesting face. In this way, I can make a contrast between the children’s photo we like and the more sincere and more real expressions to show the different aspects of children’s inner world.
Therefore, I plan to take photos of a child playing with her toys and reading her books in order to capture her various facial expressions. I plan to arrange the facial features of different facial expressions into a big face using Photoshop and experiment how to arrange them in the best way.