- I think the overall concept of the “diptych” is that there are two pictures in one work whose contents echo each other. They can be similar in content, or they can be contrasted, but they always make the viewer feel that they have something in common. In a diptych, I want to create similar pictures with different ways of creating, one of which is a direct photo taken by the camera, and the other is a picture with elements that have appeared in the photo and some other elements, creating a feeling of sameness but difference.
- The first picture is just a photo, which hasn’t been edited much, trying to express a kind of realism to show the objective, original scene. The second picture may be abstract and contains an explanation of the subjectivity of the photographer. Many seemingly unrelated elements are collaged together, using colors and elements to convey a subjective mood of the creator. Therefore, there is a certain similarity between these two pictures, one is presenting the appearance of things objectively, and the other is strongly expressing the emotion of the creator. These two pictures can be combined into one work, conveying the concept together.
- I plan to take some images of flowers, but actually, I haven’t made a decision about what kind of flower, what form of flower (is it real or digital) to photograph.
- For the first picture, I may just adjust the color and value of the photo. For another picture, I may cut elements of the photo I chose, and insert some elements from other photos, using panning, zooming in or out to these materials to create another picture.
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