One body of work that stood out to me in particular was a body of work entitled "Portraits" by a Canadian student Photographer named Logan Riehl. In this body of work Logan Riehl showcases a large range of produced portraits of famous actors and actresses in the private space of their west end dressing rooms whilst they're still in character.
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Notes: Mamiya C330 Medium format camera, 80mm lens, 3200 ISO black and white film.
http://loganriehl.com/gallery
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What attracted to me this body of work was everything from the Photographers use of composition and lighting to the idea of how he managed to get such amazing access to the actors and actresses private spaces. Something that I also find interesting is the subject of wether or not the actresses and actors being Photographed are still in character or not. What is Logan Riehl's relationship with the subject matter at hand? Something that makes me question this is from two of my selected images that were visible on show in Logan Riehl's book "Portraits". When you look at one portrait of the actress Julie Walters with a un satisfied emotion and compare it to a portrait of the actress Sheridan Smith, their is a contract between the depth of emotion that the subjects are giving to the camera.
Fig One: Julie Walters In Last Of The Haussmans » October 12, 2012
Fig Two: Sheridan Smith as Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde" » September 24, 2010
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