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| Inspired By Sophie Calle |
This photo of me "sleeping" was inspired by Sophie Calle. Sophie Calle is a French writer, installation artist, a conseptual artist, and most importantly a photographer. I was looking at her photographs and saw many photographs of her capturing people when they are doing things or doing nothing at all, like sleeping. Her projects/works are to capture human vulnerability. In this picture, I am most vulnerable because I am "asleep." The color of my picture was also inspired by her photographs because most of them are black and white. Many believe that black and white photos shows truth. Many also believe that color photos also seem to be a distraction, and when a photo is black and white it shows its rawness, shows the truth of a person or a thing. She also examines and captures the human identity and intimacy, which most, find weird, but this is what makes her work, art. Us, humans, are a form of art. What we do and say is art. Capturing humans at their most vulnerable times, is art. I was reading that Sophie Calle said that " The worse the break up, the better the art." She talks about a project that she wanted to do after she split from her lover. Misery was a form of art (as she described) that showed emotions that solely became art.
Stalking was all she did, of course, for the sake of art. She stalked people when they were in the moment and captured them because it showed their true selfs. Usually for a photo, one has to pose and pretend to put a big smile or silly face. Capturing moments and people unexpectedly made the photo, the person, etc., art because it showed true emotions, true reactions, and/or actions at the moment, which to her is a form of art. It is all about capturing human vulnerability that makes her photographs art. Her photos to me are also connected to phychology because her photos were like studying humans; studying human behavior and the relationships with one another. This made the image seem more realistic and helped give the photograph meaning to it.
I thought about the way Sophie Calle approached her projects... She was very raw in my opinion. Had no care in the world. In my opinion, one can show an image of self from another's point of view. Like for example, Self-image. Self image's definition is the "mental" picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only the details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others, but also items that have been learned by that person about themselves. It could be either from personal experiences or by internalizing the judgements of others. Another thing, it could be kind of contradictive but I think what defines us are our identities, our actions, and our perspectives. It is funny because usually you hear people saying "Your past doesn't define you. It helps shape you." Now the question is "what defines us and our experiences," and once again I think they are our actions... It is kind of confusing in a way... Now the last question is "How does Voyeurism and how others see us influence our self identity?" Well I looked up Voyeurism because I didn't know the meaning of it and it turns out to be gaining sexual pleasure from watching others naked or performing sexual activity. Well I feel our identities most of the time are shaped by society. Most of the time the view of ourselves comes from contemplation of personal qualities and and impressions on how others perceive us. It is said that usually people are shaped to be who they are by understanding how others perceive them. This is something everyone struggles with at one point in our lives, that we cannot admit sometimes, but can be true...
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