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Hamptons My chosen photograph is a portrait taken from a series entitled, Snoop in the Hamptons by Tyrone Lebon. I was drawn to this image through the girl. She is highly reminiscent of the girls found in hiphop/rap videos in the 1990’s; this is reinforced by everything from her hair, jewelry and even ethnicity. Her facial expression gives off a very conceited and superior feeling, which can be linked to being described as a diva, almost ‘Prima Donna’.

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Hamptons    My  chosen  photograph  is  a  portrait  taken  from  a    series  entitled,  Snoop  in  the  Hamptons  by  Tyrone  Lebon.                                                                I  was  drawn  to  this  image  through  the  girl.  She  is  highly  reminiscent  of  the  girls  found  in  hip-­‐hop/rap  videos  in  the  1990’s;  this  is  reinforced  by  everything  from  her  hair,  jewelry  and  even  ethnicity.  Her  facial  expression  gives  off  a  very  conceited  and  superior  feeling,  which  can  be  linked  to  being  described  as  a  diva,  almost  ‘Prima  Donna’.  

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Other  still  from  the  series…                                      

   

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I  really  like  the  candid  ‘rawness’  of  the  series  as  a  whole.  I  think  it  really  adds  to  the  nostalgic  feel  of  90’s  rap  videos.    I  also  really  liked  the  way  you  can  see  the  edge  of  the  negatives,  this  not  only  shows  what  format  the  photographs  were  taken,  it  also  gives  this  unedited/untreated  feel  to  the  series.    Through  that  I  have  chosen  to  roll  with  shooting  on  VHS,  mainly  because  VHS  is  the  main  video  format  of  the  90’s,  it  instantly  tells  you  what  time  period  we  are  dealing  with,  and  I  feel  for  this  series  the  time  period  is  a  huge  part  of  what  the  photographer  is  trying  to  get  across.    The  shoot    

                                             

   These  are  the  two  models  I  went  with.  I  wasn’t  able  to  find  a  female  with  a  mixed  or  different  ethnic  background  that  would  have  been  ideal.  But  I  feel  this  two  girls  were  able  to  portray  the  feeling  nicely.        

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