Modern day society has begun to segregate people dependent on their religion, looks and beliefs. Especially with several events taken or is taking place over the world, people have begun to really show their dislike for certain people. A certain picture was taken by Jeff Wall that really shows racism and the actions of a bigoted person and this was the picture that we recreated.
This was the picture that we had used to inspire our recreation pictures. The good thing about this picture was that this could have been recreated in many ways, using different things in society as the mark that was being shamed. It is said that as time goes on, society should get better, but we only seem to get worse. With shaming of different cultures and beliefs, we thought to create a couple of pictures that hit high in all criteria.
This was the first picture we created inspired by Jeff Wall. This picture shows two girls making fun of girl wearing a scarf. You see both girls wrapping their hoods of their jackets tighter to make it look like a headscarf, mocking the Islamic tradition. All three girls are similar in age and the fact of bullying and making fun of one for their beliefs and traditions, shows the troubles that growing girls and boys face in school and society, today. |
Here was another picture that we made inspired by Jeff Wall that shows the problems occurred in society due to people of different races. Although we've come way far from the time when people were segregated because of their race, this picture shows an image that can still be found in real life, somewhere in the world. This picture shows a black man walking past two girls; one girl is holding an expensive camera and the other girl is pulling the girl away from the man, in fear that he he would run of with their camera. This had become a disgusting misjudgment that black people have to face.
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This was one of my favourite recreation pictures; as it was nearly an exact replica of the real Jeff Wall image. This picture is recreated with two girls and one boy, instead of two boys and girls. The image shows a boy and girl, probably a couple, and the boy making fun of the girl in front of them, wearing glasses. Wearing glasses sometimes is classed as some sort of disability and the boy in the picture to the right is making fun of the girl with the glasses by pointing his middle finger at his eyes. The girl next to him seems to be ashamed, not being able to stand up for the girl being made fun of and especially not being able to stand up for what she thinks is right, next to a male.
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What did we learn?
The amazing thing I learnt about recreating and taking this picture was to never be afraid to experiment with photos. It may be rude and offending at times, but all you are actually doing is freezing something that takes place in real life, that people in the society have to face. Jeff Wall is beyond amazing at doing this, going against what people expect to see, and this is what we did. Make something people didn't think we'd take.