The color palette used is a great choice for this artist's main focal point of her images. Voulgaris works with all neutral colored props, helping the image focus on the main subject: the human body. Also, she shoots in black and white yet manages to use a wide variety of the gray scale at the same time in every photograph. She keeps her scenes very consistent with the same types of material, mostly all with a smooth flat surface. She uses intense lighting, creating shadows and a high contrast to differentiate between the human body and her props. Personally, I am bias towards a neutral color palette for her exact purpose: eliminating distraction amongst the picture. Mostly everything in each of her photographs all have smooth surfaces in order to flow (or to not flow) with the texture of the human skin or hair, another reason why I am fond of her technical choices. Everything within the image and how it was shot all focuses attention onto only her subject.
2) What do you believe are the artist’s conceptual and/or thematic intentions?
Voulgaris has an obvious reoccuring theme throughout her work, she always uses the human body as her main point of interest in each photograph she takes. I believe she utilizes the human body in a sculptural aspect in order to show how parts of the body can interact and mold with inanimate objects of similar or different textures. This artist's conceptual idea stands far away from trying to simply photograph a nice looking body. Voulgaris wants the audience to understand that the body is meant for so much more other than just itself. She uses different parts of the body, fitting it into different spaces or corners, against or next to certain textures and colors. She wants the viewer to see how the body can be presented in different aspects.
3) How do you personally respond to these choices and intents?
I absolutely adore Voulgaris's work. I personally like to work with the human body as well so I can definitely resonate with her intent and ideas. Voulgaris shows a whole different meaning to the human body to me, giving me a different perspective to consider while shooting on my own. Her technical choices in how she goes about her compositions also introduces new ways I can work with the body. Specific textures and colors express the relationship between them and the body. Voulgaris's intents also help push me to view the body in different unique ways.
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