This image is from photographer Bobby Neel Adams. The picture shows two different photographs of the same person years apart. These two images are merged together in a way that creates a striking contrast within the image. We can see that there is a clear difference in features such as grey hairs and wrinkles but the image is brought together in a way that appears to look like one portrait. To make the contrast more eye-catching, Adams has made the divide between the picture appear as a tear, allowing for the pictures to blend better while showing a clear difference between both images.
In my image, I attempted to create evidence of someone who has aged. I opted to show this in a way that created a clear contrast that would be visually striking. Since I lacked the resources to compare the subject with an actual image of him when he was younger I had to age the image in photoshop. I created a clear contrast by making a dividing line down the centre of the person's face. Here we can see the comparison of blond and grey, smooth skin and wrinkles. The benefit of using photoshop allowed me to make the age gap more dramatic than if I simply compared an image of when he was younger.
Both of these images can relate in a number of ways. They both include similar formal elements of contrast between the age differences. We can see a number of features such as greyed hair and wrinkles that combine in both images to depict a visual representation of ageing. Both images attempt to make the contrast more visually striking by matching the comparison into one portrait image. Form can be seen in both images in order to highlight some ageing features such as wrinkles through shadow.
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