ROYES

ROYES is a local Gold Coast musician that was part of Griffith University’s SEED project. Part of this collaborative project with the Queensland College of Art required creating character portraits and promotional photographs.

Chasing a quiet expression full of emotion and power is what I, as a photographer, was aiming to achieve. With the tighter cropped images, I wanted to focus on her face as much as possible, with the remaining aspects in the photograph being darker.

Having familiarised myself with Rachel’s sound and sense of style regarding who ROYES is, having an image with lots of black or the image being entirely black and white or at least with minimal colouring itself was imperative. This final submission would coincide with ROYES’ overall artistic image and sound.

With her gentle expression and her eyes closed, the first image remains both expressive yet with a soft emotion and light within the frame. The angle of her head is not as intense as in the other examples, so having her face tilted to the side and not facing forward is another compelling aspect of this primary image.

Visual influencers include Don English, Josef von Sternberg, Stephanie Parsley and Yousuf Karsh.

© 2017