Task #1

In this photographic image created by Rebecca Colangelo, it appears to be a self-portrait with splashes of random, almost neutral colours in big pixelated squares. There are deep shades of reddish brown, skin tones, two different shades of blue and a blotch of light pink. There are squares that are blocking out her face and all you can see of her is parts of her hair and her partial upper body. The background of the image is off-white and obviously by the above description, the image is in colour. There’s no real strong vibrancy of colour to the image, it’s rather toned down in brightness. She’s wearing a plaid shirt with a black sweater over top of the plaid as well. You can see a small glimpse of glasses on her face on the right side of the photo and on the other side nothing is shown of the face. This little piece of glasses is the only real glimpse of her face that is noticeable. Everything else is completely covered by the pixel squares.
For the connotative input on this image, and as a fellow photographer myself, I would assume that she’s avoiding the view of the camera upon herself because she might be one of those photographers who just doesn’t thoroughly enjoy being photographed. I also feel the same. So blocking her face out with the blocky squares of dark, neutral colours implies the idea of hiding herself. The colours could represent the certain parts of her face based on the placement of the pixelated squares. The brownish red squares represent parts of the hair, the skin toned boxes show parts of the skin on her face, the blue might represent either her eyes or her reflection on her glasses, the random light green square could be the colour of her eye or another reflection on her glasses. The repetitive pattern of squares correlate with the plaid shirt, which goes deeper into the idea that she is hiding behind a disguise. The stiff posture could be alluding to the discomfort of being in front of the camera lens and also adding to the idea that the pixels represent a form of wall, a covering of sorts so she cannot be seen.
It’s a very interesting image and definitely provides a captivation quality into the ways of which the photographer and viewer tie in together. Being in front of the camera is no easy feat and by blocking her face out, this comes across clearly.