Rankin's 'Destroy' project analysis

Rankin's 'Destroy' project

The Rankin 'Destroy' project is about taking photos of people which then he creates another picture on top that photo for example, if he took a picture of someone and he creates something on top of that picture on photoshop such as, a newspaper covering half of the persons face. This then creates a different type of photography mixed with Art.
Ranking produces this work by taking photos of people and figuring out ways in which he can extend these photos by creating another image according to what he thinks suits the artist. These photos are fabricated to an extent. He wanted to take photos to be more trueful to the artist themselves for example, airbrushing the photo and so on to give a mad look. He says 'photographs are lies and he tries to be honest on the photos'

Its about how they perceive themselves and how others perceive them according to Rankin.

The photo that i really enjoyed looking at was this one. The reason i enjoyed it was because it gives mixed messages and gives the audience different interpretations for example, it looks like a mask, a mask on a piece of paper and the artist is tearing the mask off, it can also give the audience an imagination for example, him having two faces which can then interpret split personalities such as, a dark and light side of him. 

The material that has been used may have been a wall that he has torn apart from his face to come out. I think it was trying to express two different personalities especially, because Rankin said he wanted to take photos to be more truthful. In other words, i think ranking may have looked at the artist and thought he has two different personalities and wanted to create an interesting but destroying image out of this. This then may create a dark side and light side. The darkness at the bottom may create a dark imagine and the white top half with the mask may create a light side and because the artist' face is straight you can not tell which side he was playing at that moment. 

The use of lighting that has been presented in this photo is at the top of the photo which shows the light side. Its brighter at the top of the photo than the bottom it then starts to get grey and turns to black. This then shows a dark tone; it has highlights of white to grey to black. The texture of the photo has a smooth texture.

The Ranking 'Destroy' project can then inspire me because I've done something like this in my previous light project so this then would expand on my basic knowledge and help me if i would like to continue doing overlapping photos in future reference. 

Here are some of my 'Rankin' photos: