Sophie Calle is a French artist that dabbles in many different mediums including writing, photography, music and more. She is a professor in the School of film and photography at the European Graduate School in Switzerland.
I chose to investigate Calle for this project of selective colour as I adored the layout of her project 'The Hotel' where she includes on coloured photograph, small text and then several images following that are the contents of people lives documented in cold black and white. I wanted to use this technique in my work but still keep one colour visible so as to hone in on the emotions behind the colour.
In this image set the first photograph shows where the person has been sleeping for the past nights. A sickly peach wall paper covers the scene which has tragically been matched with the bedsheets so that the guest may not forget where they are accidentally. The effect of this on the viewer makes is that it highlights this is only a temporary room, everything about the scene creates an air of hostility which is transferred to the viewer.
I this image set the wallpaper behind the bed is a worn cream colour yet the bed header is a dark maroon, this inspires connotations of blood spilled over white sheets,thus again creating an air of hostility again. In the images below the bedrest she has chosen to take a photograph of this persons toilet, is it possible that this is a comment on their personal hygiene or simply part of a routine check for this hotel.
This image shows two single beds pushed close to one another implying good friends or family staying together. The walls are white floral print and the bedsheets are a deep turquoise with small embellishments of different colours. In the images that follow she has shot these people's clothing. We can see a floral patterned garment which one would assume is a womans paired with another dark crumpled lump which could also be assumed to be a mans shirt. Thus implying a couple which solves the mystery as to why the two singles were pushed together to form a double.
Influence and Summary:
Above is my response to my research into Sophie Calle.
I have chosen to use Calle in this project of selective colour as I loved the layout of the images and the candid compositions which convey a documentary style. I believe that this research was incredibly useful for this shoot as it provided another viewpoint for this project that I hadn't yet considered.
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