I found the top left image striking for its printing process. It looks as if the photo has been somehow painted onto with ink, creating a faded look with the black deepening the overall tone. The work made me consider ink-staining and how I could incorporate the printing side of photography into my work. The top right image puts the viewer into an almost trance-like state as the same still taken from a video is repeated over and over across the wall, which pushed me to consider how photographers choose to exhibit their work in a gallery space. I found the fact that the photographer had chosen to use a still from a video interesting as it made the photos look unfocused and emphasised the black and white shapes within the images. It also brings up ideas about the original video and questions of the responsibility of re-interpretation.
These works caught my eye for their use of collaging and multimedia, seemingly both dealing with issues of identity and representation. I went on to create a response to Katrien du Blauwer's work for my Word Theme Project, taking the idea of repurposing found images. Ferreira's work also made me think about how I would show my final piece, as I liked the rough-edged look of her fragments of a portrait and the way in which they were spread across the wall.
I really liked these photos as they focus on the intimate details of a person. It felt to me like more than a character study. I researched further into Groebli's work and found that this series is called 'The Eye of Love', a collection of ten photographs of Groebli's wife. I liked that the images made up a testament to the photographer's love, and this work further inspired me during my work for my Word Theme Project to look at human nuances.