| Contact Sheets of the paintings |

Begi Ah-Lam

Craig Westenberg

Vangie

| Begi Ah Lam : Proof sheet ~ Samoan |

This is Begi Ah Lam a year 11 Samoan boy. Begi is one of my models that I'm going to use to show the idea of identity of where you come from and his perspective as a young Samoan boy in society. Begi is 15 years old and is one three kids. He is involved in many things in school and in the community. He attends church on Sundays and is heavily involved in his church band. 

| Panel 1 Ideas |

| Identity ~ Knowing your Roots |

Now that I have decided what concept I'm doing, I have started taking photos of students with different backgrounds. As Sarah Cheng-De Winne shows in her photos the importance of women and how they express themselves, I have used that concept on Tess Harding, a Year12 Art student. I spent my last 15 minutes taking photos of her. She is going to be one of my models for showing the idea of identity and where you come from. Tess is Chinese/Maori. I have used her to model out a few gestures of closure, loneliness and culturalism.

I am also planning to use :

• My sister Estelle ~ Tongan Girl
• Begi Ah Lam ~ Samoan boy
• Vanessa ~ African
• Vangie ~ Phillipino 
• Craig ~ Pakeha
• Rawiri ~ Maori
• Nikita Devi ~ Indian
• Kingston ~ Cook Island

These are some of the shots that were taken of Tess. They're not the greatest photographs but it's a start.

| Portraiture Photography |

These photographs show a bit of what I'm trying to go with my concept. Personally, I think that most of these photos capture the idea of identity and they've interpreted it in a way of pushing into society to try and fit in. 

I really like this photo of this girl. She has grasped the idea of loneliness and has 

separated her actual face with a duplicate on paper. I think what this photograph 

is trying to say is, that hiding yourself or your identity behind closed door is something

young people tend to do. To show who are and where you belong to is something we

should all be proud of. 

In this image we recognise a man looking outside from inside a room I suspect.

The shadows that reflect onto his face shows maybe insecurity. Being held up in a 

room wanting to just go out there. The closure through the binds shows what is 

outside compared to how feel as an individual.

This is my favourite image. This photograph by Senol Zorlu captures the concept

of identity. I've interpreted this image as an image of a poor little girl trying to reach out.

She has been identified as a little girl 'trying' to come into this world but is difficult

due to the small hole (pathway) she is trying get out from.  

| Concept Ideas |

So its taken me a while to figure out what concept I wanted to do; and I've finally come up with  a concept that I know I will like and enjoy. My concept for 2014 is, 'Identity ~ Knowing your roots'.

What I'm trying to portray is society's perspective and opinion by facials on race and how its impacted in the twenty first century juxtaposed to the earlier centuries where racism was a big issue and was very difficult to find out who you really were & questioned if they had a purpose in life. Through my concept I am wanting to enhance the idea of unity, community and becoming as one, no matter what race you are and where you come from, to make the world and especially where you live a better place.

I have found 2  modern artist models that mainly focus on identity and yourself is expressed in a comfortable environment.