| 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. 

| Proof sheet of Rawiri ~ Maori |

| Artist Model ~ Bettina von Zwehl |

Bettina von Zwehl was bron in Munich in 1971. Zwehl received MA from the Royal College of Art, London 1999. Bettina von Zwehl's work has been exhibited in many galleries in Europe and in the United States. Her famous series 'Alina' (shown below) was exhibited in photoworks and produced in collaboration with Royal College of Music, Photographer's Gallery, London in 2004 and in 'Photography' 2005 at Victoria Miro Gallery, London. Zwehl's work has been shown at Lombard - Freid Fine Arts, New York and Galleria Laura Pecci, Milan Steidl and photoworks have co-published her first monograph in 2007.

Bettina von Zwehl began making portraiture as a student at the Royal College of Art.
''As an artist I am drawn to the intensity of the resulting image and the descriptive power of the format.''
Her work is an outgoing enquiry into the possibilities of portraiture and its fine subtleties. Each of her work aims to enhance psychological states in everyday life using controlled conditions to search for some note of perfect balance in which the sense of an intimate humanity might be revealed.

These are some of her work:

| 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.  

| Artist Models |

The two modern artist models that I have found so far that portray my concept are Senol Zorlu and Sarah Cheng-De Winne. These two photographers mainly focus on identity and yourself is expressed in a comfortable environment.

Senol Zorlu is a Turkish photographer living and working in Germany. Zorlu focuses on portraying people, places and their cultural. Most of his photos specialize in documenting cultures and traditional life ways of Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Sarah-De Winne is a freelance photographer that specializes in portraiture, fashion conceptual photographer that represents identities photography. At the age of 20, Winne was trained in Art & Design and first picked up fashion photography as it led to making social commentary about the way women's were exposed through the Eight:For the Urbanized Woman. Sarah's self-portrait project illustrated her desire to use her own unique perspective to discover women's issues and her identity as an artist.