Billy Kidd

Billy kidd is a self taught photographer who was originally from Florida but now has a studio in New York he has worked for huge companies such as Nike, Vogue, Details magazine and Elle. His portraits include George Bush Jr, Zoe Deschanel, James Franco and Lenny Kravitz. His personal works include images of Samburu Warriors, Trees, Nudes, Decaying leaves and my favourite Decaying flowers. The images of the flowers are dark and sad yet somehow manage to be bright and vivid at the same time .

I love the sharpness of the photograph as it allows all the detail and colours to be seen but then contrasted against the soft shadow that sneaking around the flowers which I think helps gives them a mystical look. I would love to recreate these but in a different form and using a different media wether it's dying fabrics or painting onto fabrics.

http://iwasshotbybillykidd.com/

Comparing Artists

                             Evaluation of artist research

My top three choices would have to be Gillian Lee Smith, Billy Kidd and Alyssa Zukas. The three of them have very individual and different practices but I feel as though I could play around if I joined them together. Zukas technique of splashing and letting dyes mix would be a greate way to try and re-create one of Billy Kidds Decaying Flowers I could use bright vivid dyes along side dark colours and see the effects. I chose Gillian Lee Smith because I liked her theme of storytelling and using memories to create her artworks which fit well if I was to create a costume. Billy Kidds work remind me of Gillian Lee Smiths work becasue both pieces are dark and fairytale like due to the use of light, shadow and splashes of bright colours. I have thought about carrying on with the story of Alice in Wonderland and these images would be a great palette to create a costume with especially the Mad Hatters, but it could also work on other fairytale stories.