SURREAL & CREATIVE PORTRAITS | Lucy Jane Purrington

PORTRAITS

Portraits of musicians, models, authors, poets and playwrights, dancers, performers, accessibility angels, creative cobblers, all inspiring and wonderful people.

This is a portrait black and white photograph of a man wearing a pale grey suit jacket, black hat and matching black jeans and shirt stood in a field with a dark background. He has ‘corpse’ make up on which is like a skull. The areas of his skin around his mouth, nose and eyes are painted black and stand out against his Winter pale skin. The image is blurred with double exposures of the man in a slightly different position and therefore seems a bit creepy.

This is a portrait colour photograph of a man dressed in black with auburn hair crouched on a tree stump. His arms are raised to his back as he holds a wide tree that spans upwards and out of the image above him. Around his is a scene of other tall pine trees with greeny - blue bark and a red floor covered in dead pine needles. The man's face is concealed by his arms but his pose suggests that he is struggling to hold the weight above him.

This is a landscape wide shot of a girl with auburn hair floating in the centre of the image in a forest scene. She is wearing a long red dress that flows downwards to the ground and then loops around the image twice in a circular pattern. Her arms are placed criss-cross style over her chest and her hair also appears to be floating. The forest scheme around her is in tones of green and dark brown for the floor. Beams of light fall through the canopy of trees and light the red fabric and girl.

This is a portrait image of the band, Dead End Disco. The photograph is of a field with tall grass and a blue sky above with white fluffy clouds dotted around. Two men are stood in the field, looking away from each other. The image has been manipulated so that it looks like a broken mirror with shards of reflected image cut and copied. Because of this effect, there is two versions of the men stood, each cut out and duplicated. The image has unusual tones of orange and ultra blue, referencing the 1990’s musical aesthetic.

A slender man stands topless with his arms bent and stretching outwards. His head is also looking upwards with his eyes closed as a few dozen orange and brown coloured moths flutter around him and sit upon his face, chest and hands. The scene is in a woodland area with tall trees behind. A warm glow surrounds the scene, as if it were by magic that these moths are drawn to the man.

The photograph is of a man stood in a forest of tall pine trees. He has silver short hair, pale skin and is dressed all in black; jeans, jumper, boots and a long sleeved jacket.
He is positioned in the bottom left section of the image and appears to be leaning backwards with an unnatural posture with his arms outstretched.
His back seem to be exploding into shards of small black fragments as black crows emerge and fly away into the forest scene as though the man was dissolving and becoming part of nature and the landscape.

His facial expression is calm and without pain nor confusion that one might expect at this unusual scenario.
His arms slightly outstretched suggest that he is content with this odd transformation, perhaps embracing the experience as though it was inevitable.

The trees around the man are bare, as though this image was captured in winter perhaps.
The tall and thick trunks of the trees add a subtle warm orange and brown tone to the otherwise stark landscape. The forest floor is a light reddish-brown colour from the dead pine needles left by the trees.

This is a landscape format picture of a man with silver hair stood in front of a dark blu e background. His arms are folded and he is looking to the bottom left side of the image. He is wearing a leopard print scarf and a military style black and grey jacket.

A man stands with his eyes closed and his chest bare in a darkened forest of tall fur trees. As the viewer, we’re looking in through shattered glass with shards broken and reflecting a distorted version of the image. The man has long auburn hair and pale Winter skin. A tattoo adorns each arm; hands held together in prayer and the other of Owain Glyndwr on horseback.

This portrait image is cropped as a square like shape, much like a music CD or record cover. The photo is of a woman sat on a rocky ledge of a cliff. She is looking outward into the distance and not at the camera. She is wearing a white floaty victorian styled dress. A cloudless blue sky contrasts with the flowing red hair of the model. The image has a slightly green hue to it, much like the vintage record covers that are colour degraded by age.

This is a portrait image of a woman stood in a burnt landscape of charcoaled grass and shrubs. The woman is wearing a floaty long white dress and has has long ginger dreadlocks and pale skin. She is stood, bare footed upon a rock. Her arms are raised in the air with what appears to be broken glass fragments around them. The shattered glass is both behind her one hand and in front of the other, suggesting that she is trapped in a glass box that we cannot see except for the broken areas.

This is a format close up image exclusively n tones of orange and black. The photograph is a close up of a man with long jaw length curly hair that is looking directly into the camera. You can see the top of his black vest. Behind him are naked tree branches raising up to the orange toned sky.

This is two images side by side with a thin white border in between. The image on the right is of a burnt mountainside with tall black curved branches. The image on the left mirrors this with the same curved black branches running across the photo, except a man with jaw length auburn hair is stood in front of the piercing branches. Parts of his face are obscured, but his one eye is visible and is looking directly into the camera in a confrontation manner.

This is a photograph of a snowy scene of tall fur trees encroaching from the left and right side of the image, following the trail of a wide path into the distance. A man without a top or shoes on appears to be floating above the snow as if by magic. His auburn hair stands out against the tones of white snow. His arms are outstretched, attempting to cling on to steady himself as he levitates.

This is a black and white portrait image of a blurred figure in motion. The figure is a topless man with tattoos adorning his arm, although it is unclear what they are. His head is moving from side to side creating a blurred and surreal effect that conceals his face.

This portrait image is of a topless man with a slight build and chin length curly hair. An orange coloured light illuminates the left side of the image against the black background and contras against the blue light that highlights the opposite side. A somewhat eerie atmosphere is created with the unusual lighting and colours and is reinforced by the model’s direct stare into the camera.

This is a landscape image of a sea scape at dusk, just after the sun has set and darkness has creeped into the scene. A girl with long dark hair is stood in waist high water with her head down towards the sea around her. She appears to be blurred through motion or perhaps due to a double exposure where two images are combined. It could be interpreted as her aura seeping from her body to create this other ghostly like figure next to her.

This is a black and white portrait shot of a man stood in front of a white background. It is cropped from his chest upwards. The model is topless with his hands painted black as they gently hold each side of his face. He is also looking directly at the camera.

This is a landscape image of a man with jaw length hair submerged in pale blue water. The close up crop of the photo feels intrusive and with only a thin slither of the model’s face shown, it is unclear as to why he is underwater. White flecks of water reflect a light source from above.

This is a landscape image image of a woman who is shot the lower shoulders upwards. The photo is in black and white and is muted tones so that the black is more of a dark grey. A thick black rope is wrapped tightly around the model’s face, concealing parts of the facial features. Both of her hands are raised and are grabbing at the rope in an attempt to pull it away.

This is a portrait shot of a woman’s back and neck with the top of her head cut out from the top of the image. She has short curly hair which exposes her neck and back. The model is wearing a dark silver necklace that loops down her freckled back and wraps around to the sides of her waist.

This is a bright and colourful portrait image shot in summer with golden yellow and subtle pink tones. A woman wearing a white dress with pale skin, red lips and long brown hair is sat in a field of tall sunlit grass. Behind her are tall trees. The sun gentle catches the side of her hair and illuminates the golden tones within it. She appears to be calm and relaxed and is looking away from the camera and slightly upwards as if daydreaming.

This is a landscape image of a woman laying on the floor in a tight blood red dress. Her arm is raised to her head and she is looking directly up at the camera. There are unusual tones of green and red in this image, as if altered or shot with expired and out of date film. The model is cropped from her lower waist upwards. The floor in which she is laying on is brown carpet.

This is a landscape image of a woman cloaked in a sky blue long piece of fabric that is blowing in the wind outwards to the left side of the image behind her. In the background is a seascape and blue sky with small whet clouds forming above the horizon which is a third of the way up in the picture.

This is a black and white portrait shot of a man stood in front of a white and grey background. It is cropped from his lower waist upwards. The model is topless with his hands painted black as they are placed on either side of his chest. He has jaw length black hair and pale skin. The heavy lighting used in this image creates dark shadows that contrast against bright white areas where the light hits the one side of his face. He is also looking directly at the camera.

This is a portrait shot of a woman’s face and neck with the top of her head cut out from the top of the image. She has long black wavy hair hair which is falling over her pale face. Her mouth is open, as if in shock or perhaps screaming. Her eyes are completely black and appear to be evil. This is a haunting close up photograph that feels disturbing.

This is a landscape image of a woman who is shot from the lower shoulders upwards. The photo is in black and white and is highly contrasted so that the model’s freckles and the contours of her face and neck stand out. She is looking upwards, away from the camera. The model is unusually lit from underneath her face, causing strange and unusual shadows to form around her face that is reminiscent of old black and white horror films.

This is a landscape image of a forest scene with unusual tones of bluet green for the grass and red for the tall tree trunks that are scattered around the photo. In the middle of the image is stood a man wearing a black shirt and trousers. In front of him are red pieces of rope from the left to her goth side of the image that conceal sections of the image and his face and body.

This is a portrait colour image of a woman with long blonde hair wearing a sequinned dress in shades of silver and pale peach. This is a very colourful image shot outdoors. The model is stood on tall green grass which has vibrant red and orange flowers and seeds at the ends. She is looking directly at the camera with her head slightly to the side.

This is a landscape format black and white image of a woman stood in front of a plane wall. The model is looking directly out at the camera with her head leaning to the right side. The photograph is dark and moody, with the one side of her face lit in light. The image cuts off at her lower chest area. She is wearing a floaty and puffy white top.

This is landscape image of a woman with white long wavy hair sat in a field of bluey green grass that is surrounded by tall trees of the same unusual colours. She is wearing a flowing white lace dress that extends out around her. In her one hand is a red book, her other is casually placed on top of her dress. Pages fly in the air around her, seeming to explode out of the book.

This is a portrait black and white image of a woman’s face. She has black wavy hair that frames her pale face. She is looking downwards, not engaging with the camera and seeming to appear lost in thought. Her eyes are made up with black eyeliner. She is wearing a pearl necklace, which she is holding on to.

This is a close up colour portrait of a woman from the shoulders upwards with black tied back hair and pale skin. Her eyes are closed and her lids are painted with dark make-up. Her lips and neck are decorated with small flecks of gold leaf. Behind there is a dark blue background. The image is a 3D glitch effect.  A glitch effect is a digital aesthetic made of flaws and distortion where sections of the image are repeated and in odd colour tones.

This is a landscape colour portrait of a woman’s face. The image is very close up and as such the details of the woman’s piercing blue eyes can be seen. The woman has black hair and a short fringe which frames the image in blackness. The model wearing gothic black make-up on her eyes and lips is very striking. The photograph has a faded blue and red tone, making it feel otherworldly.

This is a colour image of a woman with long flowing dark brown hair laying in a bed of clouds. She is wearing a pale yellow dress that ripples out around her. She has a vacant look upon her face, as though day dreaming. Small whips of cloud circle around her ankles and arms. The image has a pale blue tone to it.

This is a portrait colour image of a woman stood on a rocky beach with a seascape behind her that extends out to a pale pink sky that moves into beautiful tones of blue. The womb is wearing a red corset and draped long skirt. Her hair is bathed in golden light as she looks away from the camera.

This is a portrait colour image of a woman wearing an intricately decorated headpiece in tones of green and gold. It features swirls of texture and insects. From the headers, ginger curly hair falls to frame the woman’s face. She is wearing red lipstick which is striking against the green of the headpiece. Her gaze is to the far left, away from the camera.

This is a landscape image of a forest in Winter with brown and red leaves on the floor and the trees naked and bare. A woman is stood centrally in the photo, wearing a white dress made of sycamore leaves that extend down to the floor and trail behind her in four long paths into the distance. The woman has black hair and olive coloured skin. She is wearing white make up around her eyes and on her hands which are rising up towards the sky in a mystical pose.

This is a landscape colour image of a woman about to fall face forward into a dark poll of water. The image is in unusual tones of purple and seems dream-like in that the woman is frozen in that moment before falling. Her long dark coloured dress flows out behind her and upwards into the air in pointed ripped sections. Around her is a forrest of orange and blue coloured trees and shrubs.

This is a black and white grainy portrait image of a woman with long dark straight hair looking directly at the camera. Her skin has dark freckles speckled on it that match the texture of her unusual make-up. Around her eyes, nose and nose and over sections of her neck are glittery patches as though they were peeling away to reveal her skin underneath.

This is a black and white portrait image of a woman from the shoulders upwards. She has long black hair and pale skin. Her two hands are raised to her face. Her nails have been painted white with black around the base of the nail on her fingers. Around her eyes is white make-up which accentuates the blackness of her entire eyes as though she were possessed by a demon. Lengths of dark coloured wire move across the image all around her like a spiders web.

This is a black and white landscape image of a pool of water that covers the photograph. From the water, a ghostly figure appears from the waist upwards with two hands pressing against the water’s edge. However the figure is made completely of white light in the image and it is only in the refection of the figure in the water that has an image of what she looks like. She has long black hair and is staring out directly tat the camera.

This is close-up a colour landscape image of a woman looking directly at the camera. Part of the image is blurred so that focus is drawn to the woman’s one eye on the left. The image is toned in purple. The woman has short jaw length black hair and a short fringe which frames her face. Black make-up adorns her eyes and lips.

This is a colourful portrait image of a woman with special effects make-up on to look like an alien of some sort. She is wearing contact lenses which distort the colour of her eyes to an unusual light green. Her blue hair is raised in sculptural waves from front to back. This photo is from her chest upwards and incorporates her hands which are gently placed near her neck. Peculiar lights illuminate and change the tone of sections of the image to bold pinks and pale aqua blues. Some lights swirl around her head, drawing attention to her face.

This is a colour portrait image of a man screaming as he stands tied to a tall tree in a forest. He is bound by red string that covers the majority of his body except for his mouth, hands and feet. The forest around him is in tones of orange and brown which makes the red string stand out in the image.

This is a black and white landscape image of two figures stood in tall grass in front of trees. The figure to the left is wearing a white long nighty and the figure to the right, black trousers, white shirt and black and waistcoat jacket. Both of the figures are wearing rabbit heads and looking directly out at the camera.

This is a letterbox landscape image in black and white of a field with 15 men stood, sat or running. Each figure is the same individual; a man with dark coloured hair and pale skin, dressed all in black. The faces of the men have been scribbled out with white pen.

This is a colour portrait of a woman dresses all in white with white hair to match. She is sat in amongst a clearing of brambles and trees, all of which are coloured in a very unnatural blue tone. On the woman’s hear sits a white crown of flowers. She is looking downwards, as if sad.

This is a colourful portrait image of a magical scene in which three women, all identical to each other swirl magical dams of light between each other. They are all stood next to each other in a forest scene where the tree behind has beautiful large white flowers. The woman are wearing long flowing black dresses.

This is a square colourful image of a woman’s chest, neck and head. She has vibrant curly ginger hair that is splayed out around her head and though she were laying down. Placed on her lips is a large blue butterfly with it’s wings open. Around the model are smaller blue butterflies flittering around. Some are sat in her hair and others appear to be so close to the camera that they are blurred. (No actual butterflies were used in the making of this image.)

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