Fernand Fonssagrives
Born in France (1910 - 2003) is revered as one of the earliest and greatest practitioners of 'beauty photography' in the 1940's. His most memorable work traces the unique partnership he had with his first wife, model Lisa Fonssagrives. Lisa was in fact responsible for Fonssagrives picking up a camera - she gave him a Rollieflex, after his own dance career ended due to a diving injury; "It became," he said, "part of my body." His father a sculptor and a musician mother, Fonssagrives was encouraged to do the things he most loved: science, art, sports, gymnastics and dance. He moved to America aged 18 to continue his studies, and returned to Europe at 21 for military service. His later pictures featured female nudes with patterns of light on their skin.
My Rodchenko photoshoot, inspired me to look into other artists who use patterns to reflective various shapes onto the body. I found Rodchenko's photo shoot successful as I liked how the spots were displayed on her body. I am going to do another photo shoot based on Fonssagrives style photos and also experiment with different shapes and patterns to create different reflections.
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