I have always been fascinated by how different cultures are. For my Personal Style Project, I decided to capture the beauty of cultures through their people.
An old Maori proverb says: He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
Translation: What is the most important thing in this world? It is people, it is people, it is people.
For my Personal Style Project, I knew that I wanted to take portraits of a great variety of models. What a best way to point to the beauty of different cultures than through portraits.
To take these pictures I used a technique called invisible black backdrop chack this link to learn more about it.
Ra, your personal style project turned out awesome! I love your portraits and how you captured the photos. The black background creates a powerful portrait. I really like the concept of capturing the different cultures and that all of us have our own beauty. Did you just ask these people randomly to take a picture or did you know them? I also like that all of them are posed and making a similar face to follow a theme. The “Tangata” in the middle of the poster is powerful in itself. I think it makes other people wonder and want to know more about it.