Photograms

Sexual Motions, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photogram

I tried to create a sense of motion by moving the dolls around between exposures to create different levels of light and shadow, I feel this was quite successful but could be taken further by moving the dolls more dramatically.

Clusterfuck, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photogram

I then used this idea of motion to create a more abstract image by moving doll parts around so their shadows overlap.

Photograms

The Dress, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photogram

Zombiegram, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photogram

I cancelled my photography workshop and instead had an induction to the darkroom so that I could create a series of photograms.  I felt that the use of black and white in extreme contrast would emphasise the sinister feel of the dark subject matter.  I think these two images in particular are quite striking due to their simplistic nature and composition.