Interpretations is something I am going to be focusing on for my conceptual series; specifically interpretations of the bible and jesus. Even more specifically, MY interpretations of the bible and jesus.
I suppose my motives are to in a way, undermine the hero. I do not think that jesus was any sort of special person. In fact, I think he was probably some sort of looney man that started a "cult-like" following. For people to base their life off of him and a book of "stories" is baffling to me.
The images that I am going to produce are going to be symbolic and contemporary. Everything I put into the image is going to be there for a certain reason. This is something new for me so I view it as a challenge.
For lighting technique I am going to take largely from Philip-Lorca diCorcia's style. Specifically from this image. I like the darkness surrounding the subject, almost like a spotlight. It could be taken different ways and I would like to play with that in my images.


Conceptually, I like Duane Michals approach. In his "Christ in New York" series, I enjoy his jesus figure witnessing these horrible real life things that happen. Praying won't save you from real life.









I enjoy Les Krims depiction here. To me it pokes fun at religion. For some of my images, I want it to be me poking fun at certain aspects (which I haven't decided yet.)









Annie Leibovitz's color in this depiction of the Last Supper is similar to the color pallete I want to incorporate. It reminds me of older religious paintings and their muted colors.