Recently students have been emulating the paintings of artist Kehinde Wiley. Wiley is known for painting black and brown people in the style of Classical Masters. He raises these ordinary people, whom may be considered unprofessional, to the status of kings and queens. Students learned to compose, light, and model for a photograph by replicating Wiley’s paintings. Later, the students will learn to use green screens in addition to photo-editing software in order to complete the image by inserting a patterned background behind their subjects (similar to Wiley’s paintings).
Here is an additional, amazing photograph taken by student during the process of our Wiley portraits:
I found it while uploading the students pictures from an SD card, so I have yet to find out who took it. It’s certainly one of the most interesting photographs I’ve seen from a student so far.
-Mr. Lee
DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice aims to bridge the digital divide by combining media literacy and cultural awareness along with a vast understanding of technology to encourage young women in under served communities to pursue careers in computer science and new media.
