A fotografia e o processo de produção de retratos Fine Art: as guerreiras amazonas

Abstract

This work is an experimental project in which one seeks to explore photography through the process of producing fine art portraits, in which interpreters are used to represent characters, in this case the mythological figures “Amazon Warriors”. During its development there is a brief discussion about photography and its relationship with art, as well as trying to understand the fine art style and its portraits category, besides its characteristics, delimitations and the stages of production. It also describes the creative process, in which the characters and costumes were elaborated, followed by the photographic technical notions, which were considered necessary for the execution, such as lighting, framing and photographic direction. It discusses the production itself, the script, the equipment and the capture of portraits, the selection and editing. In the end it is reported how through the process it was possible to exercise creativity, as well as deal with some challenges of the process and acquire more knowledge about the photographic production itself, in practice, which served for future productions and which also add to the professional.