I came up with my idea before I saw Erwin Wurm's work about things you shouldn't do in public (the particular picture i was inspired by was the one of the woman spitting in her coffee) but when I was shown it it linked perfectly.
I had the idea do to three different girls portraits, I wanted them to look almost "fashiony" and the girls to look done up. Then alongside their portraits I want to have a portrait of them spitting drinks, shouting, screaming etc. The more I thought about the idea I remembered a photo by Elaine Constantine, a portrait of singer Roisin Murphy, where shes standing fully clothed in the sea with two pints in her hands and she is screaming, hair flying everywhere and beer coming out the glasses. I was already a fan of Elaine's work and the more I looked at it the more I was inspired to do this idea. Elaine's work is playful, colourful and bright without being cheesey. She's shot alot of girls running around and acting up almost as if Elaine is just documenting friends rather than a staged shoot (which they are)
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