For my Dear Future project, I decided to tackle the idea of humanity fading into not a human entity but a technological one. We use electronic devices so much now that at this point most pretty much everything depends on your knowledge and capability to use a computer or a phone. We also rely on these devices in order to communicate with others as well to the point that a lot of jobs now can be done virtually rather than in person. With this information, it is safe to say that at some point in the future, humans will have faded into not humanity, but into a matrix of virtual action and communication.
The first thing I did with editing was smudge the image just enough so that I could create what would appear to be an almost unrecognizable phantom version of the main subject, however, there was a problem. The smudges didn't blend in well with the surrounding light, so I decided to add sharpness. Upon adding sharpness, I discovered that if I sharpened parts of the image by a lot, the final product would become so sharp, that the computer would not recognize this and revert the colors to RGB colors, which are the colors of the internet and the colors that are used to create an image on the screen. This reinforced my idea of humanity in the future dissolving into a technological entity.
In taking the picture, I imagined more of someone in a dark room, wearing a mask, illuminated only by the computer screen in front of them. The mask was meant to reference how in the age of tech becoming human and human becoming tech that communication would be faceless. Of course you could possibly be using some video call program, however, I've still noticed that most people prefer to turn their camera off anyways. These video call programs also have chat options. Texting is a faceless and emotionless thing, so I felt that the mask could represent that facelessness. I wanted the area around to be dark and the computer screen to light my subject so that it could be displaying the message that the focus at that point isn't a physical world, but a virtual one.
In terms of body language and symbolism, the subject puts their hand on the computer, grabbing it. This is supposed to resemble a hold that the tech has on my subject, however, it is supported. In the future, we will rely more on technology more than we do now, and even now we have a lot of reliance on technology. By grabbing the computer, the subject shows that they are reliant on this technology, and the technology has a hold on them. Tech becomes human, and human becomes tech.
The first thing I did with editing was smudge the image just enough so that I could create what would appear to be an almost unrecognizable phantom version of the main subject, however, there was a problem. The smudges didn't blend in well with the surrounding light, so I decided to add sharpness. Upon adding sharpness, I discovered that if I sharpened parts of the image by a lot, the final product would become so sharp, that the computer would not recognize this and revert the colors to RGB colors, which are the colors of the internet and the colors that are used to create an image on the screen. This reinforced my idea of humanity in the future dissolving into a technological entity.
In taking the picture, I imagined more of someone in a dark room, wearing a mask, illuminated only by the computer screen in front of them. The mask was meant to reference how in the age of tech becoming human and human becoming tech that communication would be faceless. Of course you could possibly be using some video call program, however, I've still noticed that most people prefer to turn their camera off anyways. These video call programs also have chat options. Texting is a faceless and emotionless thing, so I felt that the mask could represent that facelessness. I wanted the area around to be dark and the computer screen to light my subject so that it could be displaying the message that the focus at that point isn't a physical world, but a virtual one.
In terms of body language and symbolism, the subject puts their hand on the computer, grabbing it. This is supposed to resemble a hold that the tech has on my subject, however, it is supported. In the future, we will rely more on technology more than we do now, and even now we have a lot of reliance on technology. By grabbing the computer, the subject shows that they are reliant on this technology, and the technology has a hold on them. Tech becomes human, and human becomes tech.