About Me
Hi, I'm Alysia - a Fashion Photography graduate from Falmouth Uni.
Alysia Saunders is a Fashion Photographer, but most importantly an all-round creative professional. Utilising her background in fine art and graphic design, she always pushes the boundaries of what photography truly is, and explores how many other creative mediums can both influence and contribute to a photographic story.
I think that too often, creatives confine themselves to a box: creating their own restrictions and boundaries that stops them from excelling. I try not to let fear become a factor that affects my creative work; or that stops me from trying something new or pushing boundaries that others may not. I like to take influence from a huge variety of mediums: including fashion design, fine art and graphic design, as well as new technologies like 3D scanning and AR work. My work is graphic, it's bold, and it pushes the boundaries of fashion.
INSPIRATION
I was inspired by the idea of vast physical space, as well as surreal landscapes and paintings.
Having grown up in Cornwall - surrounded by these incredible vast landscapes - I wanted to explore this idea of perspective and physical space. I took inspiration from a range of landscape photographers, as well as fine artists and painters like Salvador Dali. I utilised a range of media to understand how 'reality' is re-imagined in a variety of forms. Thinking about how we, as individuals, view ourselves in such physical spaces, and how we use this to project ourselves into the world around us.
With a background in graphic design and fine art, I have always been interested in multi-media work, but felt it was very fitting to explore these roots for this project. I chose to use 3D scanning, product design and projection mapping to physically recreate a person, in order to explore what is truly 'real'. In the age of social media and the metaverse, the line between physical and metaphysical is becoming so blurred. Now is the perfect time to be both questioning and pushing these boundaries.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Scan the photo to bring it to life, in AR
Full Body 3D Scan
A Still From My Final Fashion Film
A Still From My Final Fashion Film
Shots of the Model, and Garments by Elisa Messi
Creating the 3D Scan
Milling Pieces of the Body out of Foam Blocks
Creating the Figure - from 45 Pieces of Foam
Sanding and Shaping The Pieces Individually
Glueing The Pieces Together, in Pairs
Clamping Them Together as They Dry
Using Polyfiller to Seal The Edges
Gradually, I Put The Pieces Together
Painting The Figure Took Many Layers
Over Time, It Began To Come Together
Attaching The Limbs
The Final Life-Size Figure
Final Graduate Exhibition
Final Graduate Exhibition
DETAIL
With my Final 3D Figure, I created my own Fashion Film.
I used my life-size figure, as well as a projection mapping software called 'MadMapper', to create my own visually exciting, light based experience. I was influenced by many art installations that utilise both light and sound to create a world that feels both immersive and surreal. Flavio Carlotti composed this piece of music for me: I wanted it to feel very classical, so when paired with these incredible visuals it would re-imagine what it means to be classic and contemporary, whilst simultaneously pushing the boundaries of art and fashion. The projections are a mixture of my own videos and collages, along with some found imagery. The final scene is actually a texture map of the original red dress: which was an incredible creation by Elisa Messi. I wanted there to be a full circle moment, in which the original garment should be reflected back into the final work itself. The whole project questions what we consider to be 'physical space', and blurs the lines between the real and the imagined.
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. " - Coco Chanel
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