Benjamin Turgel's profile

Collaboration with Fashion Designer CdSO4

Charlotte Elizabeth originally came across my work on the internet. Charlotte liked my work was very fond of my double exposure technique.  Charlotte gave me a mission of trying to create double exposure with colour film and trying to recreate the same effect that black and white film gave. The trial was a success. Charlotte Elizabeth's work is all bout chance this is why Charlotte wanted to work with me. Just like I do Charlotte finds it very exciting not knowing what your final images will look like. 


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Description of Charlotte's work:

"INSPIRED BY THE ARTIST ROGER HIORNS AND HIS COPPER SULPHATE CRYSTAL INSTILLATION "SEIZURE" FOR HER A.W.2013.14 COLLECTION, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH CONDUCTED SEVERAL SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS OF HER OWN. COPPER SULPHATE CRYSTALS WERE GROWN AND AFTER OBSERVING THE CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS AT THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH, SEVERAL SAMPLES WERE ACCUMULATED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BENEATH A MICROSCOPE TO FORM BREATHTAKING, INTENSE DIGITAL PRINTS.


SILHOUETTES WERE FORMED BY OBSERVING THE SUBJECT OF MUSEOLOGY THROUGH A GEOMETRIC PERSEPECTIVE. HERE CHARLOTTE ATTENDED A RANGE OF FASHION AND TEXTILE EXHIBITIONS, OBSERVING THE COMPOSITION, THE MATERIALS USED WITHIN ALONGSIDE COLOUR PALETTES INTERGRATED THROUGHOUT. SHAPES WERE NOTIFIED, RECORDED AND REFLECTED THROUGH STRUCTED PANELS THAT WHICH LAY CLOSE TO THE SILHOUETTE. WITH THE INTENTION OF FRAMING AND HIGHLIGHTING KEY ASPECTS OF THE BODY.


A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO DESIGN WAS INTRODCUTED BY TRACING THE CONTOURS OF THE SYMBOLS, Cu, S, O, WITHIN THE PERIOD TABLE. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING RECURING NECK AND HEMLINES WITHIN THE COLLECTION, THE FORMATION, CuSO4 WAS CONTEXTUALIZED TO PROVIDE A 2-1 RATIO. THE SPECIFIC RATIO WAS USED THROUGHOUT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE PROPORTION OF FABRIC USED WITHIN EACH GARMENT, HOW EACH GARMENT REACTED WHEN WORN WITH ANOTHER, THE WIEGHT OF INTERGRATED PANELS AND IN SEVERAL DESIGNS THE SIZE OF THE PRINT INCORPERATED WITHIN THE LINING.

AS A DESIGNER CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH REFLECTS ON THE SOCIAL NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL, BY SUBJECTING THE IDEAL TO GEOMERTY AND CONFING THE EQUATION WITHIN THE SUBJECT OF MUSEOLOGY.
CHARLOTTE BELIEVES THERE IS "A MATHEMATICS AND A SCIENCE TO THE ARTISTRY OF FASHION"; WORKING WITH THIS AESTHETIC THE COLLECTION CdSO4 HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ALLOW THE PARTICIPANT TO VIEW THE UNNATAINABLE. "IT IS A DESIRE THAT TAKES US AWAY FROM THE PRESENT INTO A PLACE OF GREATER UNDERSTANDING."

Model: ELIZABETH TATE - http://elizatate.tumblr.com/

Photography / Art Director: BENJAMIN TURGEL - http://www.facebook.com/BenjaminTurgelPhotography

Styling / Designer: CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH - http://www.charlotteelizabeth.co.uk/

Makeup Artist: JACK TYSON - http://makeupartistjacktyson.tumblr.com/

Hair Stylist: JAMES OXLEY
Collaboration with Fashion Designer CdSO4
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