Development Seven-OCD-Inspiration from John William Keedy

For these images I wanted to develop further on my still life images incorporating the style of John William Keedy. Unlike the rest of y project I wanted to portray the trials of a mental illness in a literal sense, something I have achieved through the use of food and colour to portray OCD. However, I then wanted to experiment with photographing the two different extremes of OCD, the obsessive sense of order and the obsessive sense of collecting object and not letting them go. 

I think this shoot has been successful in portraying the different extremes behind a mental health condition such as OCD in the style of John William Keedy. Even though it was an extremely time consuming shoot, I am happy with the results and I think I have accurately portrayed the style of Keedy but in my own style, rather than creating carbon copies of his work. 

This image shows a large quantity of jelly beans all arranged into rows by their colour. The rows have formed a square that appears to gradually grow darker in colour as the jelly beans change colour. The image is very saturated allowing the jelly beans to stand out against the white background, therefore grabbing the viewers attention straight away. 

I think this image has been successful as it clearly portrays OCD in the style of John William Keedy. The angle in which the photograph has been taken as well as the rows of coloured jelly beans that are ordered by colour and form a square, accurately portray the long process someone with a mental health condition such as OCD may go through with their food. 

 ocd-hoarding-garage

I then took images showing a different contrasting aspect to OCD than what I have previously portrayed. These images show the inside of a garage that has been filled with a variety of different objects. Things such as ladders, boxes and paint fill the whole garage to the point that there is no walking space. This has created a clutter filled busy picture and therefore the viewers eye doesn't know where to look too first. I think these images have been successful in portraying another aspect to a mental illness such as OCD that people wouldn't generally expect to be associated with such an illness.