"Photography English" By Maki Miyashita; 2001; Photo
'Photography English' By Maki Miyashita is a combination of three photographs of the artist and her bedroom. A persons bedroom is a place that is almost sacred to an individual, for you sleep there, you keep you most personal possessions there, and you are most commonly intimate there. People decorate and keep their bedroom in a way that describes them.Each of the three images makes a different statement about Miyashita's identity.
The first image, which is the largest, shows the artist standing in her underwear possibly looking for some object. Her room is very messy with things completely covering the floor and table. we can see objects such as a camera, clothing, and a keyboard. She clearly identifies as an artist in both the form of a visual artist and a musical artist. She must also identify herself more without clothing since her cloths are on the floor apposed to being on her. She used these objects to project her identity.
The other two images show the the artist on her bed in front of a fan, and her shoes by a window. The image of her on her bed shows how she cools down on a hot day. This image demonstrates how she identifies with her bed. She shows its a place where she can let her guard down and relax. We can have a look into how she feels when she is in her room through this picture, which tells us the her bed reflects her. The image of the shoes shows them arranged fairly neatly and in pairs. The artist must think a lot about herself when choosing shoes to wear. There are slippers for when she is at home, boots, sneakers, and bright red shoes. These shoes show us different aspects of her identity. Each pair represents a different aspect of her. Since they are so neat in comparison to the rest of the room they show how important they are to her.
'Photography English' By Maki Miyashita is a combination of three photographs of the artist and her bedroom. In this piece she uses objects and a pose to demonstrate her identity. Through this piece we get a glimpse into who Miyashita is and how she identifies herself.
The first image, which is the largest, shows the artist standing in her underwear possibly looking for some object. Her room is very messy with things completely covering the floor and table. we can see objects such as a camera, clothing, and a keyboard. She clearly identifies as an artist in both the form of a visual artist and a musical artist. She must also identify herself more without clothing since her cloths are on the floor apposed to being on her. She used these objects to project her identity.
The other two images show the the artist on her bed in front of a fan, and her shoes by a window. The image of her on her bed shows how she cools down on a hot day. This image demonstrates how she identifies with her bed. She shows its a place where she can let her guard down and relax. We can have a look into how she feels when she is in her room through this picture, which tells us the her bed reflects her. The image of the shoes shows them arranged fairly neatly and in pairs. The artist must think a lot about herself when choosing shoes to wear. There are slippers for when she is at home, boots, sneakers, and bright red shoes. These shoes show us different aspects of her identity. Each pair represents a different aspect of her. Since they are so neat in comparison to the rest of the room they show how important they are to her.
'Photography English' By Maki Miyashita is a combination of three photographs of the artist and her bedroom. In this piece she uses objects and a pose to demonstrate her identity. Through this piece we get a glimpse into who Miyashita is and how she identifies herself.
"In this series, ‘Rooms and Underwear’ in translation, Maki Miyashita has photographed different women from all walks of life at home in their underwear. The photographs are a reflection of the growing genre of so-called ‘private photography’ emerging in Japan during the 1990s. Ironically, it is often the objects in the room that tell us more about the person being photographed." (2,Bhor)