Bjork Vespertine Inspired Work

We came to the conclusion that this image was made by projecting the a drawing of a swan that had been drawn on a piece of see through tracing paper. By drawing something on a piece of tracing paper and projecting it onto the image below you can achieve a double exposure. The tracing paper is see through and as such you do not see it on photograph below, you only see the drawing as a solid image onto of the photo.

In this photo it is obvious that the swan has been edited on artificially to the photograph. The picture is that of a woman and the outline of a swan on top of it. The class went over different ways in which this photo could have been made and we all came up with different explanations. I, personally, thought that it was photoshop that made this image the way that it was because I assumed that it was not that old of an album.

The symbolism of the swan on this photo seems very obscure. However a swan could have been chosen for a few different reasons, one being that the white swan symbolises purity as the colour white is normally linked with the idea of this. The wings of the bird could also have a hidden meaning of being able to fly, this symbolises freedom that the Bjork may covet or want to achieve in the album. One further reason a swan could have been used potentially is because all swans are owned by the queen and it could be implying a regal theme to the album.