Jose Romussi
Jose Romussi was born in Chile where he studied landscape design. Over the past few years he has gained a significant following for his silk screens and collages in which he combines black and white photographs with colorful forms of embroidery. Romussi takes vintage black & white photographs and saw over some colorful thread adding a playful touch to the frozen postures of the models. He is especially attracted by dancers and ballerinas that seem very sensual but inaccessible at the same time. Romussi is using the dynamic in each picture, working over it with needle and thread, creating something new out of the old, bringing the old costumes of the dancers back alive.
I particularly like this image because it has a feminine aspect due to the pink and red flowers. Also, I think this image is effective because the flowers are overlaying the models face which indicates that the model may feel insecure and is hiding herself and her personality from everyone else. I really like this image because I think its really interesting to look at because although the flowers and pale colours are very feminine and pretty, the model is wearing a leather jacket with studs on which contrasts and creates a more edgy feel to the image on a whole. I think that Jose Romussi thought about this image and tried to create this idea which turned out to be really effective.
This composition has a cold feeling and atmosphere to it, the model is wearing white and had a really pale face which is interesting. Also the white background makes the image on a whole look better because the model seems to fade into the background. I think the main point of focus in this photograph is the models hair eyes and the flowers on the margin of her hair. I like the way the model has brown hair also because the flowers which are lining the edge of her hair stand out because they are white. This image doesn’t seem to have a feminine feel to it even though Jose Romussi has used flowers; the atmosphere of the image seems more sinister which is entriguing.