200 WORD PHOTO CHALLENGE

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Within my FCP study, analysis and critique is an important element of the process of generating my own work, and evaluating the existing work out there that inspires me. I've found that the analysis of fashion photography has massively helped to expand my descriptive vocabulary, and I enjoy brainstorming words/phrases that instantly come to mind when I look at an image, whether it is negative or positive, subjective or objective. Because of this, I decided to create my own exercise to improve my responsiveness to visual messages in fashion photography; below is a photograph taken by photographer Kimber Capriotti for Sicky Magazine, which I was immediately intrigued by at first sight, and I am going to brainstorm 200 adjectives below to describe the multiple ways I have interpreted the image.



  1. Collapsed
  2. Lifeless
  3. Unstructured 
  4. Dead
  5. Unidentifiable 
  6. Jelly
  7. Weak
  8. Slumped
  9. Fallen
  10. Helplessness
  11. Liquid
  12. Limbs
  13. Insect
  14. Contrast
  15. Monochrome
  16. Isolation
  17. Empty-space
  18. Backwards
  19. Ruffle
  20. Texture
  21. Material
  22. Movement 
  23. Broken
  24. Snapped
  25. Unsupported
  26. Shot
  27. Sexual
  28. Seduction
  29. Lust
  30. Hidden
  31. Reach
  32. Silver
  33. Tinfoil
  34. Reversible 
  35. Abstract
  36. Boundless
  37. Unconventional 
  38. Animalistic
  39. Dynamic 
  40. Pleat 
  41. Elegant 
  42. Alone
  43. Spacious 
  44. Stretched
  45. Pain
  46. Dance
  47. Motion
  48. Innocence 
  49. Purity
  50. Subjective
  51. Impressionistic
  52. Exhaustion
  53. Tiredness
  54.  Covered
  55. Hopelessness
  56. Effortless
  57. Transparency 
  58. Subtle
  59. Enclosure 
  60. Unknown
  61. Encompassed
  62. Possessed 
  63. Spiritual 
  64. Failure
  65. Feminine 
  66. Powerless
  67. Vulnerable
  68. Defenceless
  69. Attacked
  70. Puppet
  71. Controlled
  72. Flexible 
  73. Elastic 
  74. Flop
  75. Theatrical 
  76. Futuristic
  77. Dropped
  78. Dumped
  79. Graceful
  80. Refined
  81. Clean
  82. Sophisticated
  83. Dysfunctional 
  84. Confusion
  85. Overwhelmed
  86. Disintegration 
  87. Loose
  88. Incoherence 
  89. Unable
  90. Heavy
  91. Exposure
  92. Dehumanised
  93. Defeated
  94. Manipulation 
  95. Flowing
  96. Disjointed
  97. Crime-scene
  98. Ballet
  99. Spineless
  100. Boneless
  101. Slither
  102. Exorcism 
  103. Drugged
  104. Unconscious 
  105. Unresponsive
  106. Faint
  107. Blackout
  108. Insobriety
  109. Intoxication
  110. Abandoned
  111. Neutral 
  112. Acrobatic
  113. Circus-act 
  114. Spiked
  115. Overdose
  116. Peace
  117. Concussed
  118. Silence 
  119. Smothered 
  120. Suffocation
  121. Asphyxiate 
  122. Unprotected
  123. Neglected
  124. Crumble
  125. Abused
  126. Heartbreak 
  127. Un-energised 
  128. Obscure
  129. Mystery 
  130. Poisoned 
  131. Free-flowing
  132. Artistic
  133. Metallic
  134. Shiny 
  135. Reflection 
  136. Mirror
  137. Ginger
  138. Orange
  139. Flame
  140. Heat
  141. Frizz
  142. Curled
  143. Ringlets
  144. Faceless
  145. Susceptibility
  146. Head-rush 
  147. Unbalanced
  148. Unusual 
  149. Symbolical 
  150. Agony 
  151. Cold
  152. Struggle
  153. Dominated
  154. Toy
  155. Dead-batteries
  156. Reaction
  157. Glamorous
  158. Disparity
  159. Emerged
  160. Disaster
  161. Robotic
  162. Misuse
  163. Sinister
  164. Calming
  165. Weighted
  166. Glued-down
  167. Stuck
  168. Bare
  169. Dull
  170. Victim
  171. Casualty
  172. Fatality
  173. Stillness
  174. Motionless
  175. Clinical
  176. Immersive
  177. Tormented
  178. Unsettled
  179. Slanted
  180. Sloped
  181. Knocked
  182. Disposition
  183. Long-length
  184. Complimentary
  185. Slick 
  186. Polished
  187. Bright
  188. Contradictory
  189. Frozen
  190. Anonymous
  191. Incognito
  192. Disguised
  193. Arrangement
  194. Composition 
  195. Shadow
  196. Inhumane 
  197. Deviant
  198. Irregular
  199. Haphazard
  200. Disorderly 


Challenge = completed.
  

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