Biography
Natalie
Aniela Dybisz, aka. Miss Aniela, was born in Leeds on 26th July, 1986,
studied English, Art and Media at college, worked as a journalist for
the local ethnic media, then moved to Sussex to study a degree in English
and Media, which she is studying at the moment.
Her liking for photography has intensified in the last year and become
the vein of her arts ambitions. In the past she has taken casual self-portraits,
not thinking it was a dignified activity, but now, has wanted to breathe
life into the colourful filmic ideas in her mind that she expresses through
multiple 'selves' in imaginary dreamland worlds using digital imaging.
"I consider photography to be the ideal aesthetic way to express
an idea, and to me, the most attractive medium."
It was in Natalie's first year of university that she started to share
images on the internet - showcasing her family and community pictures
- her newspaper shots of the multicultural community of West Yorkshire,
and of various trips abroad - Poland and Jordan, animals and Brighton
beach, which echoed the journalistic feel of her newspaper shots.
Encouraged by the work of other self portrait artists on the internet
she took up using cloning again, (she had tried it a year or so before)
digitally manipulating images. She took advantage of her rural Sussex
surroundings, matching outfit to location in composite after composite:
by rivers, walls, fences, horses, a Seaford boat, a green telephone box,
even a dolls' house; the guest room bathtub, an oak chest (one of the
most popular images) the garden bench, even draped on the car.
"It gave me a wonderful escapism from my difficult emotions at this
time. I went to bed still throbbing with ideas, jumping up in the morning
without breakfast to try out more ideas that I'd been envisioning in the
night."
The great thing about sharing one's work in Cyberspace is that it is
a complete package: one showcases your work, but learns from others' work
too. It is as enjoyable to upload new work as it is to see new work from
my Cyber 'friends'; likeminded amateurs male and female all across the
world. Looking at others' work is never a chore; other people's work can
provide such inspiration for your future work.
Natalie wants to continue making self portraits, become increasingly skilled
at photomanipulation, and in the future work as a freelance photographer
and get involved with whatever linked artistic opportunities she can,
whether than be advertising, gallery exhibitions, freelance photography,
or setting up a studio.
"I can't help feeling as if the Cyber-experience is kind of a phantom
purgatory stage for something more palpable in the future, such as holding
an exhibition or having a book published.
"Sharing my work on the internet gives me an excellent idea of
what the audience-demand is from an artist like myself (my clone shots
mainly.) I know that I want to retain some magic and individualism in
whatever I create in my career, otherwise, photography will become a chore,
which is not what I want. Exhibiting online is the driving force that
keeps me making new images. I cannot imagine what other forum I would
have used to disseminate my images. The Internet is more than a medium;
it is what got my photography moving forward. Without the Internet, I
doubt I'd be doing this, because there wouldn't be a forum so easy to
access. It has activated my great passion for photography."
Surreal self-portraiture系列:
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"My photos are my babies... mostly unplanned"
"I
live in the UK, studying an English and Media degree, and pursuing opportunities
for my photography whenever I can - a forum to showcase my work, through
publishing or exhibiting. I have never studied photography specifically,
it appears sometimes in my media courses but most of my photography skills
and Photoshop skills are self-taught; picked up and honed by magazines,
tutorials, etc
"I control all parts of the image-making process myself (including
all self portraiture) unless otherwise stated. I am now using a Sony R1
camera - previous to this I have used other Sony Cybershots. I do some
kind of Photoshop manipulation to usually all of my images, varying from
20 minutes (most images) up to five hours or more (the greater Photoshop
endeavours intended to be surreal and complex).
"I have been asked many times how to 'clone' oneself in an image,
but it really is no secret. It is a simple process of taking two or three
images of oneself in different areas of the same frame of a tripod-mounted
camera and layering each figure into one frame on a photo software package.
I like to think the science of 'cloning' is not the be-all and end-all
of my surreal self-portraits. As with any clever photographic method,
or photography itself, it is about other aspects such as lighting, colour,
costume, imagination and general idiosyncrasy that the creator brings
to the image. There are many discussion and tutorial threads on the Internet
that can help you."
她的BLOG：http://www.missaniela.com/blog/
她的网站：http://www.missaniela.com/