Soliloquy- Pictures, Research and Quotes

When looking into different images and photographers work, I was aiming to find different pieces of work which could link in well with the quote from a soliloquy I chose.
Some of the images below are just the photographers work but the ideas and concepts that come across in many of them really influences me in the direction of my main theme- emotion.

Duane Michal's is an American photographer, whose work makes innovative use of photo-sequences, often including text to examine emotion and philosophy

Below are two of Duane Michal's quote, which I found most intriguing:

"I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce some body's face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways."
Duane Michal's

"I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see."
Duane Michal's

I found his images with his own hand writing on underneath the images most fascinating. The uniqueness and more personal act of handwriting his own thoughts and poems adds an insight into his relationship between his father and himself. I find laying out the image like this and handwriting a few notes most influential towards my own ideas and work.

When I was researching for an image which linked well with my soliloquy quote I felt this one shared some aspects with the imagery used in the quote.

"He hailed down oaths that he was only mine"--- "he showered me with promises and swore he'd be mine forever"

This image shows a literal imagery of the modern interpretation of 'showering with promises'. Rain is linked with hail which is the impression when you get when looking at this image, however the quote 'swore he'd be mine forever' also has an impact within this image as once the water touches your face it then belongs to you and becomes part of your body.

This image is one of GUY BOURDIN many, he was the first photographer to make a complex narrative, then snatch a moment- sensual. provocative, shocking and surreal. The narratives were strange and mysterious, some full of violence, sexuality and surrealism.

When looking into the quote from Midsummer's Night Dream by Shakespeare, the character Helena is one of 4 iconic lovers and is described as a desperate women.

As far as the storyline goes Helena and Demetrius were previously betrothed. Demetrius is known to not care about who he is with. He was first engaged to Helena, but was told to marry Hermia. He was fine with that, but Helena wasn't. She wishes to have his love again and in this quote especially she exclaims how he (Demetrius) said that he was in love with her.

"He hailed down oaths that he was only mine"

Helena is considered to be a very vulnerable, sensitive and obsessive character, due to her growing up in the shadow of Hermia, as well as because of her treatment by Demetrius. She shows strength and a new belief in herself by refusing his advances when she believes he is making fun of her, despite the fact that he claimed that she was his one true love. Helena can also be a funny humorous character at times, particularly during some of her desperate arguments with Demetrius. Overall, Helena is the character who changes most and for the better, changing from a self conscious, lovesick girl into a confident, happy beautiful women.

This quote shouts Helena feelings at the moment of the play and how she is in love with Demetrius but has been mistreated by him throughout. Feelings change, events happen and words are spoken.

In the quote 'he hailed down oaths that he was only mine' this use of the word hail means "to shower down, to pour," but, since it sounds exactly like the verb hale, it also carries the sense of "pulling down," as if the oaths were being tugged down from the sky.