Inspired by Alberto Seveso. Been trying to figure out how he does his photoshop collages for ages... Now that I sorta figured it out I can move on to other things
Here's an old photoshoot I did, altered with new editing! I did these series up for my book which I have yet to print :/ Its so costly I've been contemplating doing a smaller series of books or even a set of postcards & posters instead... *sigh* budget
Photography & Digital Imaging: Rachel Mantiri
Styling: Josiah Chua
Model: Elycia Lim
Outfits: Mae Pang, Stylist's own
A while back I had an offer to print an artbook in order to promote a newly opened printing service. They requested 152 pages of artworks, which is pretty much gave me a heart-breaking revelation: That I dont have 152 pages worth of artworks!!!!
What the heck was I doing all these years? Have I been slaving to clients that I dont even have enough artworks I could proudly present as "my own"?
Tragic.
So I ended up in a situation where I will do nothing else but create! My deadline to submit "152" pages was in 3 days since my offer... Sounds impossible but It had to be done for my sanity's sake.
Fortunately for me I got another 2 days extension to work things out... I had to keep churning out new artworks and expanding on some old ones within the short timeframe. 3/5 days I kept wanting to give up, but thankfully I've gotten a lotta push and support from the people around me.
In the end, having to create 20 new pieces in 5 days is ridiculous... So eventually I negotiated to reduce my page count to around 96.
Voila! I have my very own artbook! with plenty of new works to upload on this blog :)
Hi, my name is Rachel Mantiri. I am a mixed media artist experimenting with photography, illustration and design. Currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia.