ophelia
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Through a contemporary lens, this editorial series reinterprets Shakespeare's Ophelia within Chicago's urban landscape. The work examines societal expectations and feminine identity through carefully composed photographs that capture a modern woman's struggle with conflicting roles. The series employs light, flowing fabrics that interact with water and nature, while strategic placement of floating flowers creates visual metaphors that honor the original narrative while speaking to present-day pressures. The editorial's calm, measured approach emphasizes the quiet nature of suffering, maintaining a deliberate distance from melodrama through subtle composition and environmental interaction.
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The series orchestrates a technical dialogue between two distinct film stocks capturing urban Ophelia narratives. Gold 200's natural color palette preserves subtle gradations in water reflections and fabric textures, while Instax Wide provides immediate verification of water-based compositions with its contemporary color rendering. Working with 1/3 stop overexposure to account for water's reflective properties, the process balances freezing fabric detail while allowing enough motion in water to create dynamic compositions that reference both classical painting and contemporary fashion sensibilities.
Camera: 35mm format
Film: Kodak Gold 200 + Fujifilm Instax Wide -
Model: Talia Jankelow
HMUA: Andie Peirce -
Ruby Star Magazine
