Slim Letaief

I decided that as drugs and alcohol was going to be my idea that I would research artists that have used alcohol and drugs in their work. The first artist that i stumbled across was Slim Letaief. I found a picture from his series called 'Their Life'.

The alcohol in this photo looks appetising, it makes the viewer thirsty and want to drink it. Although there is a man in the photo, the focus is clearly the man because his heads chopped off and his food is burry and in the background. The focus is on the hand and the pouring of the drink, the viewer presumes what action is coming next which is drinking the drink. The lighting although black and white has a high contrast and is bright. Enforcing an enjoyable atmosphere. Also the man and surroundings look clean which help to reinforce this inviting atmosphere. It is almost like the man in the photo is inviting the viewer for a drink. This is the opposite of how i want to show alcohol, i want to show the bad side, not the glow feeling you get from sharing a few drinks with friends, the hungover, feeling sick feeling you get instead from drinking too much.