Idris Khan
London-based photographer/artist Idris Khan was born in the UK in 1978. After graduating from the University of Derby in 2000, he studied for an MA at the Royal College of Art in 2004. Khan's media of choice are photography and video. Khan's subject expresses his passion interest in cultural works and artifacts from the spheres of literature, art and music. Khan's work turns his photographs, music and writings into a more vibrant blurred and gives it a new dimension of existence . Khan's work explores the history of photography and literature, repetition and the anxieties of authorship.
Where have I used Khan's work?
The first photo that includes Khan's work is my third of my first three photos. This is linked together with Tina Modotti's technique of close-up hand shots. I've also used Khan's technique of vibrant blurring on my second panel on top of the photographs with Siaosi dancing. That's where the examples of Reubin's & Courtney's come in; where I've layered the photos to be transparent to show mixed roles of a female and male in one photo. Techniques of Bernd and Hilla Becher by Khan has been included with different angles of the roles as a subject. Why? As roles differ in the years, Tongan male and female roles transform as new generations erupt. So, using Khan's techniques, it allows me to show these important roles symbolizing the evolving and overlapping of Tongan customs.
Where have I used Khan's work?
The first photo that includes Khan's work is my third of my first three photos. This is linked together with Tina Modotti's technique of close-up hand shots. I've also used Khan's technique of vibrant blurring on my second panel on top of the photographs with Siaosi dancing. That's where the examples of Reubin's & Courtney's come in; where I've layered the photos to be transparent to show mixed roles of a female and male in one photo. Techniques of Bernd and Hilla Becher by Khan has been included with different angles of the roles as a subject. Why? As roles differ in the years, Tongan male and female roles transform as new generations erupt. So, using Khan's techniques, it allows me to show these important roles symbolizing the evolving and overlapping of Tongan customs.
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