PATHOS
A dramatic portrait series meant to define “suffering,” while appealing to the audience’s emotions.
The use of the color blue is a visual tool, meant to define melancholy.
Color evokes specific moods. Emotions we feel can alter how we see color.
“Tearful”
Color turns abstract feelings into concrete visual experiences.
“Sorrow”
Pathos is meant to connect with an audience on a human level by triggering certain feelings, like passion, heartbreak, fear, sadness, or nostalgia.
“I’m Crying”
Evoking a strong emotional response through the use of color and facial expression is what makes “Pathos” an intriguing dramatic portrait series.
The use of a single spotlight, creates an intense hard split-lighting pattern, adding to the sorrowful tone and crushing feeling that accompanies deep sadness.
“Aguish”
My primary focus, was to create images that could instantly persuade the viewer to feel a genuine sense of empathy, sadness, or even pity.
Pathos
An appeal to emotion.
