Chromatic Portraits
Faculty Mentor
Josh Hobson
Presentation Type
Creative Work
Start Date
4-13-2026 4:30 PM
End Date
4-13-2026 6:30 PM
Location
Art Building
Primary Discipline of Presentation
Art
Abstract
Chromatic Portraits is a photographic series created with a digital full frame camera, edited digitally, and presented as 11 × 17 photographic prints. The work explores how saturated color and controlled studio lighting can transform the traditional portrait into an environment shaped by light and atmosphere. Using intense fields of high contrast illumination, the images shift the viewer’s attention from simple representation toward the emotional and visual impact of color on the human figure. Through careful posing, close framing, and experimental lighting techniques, the series examines how color interacts with skin, texture, and gesture to alter the way we interpret presence within a portrait. The resulting photographs position color as both a compositional tool and a conceptual language that reshapes the way the body is perceived within photographic space.
Recommended Citation
Trujillo, Tro, "Chromatic Portraits" (2026). 2026 Symposium. 32.
https://dc.ewu.edu/srcw_2026/cw_2026/art_2026/32
Creative Commons License
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Chromatic Portraits
Art Building
Chromatic Portraits is a photographic series created with a digital full frame camera, edited digitally, and presented as 11 × 17 photographic prints. The work explores how saturated color and controlled studio lighting can transform the traditional portrait into an environment shaped by light and atmosphere. Using intense fields of high contrast illumination, the images shift the viewer’s attention from simple representation toward the emotional and visual impact of color on the human figure. Through careful posing, close framing, and experimental lighting techniques, the series examines how color interacts with skin, texture, and gesture to alter the way we interpret presence within a portrait. The resulting photographs position color as both a compositional tool and a conceptual language that reshapes the way the body is perceived within photographic space.
