RESEARCH AND CREATION OF WABI – SABI FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) understand the photographic content and composition to create the meanings of Wabi-Sabi fashion photography, and 2) create Wabi-Sabi fashion photographic works which were used to communicate the environmental conservation concept by Paree Hut Resort, Koh Sichang in Chon Buri province.  The author applied photographic analysis methods including The Good Eye, Minimalism, Semiology, and Jakobson’s Communication  Model to analyze five sets of online Wabi-Sabi fashion photographic works. The results of the study revealed that:

1) the meanings of Wabi-Sabi fashion photographic work creation consisted of 1.1) the abstract content i.e. the magnificence of simplicity, the emphasis of nature connection, dimness, incompleteness, and 1.2) the concrete content i.e. nature photography, fabric texture, old town locations; 2) color dimension, the colors of fashion photography were totally in a gray tone, a wooden brown tone, and an earth tone which implicitly connected to neutral color tones, showing the feelings of peace and the magnificence of simplicity; 3) spatial organization including the emphasis of human photography use, movement and gestures, contrast, photography dominance VS minor; 4) light; the soft light was emphasized to show the feelings of peace; and 5) expressive content which showed the feelings of peace and simplicity. In short, by applying Wabi-Sabi fashion photographic works for the creation of “WABI SABI Lifestyle”, the set of ten photographs showed the resort concept on architecture which was compatible with the environment of the sea cliff beach locations at Koh Sichang.