when considering Uelsmann’s photography I found most inspiration in his images were a face emerges from the hands

Edit one

to begin i used two images, one a close of of a neutral face thee other with hands pressed across the face, in Uelsmanns photography he covered the entire face with flat hands in front of it, instead I opted to round the hands round the face and leave some centre features of the face revealed.
I did this in order to align the two photos and create a sense of unity between them.

In order to combine the two photos I used Adobe Photoshop to create a layer mask in order to remove the excess from the photo, removing hair, neck, ears, background and clothing.

I then transferred the image on top of the unedited photo and adjusted the opacity accordingly so both layers were visible.

then using the tab ‘blending options, i went into more detail efficiently blending the two photos using the blend mode ‘light color’ to soften the layered image.

This resulted in my final image, although i am pleased with the outcome, in this image the edges and visible and harsh and create a masking effect, despite this being a diversion from Uelsmanns work I believe it aligns well with my project as I am investigating how people change over time and this represents the inner self being hidden and the outward mask being visible

Edit Two

I then repeated this process and refined it with my second attempt.

I believe this image the more successful of the two, because of the aligned jaw line and seamless blending towards the forehead