Expanding Ideas for Soliloquy

I have started looking at some other artists and photographers to try and relate my work and some of the soliloquy texts to. One of the photographers I was most intrigued in was Duane Michals.

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These images are particularly interesting as they show some inner depth to the people in them.

Picture 1 is very bare and intimate and it shows all that is personal to a man. This image relates well to the 'If it were done when 'tis done' soliloquy by Macbeth from Macbeth- 'will plead like angels trumpet tongued against the deep damnation of his taking off and pity like a naked new born babe.' In the image we see an empty room with a lone man stripping naked inside which could just simply be him getting ready for bed however with the low tone of the image it seems like he is resisting something and of course for a photograph to be taken here requires a lot of trust. Composition wise, it is very mininal with only himself, adding to the personal feel and also the black and white gives a sense of isolation to the image.

Image 2 is a brighter image, although still in black and white, it has just the one man with the mirrors. These sort of pictures lead the eye into a puzzle as you are never really sure how many mirrors there are or where they are situated in regards to the subject. The man crossing his arm over his chest up onto his chin seems to show he is aware of the presence and does not want everything to be seen. I think this image relates really well to ' is this a dagger which I see before me' by Macbeth from Macbeth. He believes a dagger has just been put through his body however it has not killed him. 'I have thee not yet I see thee still, art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feelings as to sight?' I think image 2 relates well to this quote as the man looking into the mirrors may just be a ghost as we never really see his full body outside of the mirror.

Image 3 is my favourite out of the 3 images. The woman is clearly very beautiful but she vanishes in the mirror. I think this image relates well to the soliloquy by Lady Macbeth in Macbeth- 'stop up the access and passage to remorse that no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose nor keep peace between the affect and it!' Lady Macbeth is sacrificing herself to evil and is letting the spirits take over her body. The woman in image 3 seems to be searching for herself in the mirror however she can never see her full face as it is morphed around the mirror. Again composition wise, the woman is alone, however the image is very full with multiple images being put together making it interesting to look at and it seems to have a feeling of progression through the images.