Second-year students from the Higher Vocational Training Cycle in Photography at IDarte, the Public Higher School of Art and Design of the Basque Country, have developed an artistic and educational project in collaboration with second-year students from the Higher Vocational Training Cycle in Styling and Hairdressing Management and the Intermediate Vocational Training Cycle in Aesthetics and Beauty at Mendizabala LHII.
The aim of the project was to document and showcase the hairdressing and characterisation work carried out by Mendizabala students through a professional photo shoot. To this end, students from both schools worked together throughout every stage of the creative and production process.
The initiative was developed over two main working days. On the first day, IDarte’s photography students travelled to Mendizabala to document the hairdressing and make-up process during the first trial session, taking photographs and recording video footage. The second session took place in IDarte’s studios, where a professional photo shoot was carried out with six models prepared by Mendizabala students.
During the session, students explored different types of studio portraiture, working on lighting as well as the technical and aesthetic aspects of the image. Afterwards, they selected and edited the photographs in order to prepare the final material.
“This project gives students the opportunity to experience the real dynamics of a professional commission, working collaboratively with students from other disciplines and managing the entire creative process,” explained one of the teachers coordinating the project.
According to the teaching staff at Mendizabala, the artistic perspective of the photography students made it possible to present the hairdressing and make-up work in a creative and professional way, highlighting its details and aesthetic dimension.
The students who took part in the project were: Jone Carbajosa (Photography), Lucía Flores (Photography), Ane Machicote (Photography), Garoa Zubikarai (Photography), Aintzane Cabezas (Hairdressing), Leire García (Hairdressing), Ana Belén Guerrero (Hairdressing), Giuliana Nahir Gutierrez (Hairdressing), Iradi Serrano (Hairdressing), Isabela Thomas (Hairdressing), Luzia Angulo (Aesthetics), Ainize Arrondo (Aesthetics), Eylin Ciprian (Aesthetics), Keira Fuentes (Aesthetics), Maider Jimenez (Aesthetics), Aiara Martinez de Santos (Aesthetics), Nerea Mateo (Aesthetics), Marta Otero (Aesthetics), Angela Oyaga (Aesthetics), Nerea Quincoces (Aesthetics), Andrea Santiago (Aesthetics), Leire Valdecantos (Aesthetics) and Lucia Valladolid (Aesthetics).
In addition, students from IDarte’s Higher Vocational Training Cycle in Animation, Estefanía Quilchano and Sofía Velasco, recorded the process of the photo shoot held at IDarte in order to create a making-of style video documenting the work carried out during the project:
The project was coordinated by IDarte teachers Amaia Garate, David Zabala and Laida Beristain, in collaboration with Mendizabala LHII teachers José Miguel Heredia and Leire Fernández.
This initiative strengthens the collaboration between the two schools and opens up new avenues for dialogue between disciplines linked to image, design and visual creation.