The Space Between

For this project I was focusing on the negative space created by two or more buildings in an urban setting. In order to help the viewer focus more on the negative space rather than the buildings, I flipped the images upside down and darkened the buildings. Viewers tend to search for and focus more on what they know in images so I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could get them to focus on a new form created by me.

Out of Focus Portraits

I don't really have an artist statement for this project. I wanted to focus more on the forms of the models and the negative space around them so I decided to keep my camera out of focus while shooting.

[Perfect] Fit

Our society has its own ideas of what is perfect; the perfect chest, the perfect arms, the perfect face. The only problem with perfection is its obtainability. Striving for perfection can become somewhat of an obsession; why can't mankind just be happy with what they have?

"[Perfect] Fit" was meant to depict the flaws

of perfection. The models all chose a body part they wish to change and were then given what has they deem as perfection in its place. Images from the media were used to replace each body part, representing the effects of the media on a person's body image. The image was torn at the edges in order to illustrate how terribly perfection fits in with reality.

Be happy with the body you're in, because the "perfect fit" is something no one can obtain.

Surreal Self Portrait

This was my first attempt at surrealism using Adobe Photoshop and hopefully it will not be my last. Our assignment was simply to create a surreal self portrait and this was the exact image that popped into my head. Surreal photography is what got me interested in the medium in the first place but I was never confident enough in my abilities to attempt it. I used many tools I have never used before to create this image (including the "patch" tool).

Magritte(ish)

For this assignment we were asked to place an object onto a background where it does not belong, altering it's size in the process. This image is a mixture of two separate images (the city skyline and the feet). A lot of selecting in Adobe Photoshop was involved and it took me three layers to produce (buildings, sky and feet).

Vitruvian Man

Our assignment for this week was to create an image that is made up of multiple images. I decided to recreate Leonardo's "Vitruvian Man". I had my model, Avery, lay down on a black sheet while I shot different sections of his body such as his hand or his head. It took a total of 16 images to make up the final image. The images were first batch processed in Adobe Bridge and then pieced together using Adobe Photoshop. The geometric shapes were added in later in order to better represent the vitruvian man. There is full frontal nudity in this image so don't look if you are sensitive.

Things That Bind Us

A lot of times I like to focus on the symbolism of mundane objects. Locks and chains have a lot of symbolic meaning in my mind and in my life and I chose to illustrate that. To me, locks symbolize this sort of double-edged protection at the price of your freedom. In my images I create a claustrophobic sense of entrapment using a vignette and minimal depth of field. I specifically chose the order of my final ten to create a deeper feeling of claustrophobia as the images continue. The series starts out with just a loose chain and a blurred view of free land. The final image depicts a complex network of wires holding a the bars over top of the plywood window shut. I truly hope these feelings are easily portrayed to the viewer.