Our Final Critique is here!
At the beginning of the semester I wasn't exactly sure what I would be creating for this class. I still took photos for fun, with no meaning or purpose behind them. Through out the semester I have slowly learned how to create a photograph with meaning behind it. I am, very slowly, starting to find my voice within my art. I haven't fully found it, but I'm getting there. The first two images are similar, but slightly different. The first image is representing a girl that is looking out into the world with broken eyes. She can't see the world around her clearly anymore. This image really speaks to me, because girls have so much pressure put on them to be perfect and that people around them can't tell that they are breaking apart inside. Most girls can put on a happy face, when they are depressed and unhappy and this image is taking a look at what is hiding beneath the fake smile. The second image is working with the same concept as the first one. I made the eye more cloudy, as though her vision is blurred and that she can't see the world around her clearly, because she has been fed all of these ideas that she has to be perfect or else no one will like or accept her. The cracks in the eyes, are form an image I took earlier in the semester of some cracked and pealing paint and then I manipulated it, so it seemed as though the girls eyes are cracking. The last image doesn't follow the theme of the first two images. This image is more whimsical and happy in a way. I took the eye of a cat I photographed previously and manipulated it onto my friends eye. I also learned a new filter to use in Photoshop, from my Raster class, it is called Liquify. I used it to create the pointed ear and to make the eye bigger and to have it bulge out more in the image. All three of my images go long with what I have been creating this semester. I have been working with textures and eyes a lot. I put the textures into my photos to add something small that catches the viewers eye in a subtle way. I don't like to have my images over powering to the viewer. I like having my photographs simple, yet intriguing at the same time. This class really helped me to improve as an artists and it helped me to find my artistic voice a little bit.
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I have been trying to work on different points of views with my photos for this critique.
My third image, shows the viewer as a small animal looking up through the tall grass at a possible predators eyes. The eyes also look like clouds in the sky, which is a reminder to the small animals that they are always being watched by predators. There is always a constant threat among them. My second image, is showing what the cat is seeing, or wanting to see. The cats eye, in a way, is like a mirror to the viewer. The viewer is able to see what the cat is looking at in the reflection of its own eye. Inside of every cat is a great hunter, which is being shown by the buffalo laying in the grass unaware of the cat possibly "stalking" it. For my first image, I went back to working with textures in a subtle way within my photographs. The textures are there to help make the image intriguing in a simple way. The texture that I used on the buffalo is from a tree. To me the tree branches look like the network of veins that are fueling the heart of this massive creature. Im showing what is going on underneath the skin. I attended Kate Nelson’s Artist lecture on March 27th. Her work was very inspiring and different. It was interesting to see how she went from creating bell jars in her undergraduate years, to creating funk art, then creating “dust collector” objects, and finally going back to creating vessels. The vessels that she creates now are an intimate size. Her pieces normally start out as one form and then they become two pieces while she is working on them. Her inspiration for her work comes from television stills and scenes from movies. One technique that she used that stood out was her use of a sand blaster to create texture on the forms. The texture in some cases took on the effect of human skin. Also, the amount of time that she spent on each piece by making it absolutely smooth and perfect was astounding. You could tell by just looking at the piece the amount of hours that were put into making it. The way she titled her work also stood out to me. She used song lyrics to title her work. This brought more meaning and emotion to the pieces. Through out the entire lecture I could tell that she was passionate about the work she was creating and that she put a lot of thought into each piece she made. |
AuthorPhotographer. Artist. Equestrian. M.A. in Museum Science and Management. B.F.A. in 2D Studio Art and Photography. Archives
October 2020
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