Final Project: Defeat the dragon

Defeat the dragon This project is focused on the idea of narrative. I’m always looking into different ways my work can tell a story. It is inspired by the work of Kara Walker, Tanaka Tatsuya, and Kelly Pousette. The material part of the final was inspired mainly by Walker and Pousette’s work; I really admire Kara Walker’s siholette wall arts, but I also wanted to create a diorama like the…

Discursive Prompt

Discuss one way in which digital media (photography, video, etc.) has brought positive  improvement to our lives and society, civilization…etc. Discuss critical aspects within this issue. Digital Media has made are way of approaching art more accessible. Before during the renaissance, you would have to be a part of a guild or commissioned to make art. But since the birth of the idea “Anyone can make art” and inventions of…

Final Project

Final Project Proposal  My final project will be a stop motion animation. The idea stemmed from a narrative photography series I was working on last fall in my ARS 281 class. The series titled Making Friends (2018) featured two of my model build action figures, one of which was building a friend to play with. The stop motion will take the project further by adding the illusion of movement to…

Ernst Haas Research

Ernst Haas (1921-1986) Ernst Haas was an Austrian-American color photographer. He has worked for LIFE, Look, Vogue and Holiday. I instantly fell in love with Haas’ work because of the beautiful liveliness of the images and the colors. Although I have a great apprecuation for black and white photography, I also really enjoy color photography, and works that contain elements that catch the viewer’s eye. I want to create lively,…