Reflection: For this project, I wanted to create a series based upon time-evolving portraits. The first two images of the series are of my paternal grandfather and my maternal great uncle. Both passed away before I was born and they were two people I would have desperately wanted to meet. My paternal grandfather was a…Continue Reading Project 5: Portraiture of a Family Album
Sharing Online Portraits
Two photographers that I took a great interest in throughout our course of study are Duane Michals and Vivian Maier. I became very interested in the use of mirrors in photographic images that both artists created. The images are compelling and have such an element of intrigue to them. In some ways, the images have…Continue Reading Sharing Online Portraits
Project 4: Narrative – Unravelling
For our storytelling and narrative project, I was inspired by the genre of portrait photography. My main purpose was to portray a timeline of a human unravelling. Similarly to a unfolding flower, I focused on capturing the beginning stages of human-flowering. Beginning with a tightly closed fetal-like position and working towards a crawl– a sudden…Continue Reading Project 4: Narrative – Unravelling