Midterm critique

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Last week we had our critique for the midterm exam. At first I was nervous to be critiqued by the staff and faculty. Not for the reason of being scared of the criticism received but nervous as how you would be before a performance. I found what the faculty said to be very insightful. A positive thing I got out of it was hearing other peoples input of what could be done to my work to improve. The only negative thing I took out of it was not being able to hear and get separate and complete input from each staff member more thoroughly.

Gallery post.

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I am making a series of digital photographs depicting the form of the human body in an intimate way. Creating this was my response and retaliation to the unattainable body standards in todays society. For inspiration, I looked towards Sally Mann’s feel of intimacy and familiarity and Imogen Cunningham’s botanicals for its implied sensuality, it’s minimalist look, and use of form.

More works in progress.

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I continue to photograph the body and this time I have had the chance of being able to use different people as models. It makes it easier that I also have models that are comfortable with such an intimate and more revealing subject matter. This time I tried a little bit of a different approach and this time I tried to go a little softer focus. I feel like it fits well as it adds a a different feeling from the other image I created before.

How To Be an Artist.

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This week we were given the task of reading an article with steps of what it takes to be an artist. In matching up with being an artist I view this text as steps that I have already taken before within my creative journey. I find the text quite relatable as I find myself resonating with step ten and finding your own voice. The text depicts criticism as a driving force behind creativity. The article says that if a person tells you that the art looks like work from artist the our own to do it many times over again. I resonate with this in the idea that I constantly am worried about how original my work is and if it resembles another person’s art. Another that stood out to me was step number 11: Listen to the crazy voices in your head. Many people would hear that statement and quickly take it out of context. What the step truly means it to trust your intuition and know that the negative thoughts about you being an artist will be essentially the driving force behind your work. Some of the work that Jerry Saltz had mentioned I am already familiar with that being Fountain by Duchamp, Édouard Manet’s Olympia, and Michelangelo’s David is beauty. Some new things that stood out to me was the idea of step 20 and knowing that many people will not reach the same amount of monetary fame and success as others and that only one percent will reach it. To me it shows the reality of the making of art and the reason of being discouraged. Though, with this, it does not mean to stop creating and that monetary gain is not your reason for this.

Texture and form.

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To try to make things more interesting, I decided to try to challenge myself a bit and attempted to obscure the body even more. One of the images I composed was this one. I feel like the image has a very strong sense of form. It also has a sense of texture within the image showing the many imperfections and bumps on the skin.

Continuation of the body.

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I continue to to photograph the human body. There’s something so interesting about it. It has so many textures and shapes. I only wonder is how long can I photograph a body until it all becomes the same. Below is a photograph I’m particularly proud of. I think what makes the image is definitely the amount of high contract and she amount of detail seen in the fingers and a gentle silhouette of the hands. by far this is one of my favorite images so far.

Works in progress.

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During the last couple of days I’ve been working on a few images. I had this incredibly interesting idea to study the human body. I feel like my photographs are done and finished but I also can’t help but to feel as they need more work. I love the softness of the light and how the shadows in my images exaggerate the curves of the body. The images are very intimate and almost abstract in some forms.

I enjoy the idea of studying the body. The body is a work in itself and I think I might have a good idea of what I’ll be working on during the semester. I do have some other ideas but I’m pretty confident in this concept.

Below are the images that I worked on :