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.

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.

What is Art?

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What is art? In class we watched a video that questioned the meaning of and definition of what exactly is art. The video was very informative in the different ways art could be defined. It was interesting. One quote that stuck out to me was when they quoted Ambrose Bierce stating in his Devil's Dictionary in 1906. “Art, n. this word has no definition.” In many ways I find this to be true. Since art is subjective and open to interpretation meaning there are many ways people could define it. Another way I have herd about defining art is “The idea of art is not for the measurement of others but made to offend and/or inspire.” I agree with this as well because the way I approach art is very similar. Art is made to not be “comforting” to the viewer but sometimes creating a piece with a more unusual approach." Instead of always something visually pleasant with meaning, it shows art can also be on the opposite side. Either way art is meant to show the ideas of artists to the people who see it .

Always creating.

For the class that I am in, my professor told us one thing that is key to his course and that is to keep creating. I find this to be a very easy yet at the same time a difficult task. Easy cause I always have many ideas and hard because I need to find time in my schedule. Lately though I have been feeling creative and motivated.

I ended up finding some old photographs from when I visited Paris. So many pieces that I forgot I had! Just looking at all the photos that were left untouched art! Then out of nowhere It’s like my brain started to go crazy and it’s like a storm if ideas and themes came to me.

Here are some potential unedited photos I plan to use and edit soon! I honestly have a really good feeling about this.