Creating:
Anchor Standard #2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work.
Performing/Presenting/Producing:
Anchor Standard #4 Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.
Anchor Standard #5 Selecting, analyzing and interpreting work.
Responding:
Anchor Standard #7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Anchor Standard #8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Connecting:
Anchor Standard #10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
Anchor Standard #11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.
Still life photography is a unique genre of photography in that the objects used are often simplistic leaving the photographer with a vast amount of exploring and experimenting of the composition, the lighting and the settings. Those every day objects can often represent the artist life and world through a symbolic meaning.
Photographer Statement: All pictures have the same setting whether it shows a lot or a little. Each single picture has a specific style all having different compositions. For example, there is rules of thirds, balancing elements, symmetry, and formal weight. In every day life we all have our own opinions on anything in general. Sometimes forgetting there is more than one answer. The pictures are a reminder there is more than one perspective that is correct. Sometimes we try to push our answers into being right rather than accepting all answers or opinions. Every picture is random like all random topics in the world. Your opinion is yours always respect everyone else. All pictures lighting is different and ideal for the style of its originality all shining bright in their own way. The objects are basic every day items you may have in your house depending on the way you use it can make it shine and not be so plain and boring as you may of thought. Enjoy! :)
The main subject of my project is my bedroom because It is a place where I can go away from all the stress and everything that bothers me. I want to show things that make me happy and remind me of happy memories. I learned that you can turn something boring into a masterpiece.
The elephant inspired me because it reminds me of my grandma. My grandma is my whole world, she is the reason why I am the person I am today. The fact that my project had a meaningful story behind it made me want to push myself to work on it even more. Also you can tell that I kept using the candle as an object because I felt that it went together with the elephant. In my opinion images aren’t only images, they have a story behind them even if it isn’t as meaningful. Just one image can speak for themselves.
Follow the Sun
Eccentric Reality
Feeling Blue
Serene Dream
Nothing but Lust
Got a Colorful Aura
Remembering the one we lost
Looking into the past
We protect these people till death
Using your love to help others
When we are sad we forget who we love
In dark times we see the people that we love
I made this landscape photographs in a park called Boyd Park. The feelings I get is sadness because of the trees with no leaves. These pictures also bring happiness because of the memories I had in this park. I used to play baseball with my cousin in this park. I also took jogs to calm my mind from things. People fish at this park for fun when it’s warmer outside. I'm proud because I didn’t think that the pictures would come out good and they made me view the park in a different way. I would take the picture in different times of the day to next time I do this project.
With my series of photojournalism, I decided to have it hit close to home.. literally. When thinking of “I Simply Love” I immediately thought of my street and neighborhood.
The first thing I did as seen in the first photograph, was to capture the end of the street in this case the beginning of this story. The change from the first to the second photograph signifies me looking at the ground, or in other words not knowing what’s ahead as shown by the blur at the top of the second photograph and the darkened stripes meaning pauses. The last two photographs show me skateboarding on the street and eventually getting back on the sidewalk which work in a great way to display traversal or time passing. I love my neighborhood because both it and I changed overtime with uncertainty but eventually I came to understanding what else lies ahead.