panel

The major concerns I had for my series were
1. the confrontational/engaging stance of the characters
2. the 'documentary' aspect of the images

I made sure to address these concerns during the panel reviews. It had been suggested that I try to make the documentary aesthetic a bit more realistic. Trying to take images in a more realistic pose proved to be difficult because it is hard for me to capture a photograph without absolute control.
Both panel members I talked to said the confrontational stance was not bothersome but the images did not look documentary because of the set-up look of the images. However, both said this worked in favor of the images because the intent is not for them to be realistic but satirical.
At any rate, all of this information is being taken into consideration for future shoots.

todd hido/allen berliner

I was more impressed with Todd Hido's neighborhood/house scapes than I was his portraits. I've never seen images of houses and neighborhoods where I've questioned it's builder or it's inhabitant. His natural landscapes and his portraits are by no means bad images but they don't seem to set themselves apart from what has been seen already. They look to be more common and less thought out than his house/apartment/and neighborhood projects.

Speaking with fellow classmates about Berliner, many of us came to the same conclusion. His film is more interesting than his person. The film was very interesting. It's hard to imagine an audience giving a rats ass about his father but the way in which he is so persistent with his father- and who his father is in general, what his personality is causes so much tension and interest. I wonder if this film would work on the same level if his father was a different character. It probably wouldnt. I understand the time constraints Berliner had during his lecture- but I would be more interested in seeing some of his newer work.

documentation of submissions

anderson gallery


photo on campus mag


senior show postcards

an almost final image

i am 100% taking myself out of the studio for the progression of this series.
this series continues to be an exploration of the male form in place of the female, speaking on female roles and their environments. a mockumentary if you will.

individual meeting 2/19/2008

I have been working on collages in my sketchbook,
and collecting materials.
I got started on one set for one idea,





This is not a final image,
but just a sample to see how the colors photograph.

spaces

anthony goicolea

What became more prominent to me in Anthony Goicolea's lecture was his speech on places or ideas that he photographs that don't exist. They exist only in the photograph. The images become semblances of what we perceive to be real places but are not. He mostly spoke of this towards the end of his presentation when Anthony was presenting his landscape peices but the same is true for all of his work; the fact that an image does not have to be real to express important ideas. This was a great eye opener for me. This idea is exactly what my work is about and Anthony definetely expressed it way better than I had ever thought to.





Also, a reoccuring theme in Anthony's work seems to be childhood sexuality. I think his images that relate to this theme become relatively uncomfortable images. Many people feel as though children are not sexual beings but the truth is, they are. Children find out very quick what "the meaning of life" is and tend to act on their impulses without censorship. There are still a few things in society that people just don't want to see. Two of which are child sexuality and gay sex. In my series I have been illustrating the idea of men trying to portray women's roles. This includes the male wanting to be a sexual female seducing a male, a male wanting to be a female and raise their own children the way a woman would. etc.