final images

These are the images that I will be showing for final critique. I feel that I definitely know where I wand to go next semester with the series, and hope that I can use some of these images.

overall experience of panel and show

I have to say I was extremely nervous about the panel meetings, but after the first one I realized that I knew everything about my work, and that it was really easy to talk to other people about my overall concept. I felt that the panel members were chosen well by the class, at least the ones I spoke with. I do feel like I got a lot out of the overall experience in terms of what direction to push my series. After speaking with Mr. Hobbs I realized that I really want to push my work into the direction of not just land destruction, but pollution as well. I feel my images don't really convey my concept of destruction of land, wether its because of the romanticized clouds, or vibrant colors. I really want my viewers to be more aware of the environmental issues at hand.
I thought that the show went extremely well, considering our budget and time. I have heard from many people that they were extremely impressed by the work as well as how the show was presented. I also was told my Gallery 5 that they were very impressed by our department, and the way that we conducted ourselves in terms of setting up and taking down the show.

audra's last one

last image:

this one is about the lack of sunlight we get in urban environments... and our futile attempts to make the most of it.... highlights, fake tans, etc.

thanks!

audra's

i decided this image about the plastic bags worked better as a panoramic... do you guys agree?

the other image i posted last time, was a vertical one.

thanks!!!

help!

Hey all I need help choosing which of these to pick for my final series. I like them all but am concerned mostly with the cropping of my head. one has it with no head, one cuts off at the jaw and the other has my face. please help, ive been looking at them too long and can't see them right anymore :(

audra: new image

still have some work to do on this one... evening out the sky a little bit. but this image is about the overuse of plastic bags... hence the clouds. 

does it need to be a little clearer/spelled out more obviously? 

can anyone think of a title that still relays my fantastical/fairy tale ideas behind it?

thanks guys.

Some new images

final images

These are the latest (and final) for the series. i have alternate versions of a few but these felt the strongest. if anyone feels like these arent holding up please let me know and i can post some of the others.

President's Park

I went back to President's Park: I guess I'm interested in knowing if anyone has a particular favorite image?

Senior Portfolio Critique-- May 8

Mandatory Attendance

Reserve this date:

May 8th

Senior Portfolio Final Critique
9-5 PM Rm 211

Devon Johnson

Indian Village c. 500 b.c. -1620 a.d.


Free Black Settlement c. 1800

I went back and reshot some of the original images in this series, because the negatives did not have the optimum density for my printing process. I feel these are more successful than then initial photographs.

I would like to point out that these are the only two images so far in the series that deal exclusively with minority groups. I have tried very hard to identify construction sites on top of minority settlements, but so far have had little luck. It seems the vast majority of land that sites such as these were situated on have long since been developed. There is undoubtedly a racist nature to the zoning and planning ordinances in this State. For future work on this project, does anyone find my selection of types of sites problematic? Or should I not worry so much about it?

One New Image

I have just about finished this image. I'm pretty happy about the way it came out. The only thing i'm going to change is make the edges a bit darker so it encloses the shot and makes you focus on the center.
Today Paul and I discussed the presentation of my series and he suggested that I mount them on sheets of aluminum and have them hang so that there is no border. That doesn't sound like a half bad idea to me but I was wondering what you guys think? I'm only going to be able to afford to print them 16x20 unfortunately so now my main question is just the framing, or lack there of? I'm doing two shoots this week so i'll post those as soon as they are finished.

Noechel New Stuff

These are images I shot this weekend, unfortunately due to printing complications the images will be on lustre paper as seen earlier in class instead of watercolor. For those who will be around for next semester I still plan on printing the images on watercolor paper. I will still be presenting the images mounted on wood and sitting on a shelf for the show. Feel free to give me feedback on these images.

kathryn parker

My series “Boys are Pretty” is an exploration of female societal roles and what happens when men take these roles themselves. Women are depicted as caregivers and household laborers; often seen taking care of their children, in the kitchen, or stuck washing and mending. If women are not portrayed in these tasks than they are usually pictured as the ideal beauty or sexual desire.
More and more the idea of gender roles and sexual identity separate from their myths and both sexes transcend their instinct towards their own gender. My series pokes fun at the conservative reaction to this recent societal change. It questions the choice taken by man between a chosen identity and a biological one.


Overall I'm looking for feedback on presentation and overall aesthetic. Do the images go well together, do colors need to be changed, etc etc.

Also, as far as documentary images go- i need feedback on size. I don't usually see large images of this sort of subject matter but maybe I am mistaken?

VOTE: Allison Fiebert

I need help choosing which images to print and mount for the panel and for the judge to select which pieces are to be shown. Due to this being my first semester in this class and not feeling like this series is complete I do not want or have the money to spend to print and mount all to show the panel and let them choose; in addition, there is not enough time between the review to only print the ones they choose for me to show at Gallery 5. Having said that, I would REALLY appreciate help choosing four or five images to print and mount to show the panel. If I could get a vote on the images 1 being your favorite and then count up to your least favorite. You can just refer to them in the order that they are posted (from top to bottom) because I can't figure out how to number them on a blog. Thank you SOOO much.

Heres my artist statement I wrote for the book:

The photography series Foster Care is an exploration into the phase of secondhand item’s lives as they await their new keepers within the confines of consignment shops, thrift stores, and antiques shops. These items endure a state of limbo as they collect dust on shelves or on store floors with only the occasional handling by a browsing human. The individual lives they cross paths with during this state of purgatory and the physical environment they settle into for an indefinite period of time is curious state where an man made item, considered by someone to still have value, remains unclaimed.

(But if you all think there is something else in these or some of these images that are interesting other than this let me know!!)

Meagan Pugh

Hey Guys, I decided to take my "home town" pictures series on as my final. These are some of my finalized images. What do you think? I am still going to add like 2 or 3.

This is my bio, just to give you an idea....

Bio

Thus far, my artistic career has been a montage of visual experiments consisting of various different mediums and subject matters, my strongest and best explored has been photography. Overall, my work has continuously leaned towards the portrayal of more urbanized environments. These places hold a history and portray the livelihoods of the people that have occupied them, almost, themselves, becoming living things with the ability to have character and change this character over time.

The work that I have currently been working on is somewhat of a photographic memorial of my childhood. Being that I strongly believe that it is the experiences in one’s life which makes them who they are and as a visual person, the place and therefore the aesthetic where I grew up has been very important to me. Thus, in my current work I am attempting to visually show my appreciation of this place. It is a place that is considered to be of little importance or ordinary to many. Yet, to me, this place is romantic and layered with memories.

Through the lighting, layering, and texture of this work I am reaching out to others in hope to engage and bring others into a world that they would otherwise pass by. My hope is for the viewer to grasp a romantic and almost magical quality from the work, coupled with a sense of loss and stillness that the passing of time can often provide.

another place

I'm doing a high fashion shoot of an Indian model being beamed to an outer space planet where she comes a cross her ultra ego but as an outer space creature. There are 4 different models and there are 8 different outfits they are showing off. But each model has her own personality and they way she faces her ultra ego. In this one the model isn't scared but just wants to know where she is and how to get back where she came from they only thing is when she spots her ultra ego it is more afraid of the Indian model then the model of it. Let me know how i can make it look better. The rain really messed with my shooting for the last 2 weekends so i had to work with cloudy days. But what i was think is getting some single shots of each outfit with the model in the role of either the the Indian and creature and then doing one showing the interaction with both. This is what i have for this one let me know what you guys think.