Final Project- Enviormental Landscapes

Artist Statement:

            For my final project, I aimed to show landscapes in a different and unique way. I wanted to show how humans/people have influenced and have dramatically changed the landscape and nature. I wanted to show how people have encroached on the environment and the environment will forever be changed. My final project links to the genre of landscape photography and even documentary photography, with Ansel Adams being an influence on my final images. From my research on Ansel Adams, I have learned that he not only wanted to show how landscapes have changed over time, but also the effects that man has had environment. From Ansels photographs I took the contrast and compositions and used them to find interesting compositions in the locations that I photographed.  

Van Dyke- Narrative

Artist Statement:
 The Van Dyke narrative sequence project allowed me to tell a story about my childhood. When I was young, my siblings & I would play games including guess who, cherries, and cards. The only game that we did not play was chess. But yet we had this beautiful chess set that even included animals as the props.  I wanted to show how this game was set up and displayed, but yet we never played it and therefore was afterthought to the many games we did play.  I would say Eduard Muybridge inspired me with his series of galloping horses.  I wanted to express that even when something is not used or put of to the side, it is still beautiful and  can tell a story in some way.