Old Work/New Ideas

Old Work

This image was taken during one of my trips up north during my year in Argentina. The image is of a winding road on top of the mountainside that I had been ascending that morning. I had always enjoyed taking pictures when I was younger but it wasn't until my time in Argentina that I really became addicted to taking photographs. I was specially interested in capturing the breath taking beauty of the vast and empty Argentina countryside. It was my time traveling that really sparked my interest in both Art and Geology. I thought this image exemplified me as an artist not only in its composition but in its content. My strongest and most favorite work is normally that of black and white, and more often then not it is of nature. This image without saying shows the dramatic and timeless essence that black and white photography gives.  I also thought this image exemplified me as an artist because in my eyes the image captured a feeling of a unknown future. I am still very much developing as an artist and am not sure where I want to go, where the road ahead may take me. This image captures that unclearness. 

New Work

This image is of a Ammonite, a type of Cephalopod found in the fossil record. I chose this image because it combines the two different fields that interest me most, photography and geology. I hope to double major in both of these fields. In my opinion Geology is one of the most visual sciences and often I get excited on the idea of combining the two (hopefully for senior I.S.). In addition to this image being a fossil a macro lens of some sort was used to take this image. I would really like to experiment more with macro photography. Last semester I tried to use an up close filter for some of my images. I love the texture that a macro lens can show, and how a zoom like that can completely redefine the image or object that is being taken. I hope to maybe experiment with more macro images. The artist of this particular photo, Tina Negus focuses a lot of her work on macro nature photography, many of which are in color. I specifically love how she used the lighting to accent the shadows, it create superb lines through out the image.