Fine Art
Abstract 1 Light
As an abstract this image is free from the constraints of viewer and artist expectations. As one half of a two part series, this image is involved in exploring the interpretational and emotional impact of tone on the viewer and the artist. Think about your core reaction to the image. How does this one alteration, this reversal of tones, impact your initial response to the image? Does your mind's efforts to classify the image find different results for each half?
Trapped
How do we define the subject of an image. Over 100 people were asked to identify the object of the photograph with no sucess. When I first created this image, the intended subject was the item I was photographing. As I worked with it in the digital darkroom I began to see a different subject. As of yet, I am unsure what the subject of the final image will be. Ansel Adams often felt this way about his images. He revisited Moonrise over Hernadez in the darkroom over the years, working it, adapting it to his vison as he developed new technical and artistic techniques. This image will suffer the same fate.
Transcend
Series - Nowhere on the Appalachain Trail
Series: Here and There on the Appalachian Trail: At the Forest Edge
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Series - Here and There on the Appalachian Trail
Series - Nowhere on the Appalachain Trail
You may have guessed from my artist statement and my work that I tend toward tackling the difficult in life, but mostly in myself. Why is it that some of us take the lonely road, the stormy road or choose no road? In this image the road is tempting me, calling me, haunting me. But I did not take it. I chose to turn back. The reasons why are a different story.
Snatched
This image was inspired by treatment provided to several of my friends, some became addicted and some not, after having been in automobile accidents. In 2017 there were 1,985 deaths involving opioids in Maryland. The state ranks in the top 5 for opioid related death rates. We must ask ourselves why the richest state in America as measured by average household income and the 3rd most liberal state has earned such an affliction.
Artists on the Wall
Is an image of someone elses artistic efforts art itself? When does an such an image become a work of art ? Is it upon the shutter click? After post processing? Upon printing? Is the image my art work, or is it a copy of someone else art? Can it be both?
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Dupont Underground
Juried Image
2019 Montgomery College Student Photography Exhibit
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Thru-Hikers - Juried
As a society Americans are obsessed with things. So obsessed that there is a $38 billion dollar industry dedcated to self-storage. What is the story is in our love of things? Is our love of things telling us about ourselves? Even this image is another thing that represents a thing. Why? Why take a picture of old boots? They look grungy, smelly, not really like beautiful art. But are these just boots? Are they just things or is there more to the story? With creativity in placement, lighting and background this image tells the story of boots that witnessed intense grit, sweat, and determination. They, with me, backpacked 2,189 miles and 245,000 feet of elevation gain that is the Appalachian Trail journey. They are reminding me that I am a strong, determined and capable woman. What story is lurking in your things?
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