Lost & Found

Still Searching

Since I graduated, I have been doing a lot of photographing, but only a small amount of that has been my own conceptual work. My goal for the fall and winter is to change that. I'm struggling to streamline my ideas and find new ways for my photographs to speak. Everything seems harder when you're on your own, in all aspects of life, and my work is feeling those effects. I'm beginning to scrape the surface of where I want my work to go with these last two entries. However, I find it incredibly hard to work with myself as a model since a lot of my work is rooted in the observation of those around me. Until I can organize my concept enough to not waste someone else's time, I will have to work with myself. Bear with me, hopefully there's more to come.

I start to feel Mortality surround me

View from my Pillow

Oregon Arts District Book

I was charged with creating this book at the beginning of the summer. I have finally finished it, and would like to share it with all of you. Thanks to those who stuck with me through the process! Let me know what you think.

Pieces of The ...

In Photographs

By Amanda Baker

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Not From Here

Has-Beens

I have done a lot of traveling in the past year to places that may not be the hottest spots for a vacation. These two towns by no means are many people's destinations. Nevertheless, I've ended up there. In both Forks, Washington and Salem, Massachusettes, there is a strange kind of simplicity that I find very inviting. Both towns prosper largely due to tourism and not much else. Over the years it seems they have lost their significance as important places. While Salem still holds a much larger population than Forks, both seem to exist for people who are merely passing through. I personally feel that they have much more to offer than this. In any case, these are two of my favorite places in the US. They are both beautiful and strange, and indeed beautifully strange.