The Olympic Peninsula in Color

The colors I got on this film were really interesting...I still don't feel like any photograph can do this place justice.

The Olympic Peninsula

For spring break a few weeks ago my friend Hillary and I went to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. We spent half of our time out on the coast, exploring different areas of Olympic National Park, and the other half in Seattle. I toted a Holga around, and actually ended up dropping it in the ocean. Miraculously, it still works! This is what came out. More color images to come!

Studio Work

Studio photography class, at its beginning was very hard for me. I didn't understand how to use the equipment, and felt very limited and creatively stiffled in the confines of a room. My work usually revolves around natural light, and natural environments, so having to control my light source in a creative and aesthetically pleasing way became a challenge. However, once I got used to the lighting set up, I was able to bring common themes addressed in my larger bodies of work into my studio photographs.
The images coming from my self-lead project (at the top) deal with portraiture in a non-traditional way. I asked my models what body part they feel is their best feature, something that defines the way they look. I started out down this path, wanting to use specific parts of the body defined by a person in order to define their identity in a photo. However, what I found was, when these models got in front of the camera, they became awkward, and insecure, even when showcasing their "best feature." Realizing this, I continued photographing the models in ways that show their discomfort when confronted with a camera, especially when attention is called to a physical part of their bodies.

FRAYED

The University of Dayton and Link Gallery in The Oregon Arts District have collaborated to bring you FRAYED, a senior visual arts student exhibition. The show opened Friday, April 3rd in league with First Friday events downtown, and tonight will be the closing reception from 6-8pm. It should be a lot of fun, with free food, wine, and great student work! We all have appreciated the infinite amount of support from faculty and students over the last four years, and hope to see you there for one last celebration!

Senior Thesis Presentations

As part of the Stander Symposium this year at UD, the senior photography majors presented their thesis work in ArtStreet. The presentations were given to an audience, explaining the evolution of our work, and how we came to be where we are today. The presentations went very well, and was a good ending to our education here at UD. We are all proud of each other and can't wait to see where life takes us!

Senior Thesis--Current Work

In my recent work, people who are familiar to me take on the role of anonymous characters in a narrative. These characters are often faced with feelings of isolation, alienation, longing, and entrapment. I approach my photographic work in a cinematic fashion, so that these themes become a recurrent and visible thread throughout time. Referencing the linear nature of film allows me to narrate and elongate a short period of time in a person’s life. Rather than staging characters to be found in narrative places, I hope to demonstrate that the extraordinary themes and theatrics of cinema can be found in what has become to many, banal activities in mundane lives.

Advanced Work

These images come from my first large body of work in which I created two, large-scale panoramas. These panoramas consisted of 20 or more images faceted together digitally, and came to be over 12 feet long. Each panorama was meant to explore a specific genre or sentiment of classic cinema by way of characters, color, and framing. This work was an important progression in my work, because it enabled me to explore the linear nature of a story in a physical form.