Narratives
This is a collection of narratives. Each collection has a narrative behind the photograph. Giving the viewer a meaning to what they are seeing, and or an explanation of why the photograph was created.
I decided to emulate William Mumler. William Mumler was known to be a spirit photographer. I took these photos in the studio.I used Lily Wiesler as a model, she was the still person in the photo. While I was the model for the "spirit". I first took a photo of Lily sitting in the chair. Then I took a photo of myself with the chair gone, and a 13-second shutter speed. In post, I composited the photos together, lowered the opacity of the photo of me to look more ghost-like, and layered over the photo of Lily. I had a ton of fun experimenting with different ghost photos of me over the photo of Lily. I think this was a fun experiment.
Spirts - History of Photography - Emulation
Fly on the wall
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Artist Statement
These are four digital photographs printed, edited from lightroom and photoshop (16x20). The fly is made out of cardboard, paper mache, paint, fabric, wire and glue. The subject of this project is: “Fly on the Wall.” I wanted to use the saying “Fly on the Wall” to translate to a different meaning than the original. Instead I am using the saying ‘fly on the wall’ to describe the overall feeling of anxiety. The 'Fly’ in the context is something I could relate to the feeling of anxiety. The constant buzzing, a reminder that it is there, as well as this taunting window that offers freedom from the feeling. To make the window shadow I cut out the squares on a piece of foam board, placed this “mask” in front of a light with a little bit of distance between the backdrop, ‘mask’ , and then the light. I also used a layering technique when editing the photo with slow shutter speed. I wanted the fly to look like it took flight. The button that you can press and hear a fly buzzing is something I wanted to add to the exhibition, to immerse the viewer into the feeling of anxiety. For the close ups, with the little flies, those were just some little toy flies, and makeup glue. Anxiety is a large feeling that I know many others can relate to, and have ways of processing those feelings. I want to be able to think of my anxiety in a different font, as well allow others to explore that process.