First Draft Artist Series

For this project I mimicked Henri Cartier Bresson's photography style. I tried to follow the ten rules of his photography that i found: “focus on geometry, be patient, travel, stick to one lens, take photos of children, be unobtrusive, see the world like a painter, don’t crop, don’t worry about processing, and always strive for more. I would say that out of those tenants i payed the most attention to waiting for a moment, not editing, and being unobtrusive. Im pretty happy with the outcome but would like to shoot in a more densely populated place like downtown san francisco. 

Shades- Final Draft

I wanted to further develop my shade series by creating different collages. Its interesting to me that this started from 9 pictures going from white to black and the final product looks like this. I'm really happy with my final draft and think that there was a steady progression in concept from simple to complicated. 

Mutli Shade Second Draft

I wanted to continue from my previous project but with an emphasis on shades rather then colors. I shot in black and white so i could evaluate the values in the moment and try to imagine a cohesive final piece composed of light to dark progression. I first tried to see what my final color grid looked like in black and white and it wasnt nearly as satisfying as this final draft is. I think it turned out well and one can see the clear advancement from light to dark and then identify a clear pattern. 

The Rainbow- Final Draft

This project was extremely time consuming and tedious. I started with the concept of exploring the color variations of the rainbow. I wanted to find separate objects that were a particular color and combine/compare it next to other values and hues of that color. When i made the individuale color grids, I then wanted to make a cohesive final rainbow grid, showing the unity of the rainbow. Robbert Flick and his work influenced my final draft when combining all my pieces. I upoloaded all the sections that created the final grid at the top. 

Rainbow Series 2nd Draft

for my second draft, i realized that the transition from yellow to green and green to blue was abrupt. I found colors in between the two shades to make it appear more natural and flowing and think the additions were beneficial. I also wanted to do a reverse grid of the rainbow to see how purple first and red last would affect the overall tone and impression of the series. 

Rainbow

Collage

After looking at Don Eldon's collages I wanted to create something that was a clear visual story with no words. I at first planned to put in a cut out that said 'not thinking' but I lost it, and realized that the piece was actually much stronger without it. The cover of a times magazine was this thing called a 'humming bird drone' flying away and i wanted to comment on the environmental path the world was going down. I think that if I saw humming birds disappearing and a post apocalyptic wasteland were to ensue, you would see something similar to my collage.