PHOTO ESSAY

ARTIST STATEMENT

This Essay represents the accumulation of the knowledge and experience I have learned from my photography class. I have learned how to use digital cameras, photoshop, lightroom, element and principles of design, the composition of a photo, and how to approach photography from different aspects. 

Each and every photo demonstrate what I have learned and the skill I have acquired from trial and error throughout the whole semester. My exploration and curiosity have opened my mind to how to get what I want to capture on a camera. I feel like these pieces show how I see certain things artistically and how I interpret them. I want people to see my photo in a new dimension or different approach modernistically because we are used to a certain way of seeing photos. This work relates to my previous works because there are many elements and compositions that I use and see when I am creating an artwork. My work is both conceptual, social, cultural, and politically driven in a way that addresses current issues. What I create is a bit historical, and traditional but more modernistic and portraiture is my favorite subject to work on. Among the artist that has inspired me photographically are David Lachapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Cindy Sherman, Brassai, and Robert Cappa among others

I have acquired more skills in this photography class digitally and practically. My approach to photography has expanded and this has substantially diverse my scope artistically. To me, art is a powerful tool that could spark something in one’s lifetime which could change the course of history.