Independent Project 3

For this project I took photos of popular attractions in Portland and things that are symbolic to the city. Some of the subjects were Voodoo Donuts, Powell's Books, the Freemont Bridge, Stumptown Coffee, street performers and bicycles.  I wanted someone to be able to look at the photos and think "oh, that's definitely Portland".  I used phone photography, which I'd never used for an assignment before so that was fun. After taking the photos, I edited them with an app called Waterlogue, which makes them look like watercolor paintings. I thought this was a way to make the photos more interesting, and I also thought that watercolors fit well with the fact that it always rains in Portland. I put all the photos into a grid, but I also like the way they look individually.

Semester Final

The word I drew inspiration from was whimsical.  When I think of the word whimsical, I think of light, airy, happy images that possess fantasy and dream-like qualities.  When I was little, I made these things called petal people.  They’re little people made out of floral wire and synthetic flower petals.  I would build them houses out of moss, leaves and twigs that I’d collect around my backyard, and play with them in my own little created world for hours.  The petal people are very whimsical to me, because they’re light and airy and make me happy to look at.  They seem like little fairies to me, and I think my images create that feeling.  I used backlighting and shallow depth of field in my images to give them that dream-like quality, and I think they turned out nicely.  I transferred the first one onto canvas and printed the other two on photo paper.

Independent Project 2

For my second independent project I took portraits of people, and paired their portrait with a photo of things that are essential to them.  I displayed these two photos as a diptych. Originally I was going to ask to photograph the contents of their bag that they carry around with them everyday and call the series “What’s In Your Bag?”  But I quickly found that most people had pretty similar things (keys, wallet, phone), which didn’t make for a very interesting picture.  So I decided to change it to things that are important to them and that give us a little glimpse of their personality.  I really love how they turned out and it’s interesting to see how different everyone’s are.  I plan to continue this series and shoot 10-15 more people (or animals) throughout the year, and then possibly put all the photos into a book. 

Alex Merrill

Olivia Fouser

Kathrina Slater

Heidi Klonoff

Claire Dimmick

Larsen Hodges

Landon Hodges 

Navio

Cubism

David Hockney's Joiners

Cubism

An early 20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.  In cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstract form. Instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, Cubism depicts a subject from multiple viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.

Joshua Naylor

Stephen McNally

Diptychs and Triptychs

Diptych

A work of art split into two pieces.  It may be one photo split into two panels, or two separate photos that relate to each other and compliment each other when displayed as a pair.

Jason Travis

David Hillard 

Matt Clayton

Triptych

A work of art split into three pieces.  It may be one large photo split into three panels, or three photos that are variants on a theme.

Adde Adesokan

Lindsay Susla

Tom Spianti

Self Portrait- Formalistic

For my formalistic self portrait I wanted to use backlighting.  I really like the effects that backlighting can have on a photo, especially portraits.  I took this photo on a sunny day around 3pm when the sun was still fairly high in the sky,  and the light was hitting the back of my head.  I took several different portraits, but this one was my favorite.

Independent Project- Shadows

For my independent project I played with shadows and the shapes they could create on people's faces. I used several different materials to create the shadows: 3 different kinds of lace, a fishnet, and tree leaves.  I held each material in front of my beautiful model Jade, and with the sun shining through the material I was able to cast a shadow on her face.  I took the photos digitally in color, but also made them all black and white.  I like the black and white ones the best because the shadows are really emphasized, although the color ones are pretty too.  Here are some of my favorites.