Blog 3

     In preparation for the “Through the Student Lens” show, I reached out to the artists who submitted work in order to encourage them to print out their works. I also created a graphic in Adobe Express to promote the show. I utilized my previous knowledge of digital design, and I included one of the images that will be in the show. The graphic features red which I would call “brick” and an off-white I would call “porcelain.” This is accompanied by some text in the “brick” and a green I might refer to as “emerald.” I was told by Mr. Weil that the show will be hung as prints metal-clothes-pinned to cardboard backings. I find it interesting to look at all of the submissions sent by students. I see how their “vision” or “eye” as a photographer differs from mine. Looking at these incongruities between style makes clear the influences of my perspective and experiences on my photography. It is present in the way that I bias my photos and choose subjects. I think that this is a beauty and shortcoming of photography as a form of self-expression. I believe that similar to the use of words and paint, photography can provide a somewhat accurate profile of the artists' emotions and opinions when utilized skillfully. However, unlike painting and writing, photography has an air of uncertainty and surrender of absolute control. When you actuate the shutter, there are things in the frame that you may not have intentionally included in the image. This factor can muddle or alter one’s ability to convey emotion. I think that everyone who has tried to say something with a photograph has struggled with this. I believe that the largest facets of art as a whole are conveying meaning and advancing one’s own chosen medium.