Final Portfolio Presentation and Artist Statement

The art of photography has always held a special place in my life. The capturing of an instance resonates with the need for someone, somewhere, to experience the same moment as I and to gain or conclude from what is implied. This series focuses on night photography. In these photographs, I show a specific emphasis on the way that darkness alludes to a mood that is both mysterious and calming. I imply to the fact that night is looming and creepy, but we all must face it. At night, artificial light helps to create a mysterious scenario. All of my photos contain a luminous, yet ominous mood.











I hope my viewer can hear my voice throughout this series. I myself have struggled with this series because night photography is inherently a challenging medium. The right light, angles, and shutter speed are key components in my work. I believe the detached emotion of my work better enables the mysterious scenes to appear. Through this, I display seemingly normal environments that are unthreatening in the day, a dark and mysterious universe when shown at night.

Critique #4

This semester, I have focused my series on night photography. In my series, I show a specific voice that is both mysterious and calming. I allude to the fact that night is creepy, but we all must face it. At night, artificial light helps to create a mysterious scenario. All of my photos use artificial light and color to help create a luminous scene.
I hope my viewer can hear my voice through these pieces. I myself have struggled with this series because night photography is inherently a daunting task. The right light, angles, and shutter speed have dictated my thought process throughout this venture. I believe that through this detached style, which follows the contemporary deadpan technique, I have accurately portrayed seemly normal environments with a mystical flare using light and color.

Blog Quiz 4/6

Charlotte Cotton’s text, The Photography As Contemporary Art has helped to expand my knowledge of photographic skills and the postmodern history of the digital photography medium. Before this class began, I was mostly partial to portrait photography and photos that included a lot of detail and specific subject matter. Through reading the text and learning about the different aspects of photography and its different “lenses”, I have grow a love for landscape and deadpan photography, which contrasts my previous photographic style.

Through this shift in my artistic education, my style of photos has changed as well. Currently, I am working on a night photography series that incorporates elements of deadpan photography.

Two examples of this photographic skill are James Casebere’s Pink Hallway #3 and Rut Blees Luxemburg’s Nach Innen/In Deeper.




Both of theses photos utilize environment, natural elements (water in both), an absence of human activity, and a non-specific subject matter. Using these photos, I have become to understand my own work in my series and continue to pursue this artistic direction.