I've taken my original project statement and did some tweaking to bring everything together.
Statement
Normally
when I start shooting a photo series I work around a concept I’ve
created, that reflects a strong personal connection to something I
want to express visually, in the photos themselves. This time the
importance of this body of work is not necessarily what
I’m shooting, but why
I’m shooting.
I
often reflect on the work and progress I’ve made over the last two
years, I was happy when I made the decision to go back to school, but
I can’t help but feel that I lost a bit of myself artistically.
Since I am an artist before I am a photographer, that made for a
mentally devastating experience. My first few semesters where nothing
but technical work, leaving little room to work on personal projects.
I’ve decided to rekindle what I’ve lost by creating a new body of
work that focuses on experimentation and the growth of creative
concepts, as well as a more organized workflow.
The
point of this series was to take my newfound technical knowledge and retrain my
artistic brain. The idea was to learn how to successfully merge the
artist I once was with the photographer I am now.
Here are the results.
