My practice drastically changed once going into quarantine. I found it very difficult to have any motivation once being home all the time. This is especially because I was mainly photographing people. I was no longer able to photograph people in the same way, and ended up mainly photographing my brother in different metroparks in the Toledo area. This proved to be a challenge as I could no longer shoot on film either, and my dslr stopped working a week into quarantine. This led to most of my photos being phone pics. With these limitations I tried to play off of weird projects I already had been doing. My photos for mom series are literal phone pictures I have always taken for my mom of my brother and I doing weird things in parks. This also drew off of my idea to make eye-spy type pictures of my brother and I hiding in the trees. The last of my film photos are also stuck as edited TIFFs. I was unable to download photoshop as my laptop has no storage, and the files were too big for...
I love the life images especially the octopus. The way the tentacles seem to explode out from the center and spill past the edges, the color correction is also really good. I also like the last image of the children sticking their hands in the tank, but I would have liked you to angle a little bit higher. The image makes me feel like I'm drowning, this may be what you were going for, but I would like to see a bit more of that child action. I don't know if you will still be working during this quarantine, but I would love to see what other images you will produce in the aquarium
ReplyDeleteIn the photographs with the children's hands, I really love how you kept space between you and them, which gives the viewer an opportunity to imagine for themselves what exactly is in the tank, it's really wonderful. Some of the images of the fish up close are a little tight, so maybe take a step back to see more how they interact with the environment, or how humans interact with them. I also like the darkness in many of these photos, as it adds to the mystery and wonder of the creatures when combined with the vibrant colors.
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