Project Four- Fall 2012

For project 4, our final project of the semester, I chose to use a macro, minimalist approach.  Some of my photographs border on abstract, and all contain texture.  Texture has become a large portion of much of my art work outside of photography like paintings and drawings.  By using light and shadow, the textures and details of the images come alive.
Here are my eight photographs for this project-

David Hilliard Lecture

      I attended the David Hilliard lecture, Photographs, Past and Present on November 15th.  David Hilliard received his BFA at The Massachusetts College of Art and his MFA at Yale.  He has taught at The Massachusetts College of Art and various other colleges.

      Hilliard's work consists of large panoramic photographs usually created in two to five separate photographs without merging the scenes together.  Hilliard creates narratives within his photographs with friends and family that are open-ended.  The viewer does not necessarily know what is happening in each set of images, but the photographs are beautifully crafted with beautiful light- mostly natural.

     Hilliard's photographs depicting nature are my favorite images, but some of his inside work using natural light entering the space through a window are equally breathtaking.  I like the fact that his images create vague narratives that leave the meaning to the interpretation of the viewer.

     These are some of my favorite David Hilliard images: