For my own personal work that has changed me was actually a picture in the series I did for my final last fall on my family. I've always enjoyed taking pictures of people and my friends, but I never turned the camera on myself or my family. I think I was at a point where I was I was frustrated with my work and I was caught in making art for everyone else and not myself. Part of that is I honestly had no idea who I was as an artist. I didn't know the ideas I wanted to share and I didn't have a clear view yet. In many ways I feel I'm still working towards finding myself and learn about being vulnerable through my art. This picture no only has lots of personal meaning for me, but I think it's still relatable for viewers. This is also one of the only photos that made my parents realize I have talent and started to take my work more serious.
I can't remember ever seeing a specific seeing a photo and saying to myself I want to do that. My parents aren't very artistic but they always had a video camera or old school camera out growing up. I remember looking through books with my grandmother (where I got my artistic ability) and stopping on her watercolors she had made. She was a seamstress so she would water color outfits and fabric swatches. However my photographic interest came from National Geographic. My grandfather had a subscription and about drop them off for us kids to look through and use for school projects. More recent national geographic photographers I like are Larry Towell and Jonas Bendiksen. These books and images made me dream of the world outside my town. I've never traveled far in life so far but as a kid these made me want to travel and explore and see what else the world had to offer.
Jonas Bendiksen
Jonas Bendiksen
Jonas Bendiksen
Jonas Bendiksen
Jonas Bendiksen
Larry Towell
Larry Towell
Larry Towell
Larry Towell
Larry Towell
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