These are two photos from my recent photo session with one of the artist involved in my project. Though they are very similar I am not sure which works better and welcome input. I am trying to play up the fact that the images almost look like she is abusing the little figures while she is working on them. The first picture shows that the female figure is amputated feet, but the second picture has the male figure in a pose of pain. Please let me know what you think.

A passing momment

After spending several hours nailing small pieces of ceramic to a wall for her installation Central junior Meghan Borland starts to get giddy before calling it a day. Currently taking an independent study class Borland is the only ceramics student who doesn't use a wheel and deals almost entirely with installation art.

Status report

My current long term project is focusing on artist and the why they do what they do. So far I have had an audio interview and taken some pictures of my first subject Kim Patishnock while at her "day job."























Over the rest of the week I plan to follow her home life and art work closely and finish her portion. Thanks to a recent meeting with Stephen Perez of the Detroit News I will hopefully have a lead on possible graffiti artist and will be able to start on that portion of my project shortly. Ms. Patichnock has been kind enough to put me in contact with a painter helping me get the last artist I planed on following for my project.
I look forward to posting as I progress on this project.

What inspires me as a photographer.

There is no one photographer that inspires me or that I want to emulate as a photographer, but there are publications for whom I wish I could shoot. Wither I admire their style of photography or the access they get to specific subcultures these publications make me want to step up my game so that I may one day work for them.
One of the magazines I respect and try to emulate often is blender, when shooting concerts they are able to capture the chaotic and frenzied energy of the band and crowd without sacrificing the quality of the image. The magazine focuses on music that is popular in a fairly wide variety of genre, from rock, to hip hop and anything in between. As I have such a varied taste in music working for this magazine would be a dream come true.


Another publication that has influenced my style is "Suicide Girls." The best way I can describe suicide girls is Play Boy for the punk rocker. I say that because though they are nude images it is not just "smut," but has an element of class and art. The photographers for "S.G." always incorporate the use of shadow to accentuate the contours and curves of the human body but most of fall they tend to have fun with point of view. Seeing the world in a slightly different way is to me what makes good photography.