Some Color Photos

Project Statement

"PotRat" is a carefully crafted mosaic of 35mm photographs pieced together to form an image that is both abstract and outside reality. The jagged composition plays with the viewers eye, creating a world that is unknown and beyond reach. "PotRat" is meant to confuse and intrigue, while still maintaining its formal qualities in black and white photography.

Photos taken in Dansville, New York. Digitally scanned negatives.

Misc. Pictures (Taken on Phone)

Mosaic Self Portrait

I'm not 100% sure what I would like to do for this project and knowing my process I'm sure the idea will change throughout time. Last semester I did a mosaic style photo project using a digital camera and my roommate as my subject. It was very successful in the arrangement of the images lining up fairly perfectly but I felt it lacked character in its alignment. I would maybe like to photograph my bedroom or a place where I spend a majority of my time. I feel these areas show a lot of who I am and how I spend my time. I also like the idea of it being in black and white, and would like to bring light in as a main theme in these pictures.

My process for the portrait project was random and spontaneous rather then posed and planned. I decided to spend several days bringing my camera around with me wherever I went and photographing some of the people I encountered. In post production I chose a series of images that I thought best exemplified the subject's qualities or personality or physical traits. I paired two sets of images for each subject, one of them smiling, sometimes posed and sometimes candid, with an image of them doing something that describes a part of them. I felt the intention of this was only achieved if I included many images rather then narrowing them down.

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