journey of an artist

began shooting flowers in garden/then ones of my friends – became real to me

took pictures throughout middle school

went on other trips, creating photo albums with both film and digital images

also studied b+w film, graphic design, digital

self taught photoshop editing

flickr – images on first page, first site where able to follow other artists/get feedback

images showing on other peoples blogs

pictures of my sister, grace

first place egg harbor winner

first studio shoot (for class)

first shoots were with best friends:

1. caroline

2. carly and chandler

3. katharine

4. brigitta

nirrimi hakanson — first inspiration, young photographer that i have followed since the sixth grade

piece of blog post from nirrimi’s website

reminder that i don’t need to create my life based on societal standards, that i have (a certain amount of) control and i don’t have to be perfect

first image in LISA show

photo 3 – contrast project

first image with new lens – began shooting at f/s 1.4

early self portrait

early self portraits

there are moments when everything feels delicate. life seems short and people seem so fragile. bones are breakable and organs too. sometimes i wonder how many breaths the average human takes in a lifetime and what makes lungs collapse in on each other.

when you're a fashion photographer

everything is contrived from the start.

nothing is real.

so what you're trying to do

in this fake world

is to make a real moment

happen by installing

genuineness into

the artifice

second major inspiration: tim walker

for christmas, got his huge book of work, quotes, and personal images 

complete connection to my views of fashion photography and the idea of fashion photography as an art, as creative, and not just the stereotypical commercial, shallow photography

what i'm photographing

is an imaginary place that never existed

but is

often connected to something

that has already been.

fashion photography

is the dream department