Children of Ireland

By: Lauren Davidson

Artist Statement

In my collection, Children of Ireland, I decided to focus solely on children. I choose to photograph children

because they interact in their environment so differently than adults do. They live their life so freely without a care

in the world, which is refreshing. My vision was to have each child in an isolated space in order to highlight their innocence and beauty. Many of

the children in my collection have different emotions on their faces, from playful to content, which I believe gives

the viewer an intimate look into who the child is.

Ariel Griffeth Repetition

For my Photography III final project I delved into the depths of the topic “repetition.” However, my idea of repetition does not simply lie within organized patterns, but it consists of the repetition that also deals in slight variation. Each of my photographs depict either; variation in color, variation in depth of field, or variation in size and shape.

I decided to work with repetition because of my love for the traditional pattern, be them on my clothes or in the mathematical Mandelbrot fractals zooms I so love to watch. I believe patterns that develop naturally, like that of the Mandelbrot fractal, are some of the most beautiful things that one can witness.

While submerging myself in the Irish culture I have come to see the extreme lengths of beauty that natural patterns can go to. And while not all of my photographs (barely even half) are of the scenic loveliness that one may commonly associate with “nature” I believe that everything is of the natural world due to my beliefs of the origin of creation. Therefore, according to my own beliefs, all of my photographs are indeed capturing that of the “natural” world.

So it goes that my photographs appear to be all, in some degree, a form of repetition and variation within nature.

Emily Porter

Photo III Final

seeing faces.

Artist StatementArtists are told we have to tell the world what we want our work to say. Typically artist

statements hold that information, however, I cannot tell you what this series says, as each individual portrait speaks much louder than a few simple sentences. I wanted a series that spoke volumes about the individual, something genuine and pure. The lack of colour was an obvious choice, to remove further distraction. I also wanted to manipulate the individual as little as possible while I shot them, which lead to many of the more “candid” photographs.

The idea of faces, portraits, people as a whole, has always been of interest in my work. The forms of the face, the wrinkles that prove someone lived a long hard life, freckles, and spontaneous smiles, each pore and line is so important in this one element of the human race. We all look at each other, but how often do we see each other? I want to stop time, and take moments that make my audience see who we are. That idea is the basis for this series, stopping time, and seeing, instead of looking.

Colorful Compositions

Tennyson Mosher

My collection of photographs are focused primarily on color and composition. Each photograph displays its own unique angle of the subjects I’m presenting. I like for my images to be bold. Most of these photographs were shot using a wide aperture allowing for a shallow depth of field. I prefer this technique, because this allows for my focus to be on precisely what I choose and nothing more.

Artist Statement