Photography Studio 1

  This series is very personal to me as I wanted to look at the connections of mental health between my father and I. I wanted to display the contrast between us too and the similarities so the viewer can understand how we are different but the same. The piece lends into self vaguely to performance art as seen in the photos are very deep conversation was being had about our main issues in life and how we should talk about them more. Both of us did a written piece at the same time as the conversation was going on posing question and trying to connect with eachother on a deeper level. I feel as this piece isn’t just about the similarities in mental health but the fatherly hood realization that their kids aren’t okay all the time, and that they are real beings with real problems with real issues same as them. It’s a project with lots of love involved even though the concept is difficult to address.

Final Project Reflection  My final project was aimed to analyze the similarities and differences between my Father and I's mental health. I wanted to represent this project in an obtainable way to an gallery audience that would enable the content to relatable and fairly easy to interpret but also to be personal enough for me that it has deeper meaning. The style of photos I chose and created relied on heavy contrast which was achieved by using the red filters to get the perfect amount of black but maintain the highlights. In class we spoke about how happy accidents are real part of this project specifically looking at  how the photos of me have a lot more white and the photos of my dad are have a lot more black. I find this unique and could portray a deeper meaning not obtainable by the audience member but open to interpretation.  For this project I did a lot of testing in the dark room and fell in love with the enlargement process. This is the first time I have actually ...