| Hand, 2010 |
FINAL PROJECT
by Kelli Brosnahan
by Kelli Brosnahan
May 3, 2010
I take pictures for two reasons. Personally, I take pictures of things that are meaningful to me. These images represent the events in my life that were important enough to document visually or that stood out as being particularly beautiful at that given moment. I have thousands of pictures from vacations, of my friends and family, and some pictures of days where I brought my camera along and snapped a few pictures.
Professionally/scholastically the pictures I take are more abstract and generally do not hold the same sentimental value to me as my personal photography, aside from the blood, sweat, and tears that go into producing the image. I want to make people look at things differently through my images than as they would see those objects with their own eyes. I want to make people notice things that they normally would not notice. Early in Susan Sontag’s first chapter, she said “Just about everything has been photographed…or so it seems.” This goes along with my style a bit, because although what I photograph has more than likely been photographed before, I try to capture it in a different way.
I have found myself mixing business with pleasure lately, and crossing over more of my successful personal photography into my scholastic work. I do find, however, that it is harder to determine if a sentimental picture is successful because it means something to me or if it is actually a good image.
Foot and Rock, 2010
Legs, 2010
Fetal Position, 2010
Figure, 2010
Balled, 2010
Over the Shoulder, 2010
Hands and Feet, 2010
Sunrise, Sunrise, 2010
Twisted, 2010
Bent, 2010
Shadow, 2010
Body on Sand, 2010
Rocks, 2010
Upper Body, 2010
Profile, 2010
Portrait, 2010
Tangle, 2010
Serious, 2010
Wrapped Up, 2010
Hair, 2010