Showing at Site #5: The Parlor at the Woodland
What I love about nature is that it’s always changing. You get four seasons throughout the year, and it changes so fast. You get beautiful colors of everything around you and it makes me want to photograph everything I see. Sometimes you get crazy weather conditions which can also become interesting photographs. Nature is something we can’t control. I always want to show the beauty of nature because we live in it every day.
What I love about still life is that interesting photos can be created from objects that we can relate to. We might have had everyday objects like the ones in the photos when we were growing up or in present time. Sometimes the object can appear bigger or smaller than they are in reality. I want people’s perceptions to be fooled a bit. I want them to see objects outside of their normal purpose than we typically see. I want them questioning “What is this I’m looking at?” I want to apply an abstract approach to my still life work. Photographing everyday life-size objects as tiny miniatures is a surreal perspective I enjoy creating.
What I love about architecture is the fact that the buildings can be old or new. There are many buildings that have history behind them and that’s what I admire. I also love the style of the old buildings. It just looks beautiful. I love the modern buildings that you see in New York City that look like they were built recently. They look outrageous at times but still look gorgeous.
