New Photos....

These are some new photos I'm thinking of using for my 5 School submission....along with some of my previous photos of shoes on a wire, vacant buildings, etc. I think I'm going to use multiple photos to create one piece. Still got to work out which ones specifically. I'm working on my artist statement to go with it...

I'm not just an artist but a curious observer of the world. The camera lens serves as a tool to examine as well as capture. Having grown up in the suburbs, I am currently fascinated by my new environment of the city. I find myself surrounded by various sources of inspiration: signs, degraded buildings and structures, people, graffiti, trash, bicycles, etc. These things often show a stage of decay, passage of time, or life cycle. They are evidence of urban life while simultaneously represent a sense of urban death.  Within this dichotomy I see a metaphor for the lifecycle and the human body.  The city is in constant flux; construction and deconstruction, traffic, commotion, communication, and so on... These photos are the beginning of a series called “Portrait of a City Landscape” With the combination of Portrait and landscape orientated photos in a square, they are both and neither...portrait and landscape...city and body.