Pet/Food

Free Bird

AFLAC!

Salmonella Central

While I find the surveillance abilities of cameras to be very interesting, I find that using a camera to analyze how people look at things more compelling. I strongly agree with Richard B. Woodward in that “photographic technology… creates a hunger to gaze upon the previously unknown or forbidden.” My project attempts to turn that idea around, and present familiar images in a way that gets the viewer to seriously think about or “know” the situation past the surface. The ability to use photographs as representation of my ideas instead of paintings or drawings reinforces the validity of the situation presented.

            The concept for this project focuses around the idea of how people [literally and conceptually] look at animals, rather than how people look at or watch other people.  I have a strong interest in the psychology behind human and animal interactions, and have attempted to explore the various situations in which human-animal interactions take place. Through my photographs and words, I hope to push the viewer to think about WHY it is that we see animals differently in these various, but ever present, situations and settings throughout our lives. In addition to the addition of captions, I have also utilized various editing techniques in Photoshop to help convey my concept even more strongly mainly through the use of color and focus. 

***Please view the images as the strategically organized set titled Pet/Food.***

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Tim Berners-Lee                                Ted Nelson                                   Douglas Engelbart

The technological innovations of people such as TimBerners-Lee, Ted Nelson, and Douglas Engelbart have afforded modern day artists with many new and exciting opportunities in terms of observing, learning about, and sharing with the world around them. The plethora of platforms created for sharing information though the Internet allow artists to learn about art from past and distant places, as well as enable them to share their own artwork with people from all over the world. These platforms have even allowed for the creation of new types of artistic expression, such as anime music videos and other mixed-media creations. Some people might focus on the challenges that these platforms may present to artists using them, such as legitimacy, copyright issues, and even the relevancy of professional art (because of the ease of access to contemporary artistic processes). However, when looking at the greater overall picture, it is easy to see how the benefits of these new technological opportunities greatly outweigh the downfalls.