Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Reeder_ICE#1: Past Work/Future Aspirations

I first gained interest in photography in the summer of my 8th grade year.  My father showed me how to use his old Nikon film camera and I instantly fell in love with it and have been making photos ever since.  Photography has always intrigued me simply because of its uniqueness as a medium of art.  The concept of making a photograph fascinates me by how many elements of light it combines just to make one image.  What intrigues me most about photography is the aspect of a capturing a moment in time, when making a photo, that can be preserved forever in that specific time. I have traveled to many places so being able to preserve those memories by taking photos has been very important to me.  When I make photos I usually end up taking up close photos with a shallow depth of field.  I like seeing the textures in things and capturing their beauty.  One artist who I just recently discovered is Sam Abell, a photographer for National Geographic magazine.  His style is more documentary but his photos hold so much more depth than that.  I like how each of his photos have layers of detail and can take such a simple scene and making it intriguing which is what I aspire to do with my work.


http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photographer-sam-abell/?source=A-to-Z




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