Turning This Blog Around.

Hello everyone and anyone who is reading this. This blog was started in my sophomore year for one of my photo classes but I've decided to completely shift the focus and turn it towards my experience studying abroad, the things I go through, the emotional states I'll be in, well....my life. It's hard to believe that I'm already 20 years old and I'm going to Europe, alone, for 4 months. Wow, who am I? A wanderlust soul I suppose. Only 12 days now. That's crazy. The fact that I have almost everyday planned out until September 1st is mind boggling because now it's a real countdown. Sure I'm scared, but it doesn't compare to the excitement. I mean this immature, crazy, blonde girl that a lot of you know is going overseas by herself for a couple months. Hahahaha! Good luck. Ill be okay though. I think I need this. Not because I want to get away, I love the life I live, but to become a stronger person overall. Everyone needs to learn, to grow, to experience life on their own and I think it's time for me. 

So if you're interested, follow my blog and join me on my everyday adventures. It'll be a fun ride. 

Paul Graham

-Paul Graham is a British photographer who now lives and photographs in the United States. He  made a series called "Beyond Caring" in the 1980s. This series consisted of people of unemployment offices. The work is very interesting and I think it says something about different generations and their view on unemployment. 

Joel Meyerowtiz

-Joel Meyerowitz made a lot of color photographs. He did a lot of work right after 9/11 as well. Meyerowitz photographs were very slowed down, contemplative and concentrated on light and shadow. 

John Divola

-John Divola did a series of photographs where he would randomly spray paint parts of objects or spaces he was going to photograph with silver spray paint and then made photographs in black and white. He also made photographs in color of abandoned houses on the water, sometimes with objects being thrown in the air. These were some of my favorites by Divola. 

Robert Cumming

-Robert Cumming is well known for his conceptual drawings and constructions. He will make a photograph of a still life and then draw it in the negative, photograph that drawing and then place them side by side as a diptych. Other works he has done focus on the way that a photograph can tell a lie. Some examples of this work are shown below.

Jan Dibbets

-Jan Dibbets is a Dutch conceptual artist who has done a lot of interesting works. He makes photographs that make an object appear 3D when it is not, and he did a series of circular windows where he would actually cut out the circular window from his photograph and mount them onto colored pieces of paper. One of my favorite series of works he did was when he pieced together 2 or more photographs on a slant, but worked together as a piece. Below are photos from each series.

Peter Fischli & David Vice

 -Fischli and Vice make work that centers around the idea of the equilibrium of a balancing act. The works are playful and they utilize the resources they have around them. It seems as if their artworks could fall apart at any moment. So great!