Putting nature back is slowly forming.
I will continue this work until it is finished.
I'm starting new projects though as well.
Here's some of putting nature back, the two shown in a previous post got the cut in editing, and a new but similar stylistic approach was taken. So far it's a series of 12 images. Here's 5/12 not in order
I finished the first part of the project which was just for a final.
Here's my artists statement.
Photography is my outlet, my means of expression. Since high school my eyes have widened and I’ve taken in much more than what’s seen speeding through life at a hundred miles per hour. Photography has become the stepstool I use to gain all it is that I look to achieve, more answers for more knowledge and conveying my emotions and views.
My goal, through this body of work, is to create an awareness of the problems that have emerged through human impact on our natural surroundings. I see the complete disregard for what we once cherished. Fields, forests, sky, earth, and water have become casualties by the hand of man. We have derailed the balance. Through my art I intend to do my share, by subjugating the everyday person and commanding them to spend time deliberating the destruction taking place, some of which they’ve contributed to.
Through these photographs I am imparting nature’s tale of our deeds, the innocence of the wild lost, the fragility of ferality, and the tragedy we’ve created on our home. It’s through guilt that I choose to speak the truth. While not electing to tell the story through an obvious and descriptive manner, it’s with expression the story is told. The solemn reparation of nature, the active force in mending, and remedy carried out in minute doses is my interpretation of what is taking place in society at the moment. While we strive to sustain what little is left, we continue to express our deploration of all that has taken place with a half hearted attempt at the big fix. The subject in these photographs is my exhibition of all that I see being done and how those who are contributing to the mending feel towards those who aren’t. It’s my duty, because of my close relationship with nature, to speak through photographs, pressuring the viewer into contemplation of their actions or lack thereof.
