Fleeting moments in life

      This project was quite important to me. I captured the emotions of my family members as well as my daughters friends. Being so busy with school and work I hardly get to see any of them and any moments I do get with them always feel so fleeting. These portraits were taken in the same fleeting manner. Every one was filled with excitement and were all running around and any moment I had to photograph them was over in an instance.

Hurrell Project

  This project was a representation of George Hurrell, who was an amazing photographer. The top one in black and white is a representation of one his photographs, which is located at the bottom.  The middle one is a modern take on it. The model is my beautifully talented sister. This work was my first portraiture work and I really loved it, it was a great experience.

"Through The Looking Glass", by Annie Reynolds

    The purpose of this project was to create a distorted yet pleasing view of the human form. This idea came to me when I was making faces at one of my friends through a huge jar that had previously been used as a fish tank. I quickly realized that the way the jar distorted my features would make for an interesting photograph, and I proceeded to experiment with this jar and many other glass pieces. The first three photographs are of a dear friend who was willing to model for me, and the last four are self-portraits. The part of the face that is distorted by glass is meant to represent the raw, almost dark side of the individual, with the glass serving as a window to the frequently hidden part of the human nature. After discovering the meaning behind each photograph, "Through The Looking Glass" seemed like an appropriate name for the series.

Water Portraiture by Orianna Pavlik

This collection of photographs illustrates the healing nature of water, however mundane the setting. The succession of photographs narrates the subject entering the bath in vanity, and in conclusion, awakening in a pure state of consciousness.  For example, in the first photograph the subject bathes herself unaware of the water and only herself. However, in the second photograph she opens her eyes in contemplation of her surroundings. She reclines into the bath, submerging herself and her white dress in water. After emerging from the water, she opens her eyes, acknowledging herself and this moment. In the final photograph she rests in meditation of her new awareness.

Richie Jiacoletti -Karsh/ Dia De Los Muertos

The first two photos are my rendition of Karsh's photos of Humphrey Bogart. The first of the pair is my exact (or as close to it that i could get) portrayal of the Humphrey photo. The second is my modern interpretation where I had him looking at his cell phone rather than having a real conversation as it portrays in the first photo. I then have a few photographs from my Dia De Los Muertos series where I showed the Dia De Los Muertos themes with the skull face paint and roses and I added a fashion photography twist to it.

Karsh/Hurrell

Elena Tapia - Creative Project One

The idea behind this project was the possible emotions felt when contemplating suicide.  The beginning  photo is of a woman taking a good look at herself and deciding whether or not she wants to kill herself. The following 6 photos are of different people all expressing different emotions while contemplating the same idea.  The use of different models and objects shows that suicide can take many different forms.  Those who contemplate such an act do not always feel depressed, sometimes contemplation of suicide can bring feelings of relief and even ecstasy.  The final photo represents the success of an attempt of suicide with the person's pulse being taken. 

This is a series of photographs about the process of vanity. It shows the outrageous things we are willing to do to be mainstream "beautiful". From young girls, and even boys, to adults, everyone wants to be viewed by society as beautiful or attractive. I wanted to capture the actions we take to make ourselves good enough to be seen in society.