Jenny Metz-SMP Presentation
Jenny
really took me by surprise with her photographic work this semester, although
it was still really unique and beautiful. Her digital color photographs
incorporated up close macro shots of areas that she finds particularly familiar
to her. The title of her piece was “Impression/Expression:
The Manipulation and Distortion of Space” In this work, blurred
photographs of plants, beaches and even figures such as trees with blue skies
as a background, all represent the “essence”
created by these familiar places during our experiences. Jenny states that she
took impressions of the areas, and turned them into photographs. I find this
aspect particularly familiar because the actual photographs are only segments
or parts of larger areas. For example, a simple photograph of beige, earthy,
fungus-like figure in a grassy meadow looks like a small mushroom, but in
actuality is the bottom of a large water fountain. This small impression of a
larger place is expressed through her photographic works. I really think that
she did an excellent job with portraying places that she finds familiar, even
though her audience has never been to these places. I found myself really
feeling like I was immersed in each environment and landscape. I think a lot of
this had to deal with the fact that each photograph had a blurred background
and only a segment of a larger picture represented. When only fragments are
represented, they turn into entirely new areas and environments. Although I
find Jenny’s work to be really interesting, I don’t
see too many similarities between her current work and my own. One small
similarity that I find between our work though is the blurring out of certain
areas of photographs. In my own work I’ve made certain segments
of my photographs less visible than the others, by using Vaseline or other
semi-liquids such as lotion. Though, the reasons behind blurring out certain
areas of our photographs are not the same.
"#12 Disintegrate"
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