This is a photo set from Rittenhouse Sq.
I'm motivated by people, places, moments in time. I spend so much of my time inside of my own head it's sort of a necessity for me to be able to remember what I felt and what I thought at any given moment. Inspiration in each little moment is so fleeting for me, I have difficulty holding onto one particular idea for too long before it changes or vanishes, it's an impulse, a gut reaction, and whenever I create artwork especially in photography my motivation is measured in seconds and I have to go back and later reflect to really understand what I was thinking and feeling in that brief frame.
For these pictures in particular my major motivation was definitely trying to understand in some ways the type of community that surrounds the park here. Realistically in anything I do I want to communicate how I see the world, and the connections I see between subjects and their environments. I wanted to see the subjects here stand out as an individuals, but also show how the subjects fit in as those persons inside the bubble of this park.
In evaluating the technique I used I suppose my biggest flaw is consistency, as someone that is very impulsive with my shots I often see myself fumbling with getting that, y'know, perfect moment. Many times I'll take a shot and then immediately after something better will come along but I won't be able to reorient in time quickly enough to capture it. A large part of me wants to be much more careful and evaluative, but I'm impatient I suppose in that respect.
My biggest strength I think is the freedom I give myself in theme, I don't limit myself to a particular subject matter. I'm inspired multiple times in a photo trip, I'm able to keep from becoming too obsessed with one shot and really get a large pool of shots which I think aids me in my goal to communicate the connectivity of a community, or a space, or a time.
Physically my shots I think are lacking the depth I would like, but they are on the way. Emotionally my shots are very "lonely" and I don't think that's a bad thing, I think especially in a city there can be a great sense of community and connection, but also a separation through anxiety or misunderstanding. The shot of the two children drawing I think represents an emotional bond many of us have, they're drawing the same image together and I think that's something we miss about the symbiotic nature of a city at times which can leave us feeling separate as denoted in the shot of the woman sitting alone by the water, or the woman walking forward with seemingly no regards to her surroundings.
Oh and I forgot to write my name and major and all that, it's Colby Walters my major is Visual Studies, I focus in my work on people or close up objects, I tend to favor crazy angles when I can get them. I also do a lot of digital work, photoshop/lightroom, illustrator, I've been experimenting with after effects on a couple film things but I'm a total novice at that.
I grew up in two states, seven years in Ohio where I moved homes within the state three times, the rest here in Pennsylvania and I moved homes three times here as well, so I've been around and had a lot of homes, I've been living here in Philly a little over a year.
For fun I like play Counterstrike, Dota 2, and assorted other games, I like to go out to bars and dance and I sometimes go out into the wilderness and camp, but that's proved sort of difficult living in the city...
So yeah that's a quick overview of me.
Here is some other work, just parts of sets that I picked as my favorites. Also some design work I've done, I really enjoy digital manipulation and distortions, augmenting reality and surreal objects fascinate me. I'm working on getting technically sound, and that's my goal for this class, to become much more technically sound, as well as get some ideas on consistency, depth, and generally I want to get stronger in everything.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Za3_kIi85_q5xbcmgfX5mBN6vEe_iymUWRgC3yqMnUQ/edit?usp=sharing
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