Final Portfolio

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Series One: 

"Fabelhaft" Series

Photography

(Existing Prints at 8.5 x 11 inches)

2014

Series Two:

"The Explorers" Series

Photography

(Existing Prints at 8.5 x 11 inches)

(*"The Explorers One" has one print at 3 feet x 5 feet)

2014

Series Three:

"Body" Series

Photography

(Existing Prints at 8.5 x 11 inches)

2014

Series Four:

"Seasons or Something" Series

Photography

(Existing Prints at 8.5 x 11 inches)

2014

Series Five:

"Tin Foil Queen" Series

Photography

(Existing Prints at 8.5 x 11 inches)

2014

Piece Six:

"Self Portrait"

Photography/Oil Painting Mixed Media

8.5 x 11 inches

2014

Materials Cost

Paint/Canvas/Gel Medium/SD cards/TONS of Photo Paper/basically photo materials and props/misc.
Total:
297.52
(just to give you an idea, one package of photo paper is about $40)

+Prints for Portfolio Show Covered by Grant
(Grant $445)



                                       

Juried Show

Application Dates: Dec 23, 2013 - May 12, 2014 Application Fee:  $32.00 ($27.00 for Naples Art Association members) Notification Date: Jun 19, 2014

Camera USA National Photography Award and Exhibition 2014 Exhibition on view: August 11 - September 26, 2014 All photographers residing in the United States are invited to submit one photograph taken in the United States after January 1, 2012 for Camera USA: National Photography Award and Exhibition 2014. The photography exhibition will be installed in The von Liebig Art Center’s Frederick O. Watson Gallery from August 11 through September 26, 2014. The von Liebig Art Center is located in Naples, Florida in the heart of the 5th Avenue South shopping, dining and arts district. Eligibility  Photographers residing in any of the fifty States in the United States of America are cordially invited to enter one photograph taken in the United States after January 1, 2012 and not previously exhibited at The von Liebig Art Center. Membership in the Naples Art Association is not required. Accepted photographs must remain on display for the entire duration of the exhibition and will not be available for pick up until 12 noon on Sunday, September 28, 2014. Entry Fees  Applications will be accepted online until May 12, 2014. The non-refundable application fee is $32 (for current NAA members the entry fee is $27) and is payable online by credit card. Presentation and Size Limitations  All photographs accepted for the Camera USA Exhibition must be delivered in exhibition ready condition. Photographs must be framed or gallery wrapped with no staples on the sides and a proper hanging wire with raw wire ends taped. For safety reasons, glass may be used only if the frame is 20 x 20 inches or smaller. Larger frames requiring a glazing must have Plexiglas. Dimensions : Maximum framed dimensions not to exceed 40 x 40 inches. When completing your Juried Art Services application, you will be asked to enter the framed dimensions of the photograph you wish to exhibit. Notification Notifications will be posted to your Juried Art Services account on June 19, 2014. To view your results, log into your Juried Art Services account and go to “applications.” Mouse over the Camera USA application bar and click on it when your cursor becomes a hand symbol. Your notification letter will then open. The Camera USA award winner will be notified by telephone or e-mail on August 1, 2014. all of the info can be found http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=768&admin_verify_view=true

Art and Fear: Second Response

“The point is that you learn how to make your work by making your work, and a great many of the pieces you make along the way will never stand out as finished art.” Pg.6

“You make good work by (among other things) making lots of work that isn’t very good, and gradually weeding out the parts that aren’t good, the parts that aren’t yours.”  p. 26

1.      

 What work have you made that seems most yours? Why?

-At the beginning of the semester I answered that my photographs seemed to be the most "mine", but I had no idea how true that would become. I have really transformed into a "photographer" now. I really know how (and of course will continue to learn) to own my photography. It's become something very personal to me.

“Chances are that whatever theme and technique attract you, someone has already experimented in the same direction. This is unavoidable: making any art piece inevitably engages the larger themes and basic techniques that artists have used for centuries. Finding your own work is a process of distilling from each those traces that ring true to your own spirit.”  p. 103

 Who are artists that are making work that relates to you?  Are there other influences? How are these other influences connected to your work?

-Again, I can't get away from some of my answers from the beginning. Sebastien Michel is still one of my biggest influences, but I've also discovered so many more. Stephane Fugier has seemed to become one of the biggest influences. You can go back in my blog to see other artists as well. I also really discovered throughout the semester how much I rely on music. It's almost kind of embarrassing because I've listened to some of the same bands for almost ten plus years now, but they have helped me through so much and they have really pushed me through some creative processes. I think I've discovered that almost everything is a influence to your art. Everything is connected to my work I mean, I my photography at this point kind of thrives off of everyday moments and materials, I kind of have to find inspiration in each and every little moment. 

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“And while a hundred civilizations have prospered (sometimes for centuries) without computers or windmills or even the wheel, none have survived even a few generations without art.”  p. 104

Discuss, in your own words, why you think this is so.

-I think art is the mind's natural way of getting ideas out. It's a form of communication, it's a form of recording, it's a creative outlet. Art serves so many different purposes, but most importantly it keeps our brains from exploding. Computers and windmills and the wheel all came to be because of art, someone had those ideas and someone drew them out. Art is what comes first. <-yeah, past me is pretty spot on. Mostly art has always been used as least as some sort of a tool in some sense. It's like our most basic tool.

“Art is something you do out in the world, or something you do about the world, or even something you do for the world. The need to make art may not stem solely from the need to express who you are, but from a need to complete a relationship with something outside of yourself.”  p. 108

 Which of these ideas resonates most with you? Why? If they all resonate, how do they differ?

-I think similarly to how I answered this before, all of these ideas are connected. For me personally, I think I do a little bit of each. It just depends on what you're doing, what sparked what you're doing, and who exactly you are doing it for. You can do art to express who you are and still be doing it out/about/for the world. The "relationship" that I need to complete varies pretty often with each piece, and honestly, I think sometimes my work does end up being a lot more about myself than I realize.

“Making art depends upon noticing things-things about yourself, your methods, your subject matter.”  p. 109

What do you notice about yourself? What are your methods?  Subject matter?  The answers do not have to be limited to art related topics.

-I notice that I have become a lot more self aware and a lot more self involved as I become more involved in my art. I am a perfectionist. I like to have plans, even if they don't work out. I like working in a studio (as a method). I set aside certain time periods for everything. My paintings are based off of photographs. My subject matter is almost always of people. If it's not of people it's of things that people care deeply about.

-For comparison I'm just going to leave my old answer here. I've become probably too self aware and too self involved now that I'm incredibly involved in my art. It only becomes more and more true each day. I'm probably going to grow old in a studio full of my art, with my dog as a lonely, stubborn artist, and honestly, I've become quite happy with that image. I'm still a perfectionist. I still want to improve on my environmental photography but I certainly still prefer to work in the studio. My paintings HAVE strayed away from my photographs! Look! A change! But I also feel as though I currently have no direction in my painting and that I am drowning because of it. My subject matter is always of people. So basically I've just become a more awesome, more self-involved/art-involved version of myself! Hooray!!!

“The only work really worth doing- the only work you can do convincingly- is the work that focuses on the things you care about.”  p. 116

“All this suggests a useful working approach to making art: notice the objects you notice.” Pg.101

What do you care about? The answers do not have to be limited to art related topics.

-I care about people, and this is the most obvious subject that spills into my art. I care about identities, little everyday moments, conversations, overlooked details. I care about myself, a relatively new concept, trying to grasp still. I care about music, dogs, dancing, mental illness, erasing negative stigmas about a variety of subjects! I care about things that are genuine, that are honest, that are true. 

Artist Statement

My work seeks to juxtapose vulnerability and power.  I organize environments and direct models to create an image that is expressive of these qualities. I am inspired by obscure moments of daily life.  These moments fuel the identities of my subject matter.  I thoughtfully use formal elements such as shape, line, color and texture to enhance sentiment.  I also consider the symbolic qualities of props, wardrobe and the gaze of my models. My end goal is to create a dramatic image that engages the viewer emotionally.

Week Fourteen

New Work:
http://thisladyphotographs.tumblr.com/

Inspiration:
Chase Jarvis
Specifically : Lindsey and Seattle 100 Book
http://www.chasejarvis.com/#s=10&mi=1&pt=0&pi=2&p=-1&a=-1&at=0

Week Thirteen

Inspiration:
http://www.richardavedon.com/

(Richard Avedon)

Also this again:

(Stephane Fugier HUGE inspiration always)

New Work:
http://thisladyphotographs.tumblr.com/

Official Photography Facebook!

I have an "official" Facebook page now

https://www.facebook.com/alyschaperphotography

So please go like it, and have everyone that you know go like it as well!

Week Twelve

New Work!!!

http://thisladyphotographs.tumblr.com/

(Excuse the blogs as I work on switching things over/clean both of them up a bit.)

About this week's work:
I had a few goals this week, the main goal being to do some environmental photography and start improving on it. (I work primarily in a studio and have grown quite fond of it. It's time to expand my horizons!) With that said, I decided to also take some advice from several people and I incorporated more models and the interactions between the models, I played with really setting up scenes, and I worked more with choices about clothing, props, and make up. I knew that I wanted to do something fun, and I was thinking about the "fairy" theme, but it just so happened that two of the girls had mermaid dresses, so it became a lot more awesome! I was even lucky to have one of my friends help out with the make-up, so this was definitely one of the most planned out/organized photo shoots that I've done so far.

Inspiration:

http://augardephotography.daportfolio.com/

Week Eleven

Inspiration:
Manchester Orchestra's New Album:

Brand New's Album Daisy: 

The Two Story House

thetwostoryhouse.com

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