About me
When I was working with the black and white film, I realized something about myself: I gravitate towards geometric shapes. I tend to photograph objects in the world around me that make lines or distinct shapes. This reflects my personality, as I am an analytical person and somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to my own life. I tend to see geometric shapes and strong lines as organized sections of my photos.
When I was working with the digital camera, I realized that I take a lot of landscape photos. I like the aesthetic views of the scenery. I tend to have a very focused point of view to the middle of my photos. Even when I take a close up, I stray from any abstractions.
I was drawn to Edward Weston’s photos because I felt the same sense of geometric organization through landscape in his photos—a combination of my two styles. In Aspen Valley, New Mexico in 1937, Weston captures the bare trees, the mountain, the sky, and the ground. The tallest trees mimic the tallest point of the mountain, centralizing the focus of the photo. The trees create very strong lines throughout the photo, mimicking that sense of geometric organization that I enjoy viewing.