Portraiture

First image taken September 22, 2010. 

Second image taken September 15, 2010. 

Third image taken September 21, 2010. 

All images taken in Rochester, New York.

            Many thanks to Meghan Jordan (http://meghanjordanphoto.blogspot.com/) and Jon Foster (http://adventphotographic.wordpress.com/) for giving up their time to model for me.

                                                        Artist Statement

When looking at the portraits already in use on the RIT photography site, I see well-lit portraits that tell me nothing about the photography program of the student photographed. In reaction to these portraits, I created 3 portraits depicting three students in different lighting conditions and using items as symbols that can be interpreted in multiple ways. I also wanted the people being photographed to be anonymous, in order for the details and situations to become more important than the actual subjects.