SPRINGTIME IN VERMONTFor my final photo project I chose to bring my focus back to Vermont. The final weeks before my exhibition have been filled with sunshine and new growth. This series features a variety of photos from both near and far from the subject to show different interactions with space. The majority of these photos were taken on the outer edges of Montpelier but a few were from around the tiny house where I have spent more and more time recently. It seemed fitting to finish off the year back where it all began. Enjoy!
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CENTRAL COAST CALIFORNIAI've always loved the west coast. I grew up in a small town in Oregon . It was there I learned to love exploring the wilderness. After living in Vermont for the past 7 years I'm ready to return back home to the west. This past May I spent a week exploring California's central coast, a place which will be my home for the next 4 years. While out there I loved capturing the contrast between land and sea because I don't have that opportunity here in Vermont. The photos below are a series from Sycamore Canyon in Malibu, California. It's a place my parents spent time in many years ago, and a place which I will be back to in the near future.
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UP CLOSEFor the most part my images have always been about capturing open spaces. This spring I tried something new. I took my camera out into the woods on a warm spring day and took various close up images of rocks, moss, tree bark and various other things. While documenting this, I was looking for interesting and intricate patterns in nature. Prior to this, I took the same approach while photographing large open spaces. Overall, it was interesting to take a previous mindset and apply it to something entirely new.
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MOROCCAN ARCHITECTUREWhen I first stepped foot in Morocco it was evident the architecture was unlike anything I had ever seen. Unlike Vermont, almost every structure resembled a square or rectangle. Cities were littered with boxes and boxes as far as the eye can see, there was not an inch of space that was unused. Outside the alleyways and streets of Marrakech, there were villages scattered across the diverse landscape. Everywhere I went, I noticed that villages looked as if they were a natural part of the landscape. They were dug into hillsides, created of all natural materials and they never obstructed the beauty of the land. Looking more closely at these structures, rocks, mud, bamboo, and wood was used efficiently and meticulously to create the structure with a certain aesthetic. Here are a few of my favorite images.
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PEOPLE, LANDSCAPES,
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THE ASCENTAfter reviewing my climbing photos from this past summer I have begun grouping my images into albums which reflect typical days. "The Ascent" is my most recent project. It is a series of black and white images which show my group climbing through the shadows of towering peaks and immensely massive landscapes. I chose to present these images in black and white to show the simplistic relationship between people and space. When color is eliminated each person begins to blend into the surrounding landscape as if they are a product of it. The use of space in each image serves to show how we as humans are small in comparison to the world around us.
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A HIKE THROUGH
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ClIMBING IN THE WADDINGTON RANGEThis past summer I spent a month living off the grid in the most remote place I have ever been to. British Columbia's Waddington Range is a little known subrange off of the Coast Mountains which houses hundreds of miles of glaciers and jagged peaks. My group encountered Grizzly bears, forest fires, numerous storms and food shortages over the course of the month. I'm happy to say I came out alive with a few pictures to tell the tale.
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Even though these pictures were all taken before my study began, I have worked for hours since editing them and bringing them to a final, presentable state. When editing I use Adobe Lightroom and I focus on bringing certain feelings though each image. With these images I often tried to make the viewer clearly see the ruggedness of the environment and well as its beauty and sanctity.
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STARRY NIGHTS IN
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