I added a fine art category to my website. Under that category there are two new galleries:
Simplicity is a series of simple florals I did last summer.
Breaking Free was a photo documentary series I did for my senior project in college. It's gritty and grainy, and has the feel of movie stills. It's a different feel for me, all done on film. The portrait of the cross was taken with a medium format camera in a studio on campus. The project was to do a nude figure study that showed movement. A Brazilian friend who happened to have the perfect hair, posed on a cross that was used in a play. If you look closely, there are multiple faces in the shot. I had him lift himself up to take a breath, and lower himself back down again to get the right movement. I miss those days! Anyway, the series tells the story of the emotional bondage that we can carry around with us for way too long. Anger.. fear.. fill in the blank. It all fits. But there is so much freedom found in Christ... a truth that's difficult to grasp and actually believe if you haven't experienced it yourself. If you're skeptical, I dare you to try it. I had emotional wounds in my past that I never thought would heal. I figured as long as you can remember the painful story, the hurt associated with it might lessen, but it would never fully go away. God proved me wrong. Look at the scar you have from the surgery a few years back.. or from an accident you had as a kid. You remember the story of how you got that scar, but when you tell the story, you can't remember the pain involved in the process of it. Such is my heart. I can pull it out and tell you my story, and how God has healed it. But the pain of what once was no longer remains.
This photography series will always be incredibly special to me. My chains are gone. I've been set free. He is a good God. Don't just take my word for it.
Simplicity is a series of simple florals I did last summer.
Breaking Free was a photo documentary series I did for my senior project in college. It's gritty and grainy, and has the feel of movie stills. It's a different feel for me, all done on film. The portrait of the cross was taken with a medium format camera in a studio on campus. The project was to do a nude figure study that showed movement. A Brazilian friend who happened to have the perfect hair, posed on a cross that was used in a play. If you look closely, there are multiple faces in the shot. I had him lift himself up to take a breath, and lower himself back down again to get the right movement. I miss those days! Anyway, the series tells the story of the emotional bondage that we can carry around with us for way too long. Anger.. fear.. fill in the blank. It all fits. But there is so much freedom found in Christ... a truth that's difficult to grasp and actually believe if you haven't experienced it yourself. If you're skeptical, I dare you to try it. I had emotional wounds in my past that I never thought would heal. I figured as long as you can remember the painful story, the hurt associated with it might lessen, but it would never fully go away. God proved me wrong. Look at the scar you have from the surgery a few years back.. or from an accident you had as a kid. You remember the story of how you got that scar, but when you tell the story, you can't remember the pain involved in the process of it. Such is my heart. I can pull it out and tell you my story, and how God has healed it. But the pain of what once was no longer remains.
This photography series will always be incredibly special to me. My chains are gone. I've been set free. He is a good God. Don't just take my word for it.
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