Photo Image Making

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Abbie Downes: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Downes, Abbie, artist
The artist's statement: Within this body of work I aim to touch on the idea of anonymity: the lack of individual features. I express this idea quite literally with the removal of facial features from my models. Yet, each of them is like a book, complex with their own unique story. We are told as children to never judge a book by its cover, yet as time goes on that idea seems to wear off. My work deals with the trouble we all face when it comes to relating to others and the initial stages of all relationships we form throughout our lives.
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Abigail Flitton: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2021) Flitton, Abigail, artist
The artist's statement: I am a photographer who focuses on analog materials and processes within my work. I feel that the process and medium in which the work is created inform the conceptual aspect of the work immensely. Through re3the use of film capture and alternative processes such as cyanotype, I often discuss issues of memory and other intangible emotional conditions. Artists such as Todd Hido and Ruth Thorne-Thomsen inform my practice in how I express these intangible conditions through color, light, and composition. Currently, I am exploring memory through photographing houses and manipulating the negative to print cyanotypes to create soft-focus images. The ethereal and evocative result is heightened by the hand-torn printing paper, brush strokes, and toning processes.
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Abigail Galvin: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2016) Galvin, Abigail, artist
The artist's statement: Through documentation or metaphor, I seek to understand how both our sense of agency and our sense of restriction are deeply tied to an awareness of our own bodies. The result of this process is two interrelated series of work. On one hand, I use abject elements of the body to analyze issues of identity and control. On the other hand, motion and interaction explore an ecstatic sense of freedom and connection. In all of the work, the human body is focused on as an interface where these conflicting senses merge and create tension.
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Adrian Encalada: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013) Encalada, Adrian, artist
The artist's statement: Commenting on time, sense of place, and the home, Bricks is a study of Art Deco style apartment buildings in the Capitol Hill area of Denver. Each building was influenced by the most prominent architect of the time, Charles Strong, and were all built between 1925 and 1960. The similarities in design link all the buildings to a time and place, but the subtle effects of time have made each one uniquely different. I was drawn to these buildings by their command of the space around them. Often butted up against the next building on the street, each one dominates their block and stands proudly, defiant of the ravages of time. This is my attempt to honor their legacy.
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Alyssa Rusco: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2017) Rusco, Alyssa, artist
The artist's statement: When documentation of place and human experience combine, there comes a hybrid observation of the place itself and how it has been consciously altered and used. In some cases, the traces of human interaction are what make the place either more interesting and contemplative, or unsuitable in the eyes of commercial perfection. One's roots do not only grow in places they live, but places they go. After a decade's worth of travelling to Sanibel Island, since I was 11-years-old, I have become akin to the place itself. In this series, I delved into capturing the true likeness of the sites I already knew for what they were. Without glamorizing, I sought to showcase a tropical location, which encompasses the human and the industrial meeting a previously free, natural space. There are rhythms of natural space, altered space, and human-entered space that became undeniable descriptors of how Sanibel has moved me. Past the obvious exotic beauty, Sanibel owns quirks and imperfections that make it more chewable. My kinship has been with the natural and the altered working together in a seemingly perfect landscape. These moments could not have been charmed out of the place itself without the presence of human life bringing its flavor, creating new aspects of the island.
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Anne-Marie Kottenstette: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Kottenstette, Anne-Marie, artist
The artist's statement: To me, it feels as if our society is living a predetermined life. We go to school, graduate college, get married, start a career, have children and then continue working the same job day in and day out until one day we retire and can finally begin to enjoy our lives. We are imprisoned by what our society defines life should be and shackled by our relinquished ambition. Instead of determining whom we are as individuals we fall victim to what our culture tells us we should be. As we grow up we surrender our youthful aspirations in exchange for mature compromises only so that we are suitable for a realistic world. The body of work, The Guise That Enslaved Me, tells the story of a woman as she struggles to find her own personal identity within the constraints of our society. In the great words of Ralph Ellison, "When I discover who I am, I will be free."
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Ashley Vogt: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2018) Vogt, Ashley, artist
The artist's statement: Ever since I began taking portraits in black and white film, I realized that I had something special in the way I looked at other people. My eye caught different things about their appearance, and my images allowed for some aspect of the person's personality to show through. My portraits had something that I personally found intriguing. They were mundane in-between moments, and yet they were full of life and energy. My current body of work is inspired from my first serious portrait work done in college. Beginning with a medium format, twin lens reflex camera and taking square black and white images, I then transitioned into color film and my pictures took on new life and meaning. Now I have transitioned again and tried my hand at full frame digital capture in color. I have also gone from outdoor image making to working in a studio setting. My hope is that these images engage and allow the viewer into the personal space of the person pictured, giving them some insight to a person they have never met before.
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Bailey Douglass: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2022) Douglass, Bailey, artist
The artist's statement: Inner Dialogue, a collection of tableaux collages that speak to the different ways we mentally process situations and conflict. For me, there are four distinct parts that are in constant inner conflict that I wanted to expose. The four characters in this series are: 1. The Truest Form, my main consciousness. The actions of all the characters directly affect her. 2. A People Pleaser: She wears a red wig to emphasize her need for attention. 3. The Parent: I keep her in my own hair but dress her in blue, a color I associate with nurturing. The parent is complex, trying to keep me safe, making sure everything is as it should be. 4. Depression: I dress her in a black blunt wig with bangs to show her tendency to hide and to emphasize her lack of vibrancy. I play all four of these characters in all my pieces. I photograph them separately and then collage them together later in photoshop to create these narratives. Creating a physical manifestation of these conversations allows me to better understand how I respond to different scenarios. It also makes it easier to recognize when the conversations become toxic or problematic. It has given me the power to slowly change and reframe my thinking. Slowly transferring the power from my characters to the Truest Form. All people engage in Inner Dialogues. Knowing this, we can feel less alone.
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Brian Ballou: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Ballou, Brian, artist
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Chelsea Call: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013) Call, Chelsea, artist
The artist's statement: Through studying the photographic medium I have become keenly aware of the subtle nuances that light can create. These photographs are my observations of light changing a specific area from varying hours of a single day, to different days within a year. It is my personal belief that people should pay close attention to their surroundings, for the places and people we encounter have the ability to change very rapidly. It is my hope that these photographs share with the viewer my fascination of observing change. While the river serves as a beautiful metaphor for life, I initially chose the Cache la Poudre as my subject matter because it is a place I have grown close to in the past four years of my life. Each photograph was created in the color darkroom from 6x7 negatives and printed onto FujiCrystal Archive Paper. These decisions in my creative process reflect my concept of capturing a single transitioning moment in time.
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Christian (CJ) Johnson: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2019) Johnson, Christian, artist
The artist's statement: The focus of my photographic practice and research revolves around exploring abstract concepts, philosophy, and ideas. Concepts such as Liminality, Aporia, and Apeiron interest me because they are concepts that we as humans all experience and, but don't address and acknowledge very often. I use Photography to express these ideas and emotions to bring attention to them and portray them using photography which is a medium that is not commonly known for being used abstractly.To achieve this, I use strategies such as photo manipulation and light painting to give my art an abstract and surreal look in attempt not to fool people, but to make people wonder and ask me how the work is made and to give form to emotions and experiences that would not have form otherwise.
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Cleo Masia: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Masia, Cleo, artist
The artist's statement: Since the founding of our country we have celebrated and strived for the idealized "American Dream." In the beginning it was simply a wish for freedom and prosperity, but the American Dream is now synonymous with upward mobility, home ownership, and a bigger-is-better mentality. Many Americans believe that a new home in the suburbs will afford them a better quality of life, but a long term study conducted by Smart Growth America found that on average people who live in sprawling areas have a smaller chance of upward mobility, spend more money on housing and transportation, have a higher body mass index, and shorter life span. "Little Boxes" is an observation of America's penchant for building quickly and cheaply, often resulting in a tax on the environment and a failure to form and provide a sense of community. Through this body of work I hope to inspire my audience to work towards more compact, creative, and holistic living conditions in America.
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Conrad Pomrenke: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013) Pomrenke, Conrad, artist
The artist's statement: There are a plethora of things these days that we all simply take for granted. Pull out your cell phone, check your email, and go about your business. But what did we really just do and do we understand the significance? My fascination with technology has been a long running part of my life and with most of that run I was simply ignorant to what lies beneath the surface. Man Hours is my exploration of what actually does lie beneath the surface of objects that you may find work. Some objects photographed are very familiar to a wide audience, while others really only apply to one or two audiences, but all of them apply to myself and my experiences. Many objects that we use on a daily basis are typically taken at the surface level and with my exploration of the insides of some of these objects I have found a wealth of knowledge about how things work. Ever wonder exactly how big an iPhone's camera is on the inside? Who knew a remote control was so simple on the inside compared to the function of it on the outside? These are all questions that I learned the answer to after taking these objects apart and appreciating the Man Hours put into each one for its creation.
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Corinne Bisland: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Bisland, Corinne, artist
The artist's statement: My entire life has been guided by an artistic sensibility. From as early as I can remember, I always had some sort of artistic medium in my hands. Photography became my greatest passion when my whole world changed at 9 years old. I endured severe trauma to my body resulting in an incurable, chronic pain disorder called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. This was when I began to see my world differently. I focused my energy into photography instead of my pain. I was able to find joy through this hard time in the discovery of the beauty of nature. This body of work emerges from a desire of a real sensory experience. I have gone back to my roots of finding the beauty in personal experiences. When I look at the world through a photographic eye I see objects illuminated, surfaces painted by the depth of light and shadows, and the unique textures of everything around us. Each image is paired with a poem describing what I feel, smell, and think in the space while experiencing life. These experiences and thoughts are uniquely my own, which is the root of my photographic passion. The five displayed works are archival ink prints, incased in handmade light boxes. The illumination of the images brings forth the details of the natural world. All elements included in an image are samples from a specific space, arranged to convey my personal emotion of the time. Overall, these displays are a little insight into my world and how I find happiness through the many obstacles in life.
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Courtney Long: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2019) Long, Courtney, artist
The artist's statement: Based on Sigmund Freud's theories of the unconscious mind, I have created a photographic representation of the invisible self. The unconscious mind creates connections in the brain that are inaccessible to our fluid stream of thought. It records data that influences us in behavior, thoughts and judgement. Freud theorized, like an iceberg, the most important part of the mind is below the surface. The series began during a three-week spree of dream states and nightmares. As a result, a period of contemplation and wonder of the subconscious surfaced in my work. These photos are what I have come imagine my unconscious mind to look like during nightly REM cycles.
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Dillon King: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2022) King, Dillon, artist
The artist's statement: My name is Dillon King and I'm a photographer. My focus is based around the narrative or the storytelling ability an image has. I use a combination of elements including color and complex composition to assist the viewer in finding an emotive response. A few artists I look towards are Nan Goldin, Gordon Parks, Gregory Crewdson, Robert Capa, and Eddie Adams for their ability to show stories. With the age of social media, we are fed images over and over again that are shallow in both focus and meaning. While a shallow focus, used properly, has the ability to show us the depths of emotion, I chose to primarily use a wider range of focus to bring in more elements for storytelling. If the image contains a human figure, we are given more potential narrative with every new object we can see clearly. Within an image that doesn't contain a human figure, I aim to give enough information for deduction of the objects interplay within the frame. I choose to primarily use digital image capturing as it gives more potential for color. Color, a primary focus of my artistic technique, has a profound ability to direct a story due to its association with emotion. Digital gives me more manipulatable information to begin with. My focus is based around the storytelling ability an image has. I use a combination of elements including color and complex composition to assist the viewer in finding an emotive response, leading the audience to fabricate a story for themselves. Each image is intentionally unrelated for this reason.
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Emily Castillo: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2018) Castillo, Emily, artist
The artist's statement: The average American spends 101 minutes driving every day, a total of 37,935 hours throughout a lifetime. Most of the surroundings we drive through are ignored and unnoticed as we go about our daily lives. We reach a state of oblivion, living in a cycle of the same routine, and it goes unrecognized until a fair amount of time has already passed us by. I photograph to capture qualities found in nature while recording glimpses of time. I think of my photographs as a metaphor of how quickly time escapes us. We are constantly moving forward, thinking of tomorrow, and our days tend to blend together. The subtle changes in landscapes, the differences in color, and the rhythm of the way the land moves while the sky stands still are all aspects we encounter while traveling this beautiful Earth we inhabit. My work is a visual representation of the past three months, documenting time painted with natural light.
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Erin Bytheway: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2016) Bytheway, Erin, artist
The artist's statement: My photography documents adventures and tells stories. It's a way for me to combine childlike desire to play pretend with an adult desire to have a career. Milky Way depicts the planetary explorations of a space pirate. The camera becomes a window of my ship; I look out and see nebulas, supernovas, gas giants, flat dusty deserts, treacherous polar ice caps, mountainous oceans, and decaying planets. The images themselves are meant to evoke a sense of discovery. I cultivate a landscape in miniature by allowing milk to dry at the bottom of glass, from anywhere between a couple of days to a couple of weeks. Everything from the leftover milk to the collected dust creates textures and patterns that I emphasize using multiple flashlights with colored filters. All of the images are photographed using a digital camera. This allows me to quickly see the results of each photograph. Once I move a light or wash a glass, I cannot recreate the specific conditions of the set up. Viewing each photograph becomes like viewing a planet through a telescope. It's a moment in the past that can never be recreated. The milk will be washed and replaced; the planets will be destroyed and become part of new planets in new star systems.
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Gabriele Baumann: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2022) Baumann, Gabriele, artist
The artist's statement: "A picture is worth a thousand words" has always been an inspiration for me and my work. Through my work, I have shown different portrayals of the human being and tried to combine materialistic things and the surrounding environment in these images. I used my digital camera, some lighting techniques as well as creating new poses and angles to capture the image I was hoping for. There is no right or wrong answer to my work, it's whatever the audience wants it to be.
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Gabrielle Andreozzi: capstone
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2021) Andreozzi, Gabrielle, artist
The artist's statement: Motions of the unsaid: a series of the self. Spending a year in pandemic has been cause for much self-reflection and reinvention of the self. Forced solitude, manifested both physically and mentally, caused me to realize how uncomfortable with introspection and out of touch with myself I had become. Over the course of a single year, I have gone through more change within my reality than I have in my entire life. I have always been inspired by the way photographic imagery can capture a moment in time that is much too fleeting to be perceived by the naked eye. With one burst of a shutter, these snapshots can be frozen in time, existing past the moment and into the future - forgetting the specificity but remembering and honoring what was and has been. The self-portraiture within this series captures my subconscious experience of growth and emergence through everything I have gone through as a young woman - a visual exploratory event of the transformation unfolding within me that I have not had the words to express. The ambiguous and ever flowing nature of my being is something that I have come to embrace - every beautiful moment I wish I could live in forever, every painful moment when my heart has hurt more than I could have ever imagined - no longer trying to battle against their remembrance out of fear of exposing myself and my vulnerability. These are the motions of my metamorphosis.

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