Photographers that Inspire

Recently for the series of photographs that I have been shooting have been inspired by such great photographers from different time periods. A photographer that has been an inspiration to me has been Thomas Annan (1829-1887). Using the cities landscape I pay close attention to my natural surroundings while choosing what photographs to take. He has inspired me through his body of work. My photos start with trespassing to an unknown place that I feel like not many people have gone to before. Keeping that in mind, Thomas has taught me to pay attention to the vantage points of this certain landscape while incorporating the natural surroundings of the architecture. These photographs display a unique depth of field and a level of detail which my focus is to astonish. The subtle changes of light levels and the amount of visual information available in the darkest areas is one of the hardest challenges a photographer can experience.

Cindy Sherman & I

At first when seeing Cindy Sherman's photographs you come to realize that all of her work explores a certain contemporary identity with the main focus on representation. While creating new bodies of work she is often influenced by images from magazines, television, movies and the internet; almost every source of media. To create her images Cindy has worked as her own model for nearly 30 years working herself in different personas then the previous. With a variety of props including makeup, wigs, costumes and props, Cindy has definitely transformed her surroundings along with herself to construct herself as many different characters often representing clown like figures that one may think came straight out of an acid trip.