History of Photography Research Part One || Personal Project

These are all photographers that have done photography with text base photography and typography, something I enjoy doing myself with writing up the narrative:

Christopher Wool

Christopher Wool is an American Artist that was well known for his photography surrounding post-conceptual ideas and the issues in surrounding them. He utilizes painting and photography into his works. 

https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/christopher-wool

Lorna Simpson

Lorna Simpson is an American Photographer and Multi-Media artist, she was well known for her conceptual photography and video art that explores themes of race, gender, and identity. 

 Lorna Simpson, Waterbearer, 1986. Gelatin silver print, vinyl lettering, 59 × 80 × 2 1/2 inches

Lorna Simpson, Coiffure, 1991. Three gelatin silver prints, ten engraved plastic plaques, 72 1/2 × 106 × 1 7/8 inches

https://4columns.org/d-souza-aruna/lorna-simpson-1985-1992

Michelle Hamer

Michelle Hamer is a contemporary visual artist, she is well known for her works that comment on the digital and physical world that we inhabit in. She focuses on important themes such as the way language and signage in the urban and suburban environment defines and reflects contemporary social beliefs.

I'm a Believer - 2024, Michelle Hamer

Wheel of Fortune - 2022, Michelle Hamer

Relax, We're Doing Great - 2022, Michelle Hamer

https://michellehamer.com/works/artist-book-im-a-believer#&gid=1&pid=1

Jeff Mermelstein 

Jeff Mermelstein is a photojournalist who was well known for taking various photographs in New York City, specifically his phone text series where he took various photographs of people's text message conversations on their phones.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-photographer-peeking-at-your-phone

Continued || Personal Photography Project

This is a continuation of sequences for the personal project, where the sequence of photographed texts are photographed through this cling wrap plastic I found from one of my packages. Here is a couple of shots that I took with it.

Personal Project || Narrative about an Artist's Academic Stress

This is a Part Two to my Personal Project, 

The narrative is about my personal experiences after being dismissed from college before I shifted into my current major being Studio Art. So taking these photos feels very personal to me and quite a bit of a sensitive topic. It also puts heavy emphasis on the thought of what artists have to go through, especially when they feel like they want to have their voices heard and they can't do so, due to various factors. It felt like to me personally, that when I got dismissed, it felt like the college couldn't hear me out or understood what I was feeling internally. It also felt like they were trying to take my dreams away on wanting to be an artists, like, "Where did I go wrong?", "Why did I do that?", etc. Additionally as a studio artist, I also have a small passion in writing and I believe naturally, being an artist and a writer tells a lot from a person overall.