These are 3 images I am considering working with for the composite project. I might use these actual images or I may just use them as ideas when taking more photographs.

This is my second composite assignment. I used 3 original photos: the image of the tree and 2 pictures of each of my friends.

Comments about Crewsdon, Hocks, Wall, and Sherman

I enjoyed the works of all four artists, and I can't say I have a favorite. I enjoyed Sherman's simple black and white photos, but I also appreciated the complexity of Wall's works. Both of these artists, however, had more realistic photographs, whereas I saw a more surreal aspect to both Crewsdon and Hock's pieces. Crewsdon's photographs had a mysterious quality to them. They were so beautiful and well done, yet they left me wondering and asking many questions about the events surrounding the single moment he captured. Many of Hock's photographs, on the other hand, reminded me of surrealist pieces by Dali, one of my favorite artists.

The chair, table, and railing are from a photo taken in the Bahamas outside an ice-cream store. The view in the background is from a photo I took in Wildwood, NJ.

I did this photoshop drawing as a mock album cover for my favorite bad H.I.M., specifically their newest album Screamworks.

I chose this photo because of the variety of lines, planes and shapes, and also because it shows off the beautiful architecture and style of TCNJ.

Reaction to the Inherited Traits Exhibit

My favorite piece in this exhibit is Genealogy of the Supermarket by Nina Katchadourian, because it represents this year's theme of family with a very different approach. By taking these supermarket icons away from the product they advertise and by placing them in this family tree backed by a homey looking wallpaper, I almost feel sentimental towards the fictional people in each frame. Their images are ingrained in my mind as a part of both my childhood and my present life, much the way the faces of my extended family are. This unique approach to the idea of family is seen in every piece in the Inherited Traits Exhibit. Both Nina Katchadourian and Heidi Kumao have expanded our school's theme to something more than the expected.