i feel guilty for being so horrible at keeping my blog going. i was never good at keeping a diary as a kid. anyway, since it is 100 degrees outside and i’m afraid to leave my bed, here goes.
recently i’ve been hitting a sort of road block, photographically. my current employer (or internship sponsor) asked me who my favorite photographer was. i couldn’t give him an answer. sure, i like a bunch of photographers- all the greats, of course. but i didn’t stumble across a photograph and decide that, because of this mind-blowing piece i was going to become a photographer. my decision was much more selfish than all of that.
i love doing it for me. for how it makes me feel. for how it allows me to express all the crazy stuff in my head. and how it lets people understand. ansel adams is great, but i’m my inspiration.
so anyway, all of this has definitely got me thinking. my boss also gave me a ton of photography/fashion books to read. they’ve been pretty interesting so far. so i’m really going to try and figure out who i like and why. maybe that will get me excited again.
let’s get started:
i found this picture while looking at the imdb page for little ashes, a movie about the young lives of salvador dali and frederico garcia lorca. (robert pattinson just also happens to be in it). i haven’t seen it yet but it didn’t get great reviews, so i bet it’s decent.
**do i give credit to the director of photography for the image? wish i knew who it was!
i adore this image of marina gatell. i love the tones of the out of focus background (blurry is my thing) the gorgeous dress and her crazy neck/collarbones! i have a tough time photographing people, i want to do stuff like this.
i hope to see more wonderful images when i eventually get around to watching the movie.
ta ta for now. hope to see you soon
Rachel Verhaaren is a photographer originally from Long Island, New York. She now resides in Baltimore where she attends the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her recent work analyzes human and mechanical optical perception.