Working with Nostalgia

I decided to try to depict the word 'nostalgia' for these photos. In order to evoke that emotion, I overlaid a photo of childhood events with a picture of the place now. For example, I put a picture of me and my mom playing at my grandparent's house over a picture of how the house looks how. You can see the changes the house has gone through, and it creates, in me at least, a yearning for the past and for the old home.

To complete the feeling of nostalgia and the past, I did a transfer onto mulberry paper with these images. The worn-in and handmade quality of the paper is perfect for the personal and earnest content of the photos. 

Independent Work with Vaseline

I recently experimented with nighttime photography and vaseline, as well as long exposures of light. I was toying with the concept of isolation, which I hoped to create by strategically spreading the vaseline to imitate fog. Fog, in my mind, makes one feel isolated and engulfed, and I liked the contrast of that with light. To take these photos, I placed my camera on a tripod at night and shot long exposures (ranging from 2-5 seconds) through a vaseline-coated lens.

Independent Work Inspiration

These are some shots of night photography that are inspiring for my work with night photography and vaseline. 

Night Photography By Przemyslaw Wielicki

Eerie Urban By Bartosch Debicki

 

Brassai By "T Squared"