The Neighborhood

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Felix C.

• Artist Statement

  This was a documentary conceptual project I completed for my junior year photography class' "people" unit. Each friend of mine that was recruited to have their photo taken was directed by me to stand in a place I chose, and told strike a neutral pose. This spreads attention from only the subject but also their surroundings, giving a sense of looking into a museum-built life-sized diorama of middle-class teenage home life here in Marin. After I took their portrait, I took pictures in locations based on where they were standing (On either axis of the subject, either east/west or north/south). This was done so that once the photos were together in a triptych, a general theme of their own slice of the outdoors could be understood by the viewer.

• Creative Statement

  Creativity, is the action of where the mind is exercising to produce meaning and idea. Inspiration, stimulates the mind to exercise, creating something unique that can be looked up upon by others.