"Get Closer" Assignment

            This past weekend, I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  My mission was to photograph specific details of various bodies of work for submission in the “Get Closer” amateur photography contest.  I explored the museum's vast collections, from the Greek and Roman galleries to the French Decorative Arts, looking at the particular characteristics that made up each piece of art.

Greek, Hellenistic, Marble Heads

I started by photographing Greek and Roman busts, sometimes getting so close in the pursuit of detail that I had set off the occasional alarm!  The Greek marbles heads were so distinct from each other, effectively illustrating the various characteristics of each individual’s face.  I love the Roman head’s profiles.  They reminded me of my father and grandparents, particularly in the quintessential Romanesque, bridge of the nose.

"The Burghers of Calais", Auguste Rodin

Kwoma Ceiling

As you enter the Oceanic Arts gallery, you are sucked in by the Kwoma ceiling artwork. The Kwoma are a group of people living in northwestern New Guinea.   These are the ceilings of their ceremonial houses, which have no walls, and are used for ritual.  The wood is heavily decorated with carvings and paintings.

"Sappho", Comte Prosper D'Epinay

Greek, Hellenistic, Marble Head

Hallway Shoot

I call members of my family and my friends daily, asking them to either to review my images or to be part of one.  My photography career has really been a family affair.  I appreciate them so much for taking time in their busy lives to play around with me and my camera.  Here are the results of a shoot I did sunday night with my cousin Shanna and my husband Johnny (who had just spent an hour in a plastic crate the night before while shooting "Death of Marat").  I'm so blessed to have them all!

My Weekend . . .

Working on my midterm assignment still but I also attended my little cousin's christening.  It was nice to have a little family time in the middle of all the craziness.

Some other shoots I did this weekend . . .

My Father:

And my Riley . . . 

Photo Recreations of Classical Narrative Paintings

I am working on midterm assignment which consists of recreating two classical narrative paintings and making three narrative photos of my own.

Here is my attempt at recreating Mary Cassatt's Breakfast in Bed.

Narrative painting by Jaques Louis David, "The Death of Marat".