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I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex

- John Baldessari

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I'm really interested in John Baldessari's work, and I'm really happy I got the chance to see this in person at the Museum of Modern Art. This goes down as one of my favorite quotes.

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Out of all the work I made at Rollings Middle School, this is one I think I am most proud of. This piece is in support of the legalization of Gay Marriage throughout the United States. I had set plans for how I planned for it to turn out, but as I got started it slowly became something completely different than what I had sketched out. The first layer is a collage of all of the flags of states that do not support gay marriage (of course it is different now) held down by a matte medium, sanded down to give it a more tattered and less clean cut look. On top of that I wrote out some quotes on the topic of gay marriage/gay rights which it hard to see unless you're looking at it in person, because the camera can't pick them up. Next I painted the famous palmetto tree and cresent moon of our own SC state flag. On top of the tree is written out in black "Love is patient, love is kind" over and over. On other side of the tree I created a spray paint stencil of two recognizable symbols for men holding hands on one side, and a man and a woman holding hands on the other. Each are surrounded by a heart. On top of the tree between the two hearts is an equal sign (=) painted on in the colors yellow and blue, like the equality flag. I put a lot of thought and heart into this piece, and it was one of my favorite projects I have ever done, maybe even my most favorite. I'm always happy to show it off to people unlike other things I have done that I get shy about. Despite some flaws in it, I am really proud of it, especially considering it was my first time using some of those materials. I plan to do other mixed media political posters in the future, and already have some ideas drawn out.

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I really liked the contrast between the water and the dock and all the different values and textures in this picture

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One of many actions shots I took of my extended families dog, Remington

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One of my favorite pieces of graffiti we saw on our graffiti tour in Brooklyn, New York

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I took this right before our tour of Central Park. The building to the far right is the famous Dakota House. I thought it was the coolest thing how the streets seemed to go on endlessly.

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These are Andy Warhols cows at the MOMA in NYC. Visiting this museum was by far one of the best experiences of my life

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Yes, i was supposed to pick ten. Yes, i submitted eleven. At that point in time, these were my favorite pictures i had taken. They were all taken summer of 2014. Some are from my trip to NYC in June, some taken during my family vacation in August, and some back around the time of Shepard Fairey's "Power and Glory" exhibit in July. I think I have grown a lot more as a photographer in the short period of time I have been taking my Photography class, but at one point this was my best work. I can't wait to see my best at the end of this school year to see how much I've improved. (Instead of uploading all eleven, I'm putting five of them up here)

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not my best, but St. Matthews viewed from Marion Square

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another at Urban. some usage of leading lines in this one

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one of a few pictures taken of the chandelier in Urban Outfitters on King

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I increased the color saturation on this picture to make everything pop more

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the r.o.t. is something i have a lot of experience with after using it in middle school art classes for three years. it comes almost naturally, but this was still a fun project. i took pictures in downtown charleston in urban outfitters and around the city.

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decided to take one at a different angle to create more interest. i also did some post production editing to bring out values.

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more of a birds eye view type shot of the jar in regular daylight with a little bit of extra light from my flashlight

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took the jar outside in the late evening and put a candle inside. this is my favorite for this project

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filled the jar halfway with water and gave it some indirect light. the blanket creates interesting shadows

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our assignment was to pick any one item to photograph in a series of different types of lighting. i chose a mason jar because i had one handy and i like the way glass reflects light. i also chose to make my photos black and white so you can better recognize the values and contrast

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x marks the spot on this palmetto tree

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tape on a light pole made a t, i made it an x

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chain link means x's everywhere

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spotted under the bleachers

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8 / 29 / 14

every student was assigned a letter to find around campus, the letter x was a little easier to spot than expected

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lanterns/

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clown/ stopped a random kid on the street that was trick-or-treating and asked if I could photograph him in his costume, he was more than willing

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10 / 31 / 14

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thoughts/ used iphone flashlight with shutter speed of 15 seconds and ISO of 100 to create (or try to create) a thought bubble. took close to ten tries to get an acceptable looking image

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literal light painting/ used small led flashlight and iphone flashlight with ISO set to 100 and shutter speed of 15 seconds. set up canvas and easel to create an actual "painting" effect. I feel like my sarcastic attitude really shows in this

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little sister/ used christmas lights and iphone flash light with ISO set to 100 and a shutter speed of 20 seconds

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scaffolding//one point perspective

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railroad//one point perspective

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box//two point perspective

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alley way//two point perspective

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campus #1

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campus #2

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