Follow Me
Parke Englebretsen
This series is based on 'Just Looking' a chapter by David Campany.
Campany discusses in this chapter the idea of that the 'camera being an
extension of the eye' and 'how in a highly visual culture images are not merely
seen; they condition how, why and at what we look at'. I found ideas from this
chapter to be the most fitting to my series Follow Me.
Follow Me is a series that captures being on an adventure or journey. The goal
of my series was to create a photo series from my point of view for the viewer
to follow and also followed the reading. A unique aspect of my series is
that you never see a person in any of the photos making it seem isolated and
not real. Also being shot in black and white shows the viewer ideas of
isolation within nature.
Walking my dogs in the bush is something I enjoy doing. The sense
of adventure and finding hidden spots is addictive. Dogs are the best cardio
partners as they never complain ad are always keen to keep pushing forward, it
is also a fun way to keep me and dogs active.
Artist models I have looked at include Alec Soth, Thomas Struth, Jitka
Hanzlova and Sally Mann. I like
how they include a model in a hostile environment and there is a lot of emotion
in the imagery to help create a story with the camera as it extends their
perspective of Just Looking.
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