I’m honored to have six of my photographs featured in Lynchburg Art Club’s latest exhibition titled Photography: A Digital Vision. I’ve included a few images below from my visit to the exhibition last week. If you live in the area, make sure to stop by and see all of the amazing artwork!
ARTIST STATEMENT
I fell in love with the Holga camera immediately after my first roll of film. The Holga is a cheap, toy camera that is strangely simplistic and complex at the same time. It creates images that are surreal and otherworldly, bringing the viewer into a universe that is slightly different than reality. For these images, I wanted to exaggerate that unique atmosphere that the Holga is known for. By accentuating and distorting proportions even more, I was able to bring forward the characteristics that embody the Holga. Vignetting, multiple exposures, light leaks, lens blur and distortion are all part of the Holga’s magic. These images were taken with the Holga at locations across the United States using a variety of film (Redscale, Lomochrome Purple, etc.). After the film was processed, I scanned the images in high-resolution using an Epson Perfection V750 Pro, lightly adjusting the color, saturation and contrast prior to scanning. I then further adjusted color, saturation and contrast in Lightroom before exporting the images into Photoshop where I used various distortion and blur filters to finalize the images.
