Creating an Artist Statement
Big Ideas: Place, Identity, Spirituality, Consumption, Stories, Loss, Desire, Humor, Nostalgia
Time, Memory, Power, Play, Structures, Romance, Protest, Paradox, Ecology, Compassion
Fantasy, Systems, Transformation, Balance, Boundaries, Change, History, Investigation, Fiction
Legacy, Secrets, Disguise, Illusion
Time, Memory, Power, Play, Structures, Romance, Protest, Paradox, Ecology, Compassion
Fantasy, Systems, Transformation, Balance, Boundaries, Change, History, Investigation, Fiction
Legacy, Secrets, Disguise, Illusion
A.
What inspires you as a photographer?
What subject matter do you like to photograph?
What is your goal as a photographer?
What do you want your photographs to convey or express?
How do you want the viewer to feel when they look at their work?
Why is photography important to you?
B.
Why do you make your artwork?
(What is your connection with photography?)
What motivates you to take photographs?
How/Why did you take the photograph/photographs?
What tools, materials, and techniques did you use? (Lenses, camera settings, filters, shutter speed, aperture, editing in photoshop...)
(Write one sentence.)
What does your photography mean to you?
What ideas are you communicating or what concepts are visible in your work?
C.
More questions to add/consider:
What is your favorite subject? Why?
What is your favorite lens/camera setting? Why?
What do you like best about photography?
How do you know when you have taken a good photograph?
What patterns emerge in your work? Is there a pattern in the way you select materials? In the way you use color, texture or light?
What do you do differently from the way you were taught? Why?
When I work with__________ I am reminded that___________.
I begin a piece by______________.
When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of _____________.
When people see my work, I'd like them to ________________.
Why do you make your artwork?
(What is your connection with photography?)
What motivates you to take photographs?
How/Why did you take the photograph/photographs?
What tools, materials, and techniques did you use? (Lenses, camera settings, filters, shutter speed, aperture, editing in photoshop...)
(Write one sentence.)
What does your photography mean to you?
What ideas are you communicating or what concepts are visible in your work?
C.
More questions to add/consider:
What is your favorite subject? Why?
What is your favorite lens/camera setting? Why?
What do you like best about photography?
How do you know when you have taken a good photograph?
What patterns emerge in your work? Is there a pattern in the way you select materials? In the way you use color, texture or light?
What do you do differently from the way you were taught? Why?
When I work with__________ I am reminded that___________.
I begin a piece by______________.
When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of _____________.
When people see my work, I'd like them to ________________.