Basic Information

• About me

  All things literary have infatuated me for as long as I can remember. It was never the fiction or imagination that intrigued me, but the structure of language instead. It was intriguing to know that each sentence we choose to string together affects our relationship with another being. I come from a divorced home, and found language to be the deciding factor of the mood when I existed in both households. Tiptoeing around words with my family was and still remains one of my specialties. This constant apprehensive feeling is why I have never felt completely comfortable or safe in any home.My work is a nonlinear narrative of the emotional changes I have gone through in the past two years. I am photographing in my own home where I am beginning to feel comfortable, and making cathartic work that is helping me resolve some of the struggles within myself. The reason I do not feel completely comfortable in my home now is because I still share it with a roommate and because I will be leaving it soon. I have yet to figure out if I will always feel a detachment to any home, or if I will eventually find a place that feels secure.The photographs I make are broken down into their raw, most basic form with the use of a nude model. The constructions are manipulated and the color palette is controlled to symbolize the control I have attempted to seize in my life. Themes of confinement, loneliness, ritual, growth, decay, and struggle are found in the work to represent how difficult it is to find a sense of belonging in a space. The themes are portrayed in a delicate, microcosmic way to reinforce the subtlety of my emotions and relate to the viewer.It is important to me that my audience connect to this self-portrait series in one way or another. As human beings, we all share similar physical, psychological, and emotional struggles, and I think there is meaning in discovering that common thread.

• Resume

  Education
  2013 Louisiana Tech University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Ruston, LAEmployment
  2013 Custom Framer and Graphic Designer at Nader’s Gallery, Shreveport, LA
  2012 Monitor at Louisiana Tech School of Art, Ruston, LA
  2012 Head Photographer, The Tech Talk, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
  2010-2012 Staff Photographer, The Tech Talk, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
  2010-2012 Office Assistant at Department of History , Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LAVolunteer
  2012 Masur Museum of Art, Fall Festival, Monroe, LA
  2012 Masur Museum of Art, Shayne Dark, Artist in Residency Assistant, Monroe, LA
  2012 Masur Museum of Art, Off the Wall Fundraiser, Monroe, LA
  2011 National Help Portrait, Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home, Ruston, LA – photographer
  AC/DC Kids, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA – photographer and editorExperience
  2013 Gallery Internship with the North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, LA, Learning how to organize a solo show for a local artist; working with a Summer Art Camp
  2012 Summer Internship with Jennifer Robsion Photography, Shreveport, LA., Learning how to balance a business, gallery, and a leadership position with a focus on the gallery.Exhibitions
  2013 Two-Person Show with Rhyan Emery Taylor, LSMSA, Natchitoches, LA
  Solo Show, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier City, LA
  University of Louisiana System Academic Summit, Bry Gallery, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA
  Off the Wall Fundraiser, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
  Annual Student Show, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, Juror:Christin Nunez
  2012 Downstairs Gallery, Monroe Art Crawl, Monroe, LA
  Art From the G.U.T., the Enterprise Center, Ruston, LA, Juror: Jenny Burnham
  Annual Student Show, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, Juror: Kelli Connell
  
  Membership
  2011-present Society for Photographic Education
  2011-2012 Secretary for Reel Exposure Photography Club, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LASoftware, Hardware, and Technical Expertise
  Adobe Photoshop and Bridge, CS3, 4, 5, 6
  Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
  Digital SLR cameras, flatbed scanners, and inkjet printers
  Lighting Equipment – Strobe and Flash, Reflectors, Umbrellas, Soft Boxes, Sweeps, and Backdrops
  Darkroom Processes – Black and White film processing and Silver Gelatin Printing
  Alternative Processes – Digital Negatives, Cyanotypes, Van Dyke Brown, Photograms, Transfers
  Film Cameras – 35mm, medium and large format
  References
  Jes Schrom
  Chicago, IL
  318.278.3178
  Frank Hamrick
  Photography Program Coordinator, Louisiana Tech University
  318.257.4154Jennifer Robison
  Owner at Jennifer Robison Photography
  318.741.9192