I create art because it it fun and is a way to express how you feel. To me, art means something which is left to interpretation and something which you create. Art has a different meaning to everyone depending on how one interprets it. Art is something which no one can judge and can be represented in so many ways. Dance in something which inspires me and this is expressed through my work with photos of it and how I express myself through dance. Another thing which inspires me is the outdoors, this inspires me because there are so many different aspects to it. This is expressed through the photos I take. So far, I have been in photo 1 and 2 and I created many different photos in this class. During this semester I would like to make more photos which I really like because I feel like taking pictures with a digital camera is more fun than taking them with a non-digital camera. I would also like to make more pictures of subjects which I like with more freedom than in photo 1and 2.
A photographer which inspires me is Mario Testino. He is a fashion photographer for Vogue magazine and photographed Princess Diana before she died. The artists photos are about fashion and making the subject look their best. He has photographed for Vogue magazine all over the world with exhibitions of his art in London as well as receiving many awards for his work. He uses photo shop techniques within his photos to make the photo look the best it possibly can. He also uses photo shop for it to look flawless when it goes into print for the magazine. I really like the artist's choices of materials and artistic process. I really like how all of his photos are taken of high end fashion and covers for Vogue. Mario Testino moved from Lima, Peru and has become one of the world's most well-known and celebrated fashion photographers.
