this really has to do with some of my work.----

In the world today many evil things go on, from the alcoholic teenager to the father who is depressed but seems happy to everyone else. Many people cope with their pain or troubles differently, whether it is praying, eating, or even the worst, killing themselves. Parents, teachers, and other older influential people around young adults don’t like to talk about young adults’ problems so they ignore it hoping problems will heal on their own. However, this is not always the case. Parents, teachers, and even peers need to talk to people they trust about their problems. Getting things out even simply with writing a diary can help a person feel better. When a person looks at my photographs I want them to connect, not directly, but be able to think of some small or large trouble they had to go through and how they were able to get through it and hopefully able to share that with someone who needs that advice.
The themes and subjects I choose to portray are controversial and I choose them on purpose to get people talking. People either hate it or like it, but both are reactions and that is what I want. I do not want to make my photography where I give away every detail and make it so I am sort of “talking” down to the person but rather have viewers choose their own answer on what I was trying to show in my artwork. By emphasizing the unity of one person in the picture gives a since of loneliness since people hardly have many people to talk to about problems and also by using color or lack of I am able to give strong images that draws people’s attention. At first look viewers aren’t able to see every

detail, it takes a few minutes to look closely to what the person in the picture is actually doing, which makes the viewer able to give their own description on the photograph. When people see my artwork they will see beyond the subject matter, see more than a dead girl in a bathtub. Hopefully they see themselves, in an abstract way, and able to connect either positively or negatively.