We float II

Artifacts of Modern Love - Artist Statement

Artifacts of Modern Love - Series of 12 5x7 Self Portraits,

This series sets out to explore the line between a self portrait and a narcissistic snap shot: what is the difference between the two? 

It came about when visiting a friend to see photos from an overseas trip. While flicking through his iPhoto I came across a number of photos of himself, in lots of 5 every 20 photos or so. I started thinking about self portraits and the narcissists need to record themselves, and what is the difference between the two. With the rise of social networking sites like myspace and facebook, are we seeing a rise in narcissism or a rise in self portraits?

Artifacts of Modern Love II

Artifacts of Modern Love I

The Reason I Started This Blog-whatever/ Let Loose

I had a conversation via email with Audrey Kawasaki http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com
about inspiration and where to get it, how to keep it flowing and
how to keep your hand moving. I had a bit of a freak out in regards to
where I was going with my work, how I was to get it out there
(something they never really teach you at Art School), and the fear
that I wasn't producing and couldn't get motivated. She suggested
something like this... which I started.

I made it as part resource, part ramble and part showing space for new
work and new ideas. Kinda Starting a dialogue with my self and my
thoughts on images, what I liked and what I wanted to create, pieces I
found on the internet all over the place. Like an online visual diary,
that I could share and get feed back, see what other people where
thinking, what they thought, what others would suggest I look to after
they'd seen what I was already looking at....

10th Feb
I've been writing this for months now. literally. I think I started it
sometime last year, after I had quit my advertising job at the end of
july and had gone on a months sabbatical to get my head right again
(it's still not right, but yeah.... getting there someday).

I've just been reading through other photographers blogs, and I see a
problem with my own work... there isn't a theme, or a train of though,
or a way of recording anything. I have problems with the idea of a
series of work, because a series to me seems like a stagnation of some
sort, no room to move so to speak.

The other problem is that I find it hard to take myself seriously when
photographing, or making an image. I get so stubborn in my own head
about it and can't think about how I would make the work different or
better, or push it further. I can only see how I wanted it to be and
that is it. And if it doesn't work out the way I wanted, then fuck it
- I throw it out.

I think I'm too overly analytical. I analyze everything so much I
kill it.

I'm trying to let loose.

47 Degrees