In one of my recent classes, I told my instructor that I was
like a “chef who works with leftovers.” What I meant was that I frequently go
back to my old work and pull something from that image to make one outstanding
image. I have tons of old photos that I never gave a second thought about and
more importantly, never was going to use again. Now in my final class here, I
found myself settling into being a conceptual photographer. This style of
photography allows me to compose an image with tons of layers all combined into
one. My concept is not hard, I just think of unconventional ways to express
myself as a photographer. I like clean lines, but at times a bit of chaos
within the image. The image below is made up of 8 different images all shot at
different times and different locations.
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| Quiana P Jackson. Untitled, 2014 |
As a student I have learned my camera in and out, new
techniques and different genres, but while working as a photographer in my
personal life, I struggled to find what made me feel most creative. I spoke
before about the Creative Process in a previous blog post, but now I needed to
explore my visual creative process to be where I am today.
Every day I am learning something new with conceptual photography. Every
day I am finding out something new with my own photography. Every day I am
getting one step closer to being the photographer that I know resides in me.
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| Quiana P Jackson. Untitled, 2014 |
