honorable mention
Ashley Hardway united states
title
Submerge
Each piece reflects the emotions of an uncontrollable situation, like being
on the edge of loneliness, or just feeling lost in the world. I tend to hide my feelings inside, showing no emotions, and just show a blank face. But, sometimes the feelings that I try to hide from everyone comes through as negative actions that are difficult to control, actions such as lashing out at family, or ignoring the friends that are trying to help me. Therefore, I rely on my photography to work through these problems. The way I create my art is to make a connection to the individuals in my portraits and the strange, mysterious environments that they are in. I want the portraits and the settings to communicate intense emotions like solitude, anxiety, fear, or depression to come out. For my images, I combine my photos with digital art to create intensely dramatic and haunting images that are filled with emotions.
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entry description
My connection to photography is based on reflecting life events. I rely on my photography to be my therapy; it is where I can let out my feelings that I have trapped inside and let out my inner demons that haunt and torment me. I often struggle with issues when my parents fight, their arguments tend to depress me, but I don’t show them the deep scars that they leave behind.Each piece reflects the emotions of an uncontrollable situation, like being
on the edge of loneliness, or just feeling lost in the world. I tend to hide my feelings inside, showing no emotions, and just show a blank face. But, sometimes the feelings that I try to hide from everyone comes through as negative actions that are difficult to control, actions such as lashing out at family, or ignoring the friends that are trying to help me. Therefore, I rely on my photography to work through these problems. The way I create my art is to make a connection to the individuals in my portraits and the strange, mysterious environments that they are in. I want the portraits and the settings to communicate intense emotions like solitude, anxiety, fear, or depression to come out. For my images, I combine my photos with digital art to create intensely dramatic and haunting images that are filled with emotions.
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