Touch Response


Sun Kissed and Star
Photograph Series
10.377" × 11.52" and 27.083"x36"

"It's our outer shell that seems to fear cold most, acting as a sentry on perpetual watch. Receptors for warmth lie deeper in the skin, and there are fewer of them." 
-Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, p.89

Statement: 
    My photographs ties in with the quote I found from Ackermans' section, 'The Inner Climate.' I took inspiration from the idea that the warmth lies deep and there are few of the receptors. My models 'outer shell' or skin is being hit lightly by the sun. The tiny, bright spots of sun are lightly kissing her skin. Almost as if you could feel the warmth hitting her skin through the picture. She is glancing at where the heat is coming from in a seemingly appreciative way. The sun is light and inviting and her skin seems to be taking that in. I used a strainer to make the dots and gave the photos a black and white filter for a more dramatic effect. 






Meshed
Digital Collage
15.625"x15.625"


"Not that our sense of self is necessarily accurate. Each of us has an exaggerated mental picture of our body, with a big head, hands, mouth, and genitals, and a small trunk; children often draw people with big heads and hands, because that is the way their body feels to them."
-Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, p.95

Statement:
    The collage I created was inspired by, "The Skin Has Eyes" section of Ackerman's book. The idea we are exaggerated mental images created from ourselves was intriguing to me. Understanding that everyone has various perspectives of themselves and other people is what I tried to portray. I compiled all kinds of facial features together. I wanted to pull certain characteristics I felt would stick out to different people as they look around. I allowed one component of different faces to join together. Our brain recognizes the components of a face, but is unable to generate just one face. As we look more, we see various features from various people. What sticks out most depends on the viewer, everyone has unique features meshed into one. I wanted to capture the various aspects of a face into one space without making an identifiable, singular face.












 

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