MUSÉE 29 – EVOLUTION
Evolution explores the concepts of progress, transformation, growth, and advancement in an age when images are taking a dramatic shift in the role they play in our lives.
All tagged Woman Crush Wednesday
" When people get older, their skin gets thinner. So you see them stronger in the image. I like that."
"The main idea of the Blueprint project is that our home is the reflection of ourselves."
"I want to challenge how the depicted are expected to be seen, undermine the stereotype.
"Don’t let people get to your insides too quickly. But also by all means, be open to receiving love."
"I think I'm investigating what it is about dance that is so all-consuming to us dancers and I am definitely trying to illustrate to the world (or to anyone who will look) how dance can be so very different than what the mainstream view of it is..."
"I began with black & white photograms, but when I turned to color, with the photogram, I realized light, photography’s indexical, was radically different, the palette electrified the composition, whether it was expressed in muted tones or bolder hues. Color is an artist’s universe and photographic color theory (RGBYMC) photography’s planet."
Our Woman Crush article is a day late -- but Eva Mueller is fabulous! Read all about her and her GenderFuck series here
Empty stare is my shield. I do not want to tell too much about myself to the viewer.
"My own challenge was to find a visual interpretation far from any cliches you would expect of showing favelas."
When I don't speak their language I use body language to communicate with my subjects. A smile can often be enough to break the ice, especially with elderly people who often don't speak English.
To really understand that we have a few years on this planet and that then everything will be totally over is just too painful for most of us, and since death is unavoidable, it seems to be easier, and maybe more practical, to avoid thinking about at it.
I feel like I’m just starting to play with photography - a real you gotta learn the rules before you can break them kind of deal.
I do my best to not judge. I want to know a person’s story, to understand them more before I take a photo. I want to show them respect.
This project has made me challenge the general idea of some days feeling like I'm just another person living in the world. Then other days I think, well my voice is small but if I don't say something, who will?
I don’t know if I can say that the project changed me, but it was very interesting to see how it came to life and lived with me during the past year and how much of my experiences and feelings were translated into it, often subconsciously.
