Today you will be writing about a photograph by artist Lori Nix. This image is from her series titled The City.
Write 4 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember to post your analysis as a comment to the blog post that corresponds to your class. If you post your analysis to the wrong class's post, it will not be graded. Remember, refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
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Before you write, read the artist statement: I consider myself a faux-landscape photographer. I build meticulously detailed model environments and then photograph the results. Through the photographic process, the fictional scene is transformed into a surreal space, where scale, perspective, and the document of the photograph create a tension between the material reality of the scene and the impossibility of the depicted narrative. In this space, between evidence and plot, the imagination of the viewer is unlocked, engaged, and provoked. I want my scenes to convey rich, complex, detailed, and, ultimately, open-ended narratives. Several common themes prevail throughout my work: the constructed photograph, the landscape in turmoil, and danger married to humor. I present these elements as the raw materials of stories with messages, but without conclusions. The photographs I create do not reflect the tradition of the grand idyllic landscape. Rather than showing the beautiful or heroic vista, I look to the darker corners of life. I am interested in the forces of entropy, in the ruins left in the wake of human pretense of grandeur. My scenes are usually devoid of people, and this emptiness becomes an important element. In this way, the impact of civilization is shown by what remains in the absence of humans. Evidence of humans may still be visible, but the cause for their absence is left unclear, allowing the viewer to complete the narrative. In my current series The City, I focus on the ruins of urban landscapes. I have chosen the spaces that celebrate modern culture, knowledge, and innovation: the theater, the museum, and the library. Here the monuments of civilization and material culture are abandoned, in a state of decay and ruin, with natural elements such as plants, insects, and animals beginning to repopulate the spaces. This idea of paradise lost, or the natural world reclaiming itself, becomes more forceful as we face greater environmental challenges in the world around us.
isabella grossman
2/28/2020 12:24:26 pm
This image is a still life miniature sculpture of an aquarium. This aquarium appears to have been abandoned for many years. The ferns growing on the wall and the yellow water of the unkept glass aquarium make it look as if it has been unattended for a long time. The light of the still life is as if it was taken in broad daylight which takes away the weariness of the photo a little bit. The lighting is warm and soft and there are no intense highlights or shadows. The objects in this image include typical aquarium hardware and exhibits and what you would think of when you thought of an educational facility.
Abby Muir
2/28/2020 12:27:56 pm
This image is of an aquarium if humanity was wiped from the face of the Earth. Photographer Lori Nix created her series “The City” because she wanted to recreate what she thinks the world would look like if there was an apocalypse and humanity was wiped out. I think she did a fantastic job recreating her idea. If I didn’t know it was a diorama I would never know it wasn’t a real building. I love all the little details and additions, they really add a creative and realistic touch.
Flint Rose
2/28/2020 12:34:01 pm
This piece depicts the inside of a blue aquarium. There is a tank in the bottom right corner. The inside of the tanke is very yellow in comparison to the rest of the aquarium, drawing your eyes to it. There is green moss all over the inside of the aquarium, this aquarium has clearly seen better days. If you look inside the tank you can see plants that are out growing their enclosure.
Chloe Clark
2/28/2020 12:36:24 pm
Lori Nix’s image is of a diorama depicting an aquarium in a post-apocalyptic world. The building itself looks run down and abandoned by the cracks in the ceiling and the way it is swarming with moss. The lighting in this image isn’t too bright or too dark. The fish tank provides a warm contrast from the blue surroundings of the building. There are no visible fish in the tank, but there is a habitat which would seem to provide for one.
mateo
2/28/2020 12:40:45 pm
This image by Lori Nix, from her series, The City is about a post apocalyptic world without humans. To get this effect, she makes tiny models of a setting she wants, she makes the structures look broken down and worn and she introduces nature back into the human made structures. She decided to use blue colors and lighter colors for her theme of an abandoned aquarium. There is bright window light being used to light the image. There is an empty aquarium in the middle of the room and there is grass growing on the floor and vines and cracks on the walls.
Ben Barlow
3/3/2020 08:04:10 am
The City is a photo series by artist Lori Nix that depicts a post apocalyptic urban landscape. In each of her works, Nix illustrates how elements of human society would look after hundreds of years of being abandoned. In every photograph, Nix builds a highly realistic diorama that resembles the setting she chooses. More often than not, these models can take months to construct from the ground up. This particular photo takes place inside of a dilapidated aquarium with moss growing on the walls and sand covering the ground. Comments are closed.
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