The Art of the Personal Project is a crucial element to let potential buyers see how you think creatively on your own. I am drawn to personal projects that have an interesting vision or that show something I have never seen before. In this thread, I’ll include a link to each personal project with the artist statement so you can see more of the project. Please note: This thread is not affiliated with any company; I’m just featuring projects that I find. Please DO NOT send me your work. I do not take submissions.
Today’s featured artist: John Dyer
My love for photography comes from seeing what something looks like when it’s photographed. The camera sees differently than the human eye. Different lenses see differently from each other. Shooting color (at least for me) is not the same as shooting black & white. Placing the frame of a camera and freezing a bit of time and space creates something new, something different from what was photographed. That something has its own rules and esthetic: a transformation that I find intoxicating. A photograph has no narrative ability so it cannot tell you what was happening at the time the shutter was released. The photograph must exist on its own, justifying itself by the intrinsic elements that it is composed of. Whenever all those elements are in complete balance, a photograph becomes something more, something mysterious, something fascinating. The best photograph is an enigma that asks more questions than it answers.
Whatever that dynamic is, I can’t get enough of it.
To see more of this project, click here
APE contributor Suzanne Sease currently works as a consultant for photographers and illustrators around the world. She has been involved in the photography and illustration advertising and in-house corporate industry for decades. After establishing the art-buying department at The Martin Agency, then working for Kaplan-Thaler, Capital One, Best Buy and numerous smaller agencies and companies, she decided to be a consultant in 1999. Follow her at @SuzanneSease. Instagram