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FRAME OF MIND – Christina Wallace
To view the mundane in a state of awe, one has to be in the right frame of mind. The world is full of simple hidden beauty just waiting to be noticed. Art is not always something that one makes, but what one makes of something that was already there.
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PHOTO I – OUTSTANDING IMAGES -MAY-
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE – Erin Roetker & Marina Gephart
Everyone knows that different perspectives can lead to enlightenment. This video showcases the interaction between HHS’s two foreign exchange students Daphne van de Wildebergh and Catalina Manriquez.
IN YOUR BACKYARD – Joshua Trottier
“In Your Backyard” is the visual exploration of how people deal with problems that arise in their life through the use of still life and landscape photography. This neighborhood is perfect on the surface, while right in the backyard they have this overrun forest filled with debris and litter. There are those of us that sweep things under the rug…everything is OK on the surface of day to day life; yet, underneath the surface there is a growing pile of problems slowly accumulating. My hope was that through this series viewers can reflect on themselves and think about what type of things they’re allowing to reside in their space.
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A photographic series by AP Photo student Joshua Trottier
THIRST – Blake Baxter
Thirst was created in Video Production class by HHS student Blake Baxter for the International Silent Youth Film Festival.
Baxter’s Thirst explores the parallel worlds of waking and dreaming life, and features stellar visual effects. Out of seventy-seven entries for the Pacific Northwest Edition of the festival, Blake’s film was selected as a top ten finalist that will be judged by a celebrity panel including internationally renowned director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk, My Own Private Idaho).
Thirst will be screened on the final night of the International Youth Silent Film Festival, with live musical accompaniment at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland on May 24th, at 7pm. For tickets and additional information visit: Makesilentfilm.com
ONE DAY – Derek Julian
Eyes can really say a lot about a person. In my “One Day” series I focus on the eyes to show the lies this girl is holding deep inside- something out of this world. These images are documenting her life as she mimics the things that any other normal person does. She covers her face in makeup just like a normal teenager, but it’s for completely different reasons…
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A photographic series by 2010 AP Photo student Derek Julian
IN THE CLOUDS – Dylan Smith
To have your “Head in the Clouds” is to take reality apart, and then put it back together in whichever way you want…basically, turning it into a dream. I realized that a dream wasn’t something that could just simply be photographed. Instead, I needed to find a way to blur the line between reality and imaginations. I want the audience to get lost in each photo, to feel as if they are there, suspended, holding their breath as time slows down around them; to allow themselves to take a moment and put their own head in the clouds.
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A photographic series by AP Photo student Dylan Smith