Gallery Mock Up

Option 1

Option 2

Photo Installation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23288730@N07/2489608051

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Head #8, 2000

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Head #1, 2000

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Igor, 1987

Sharon Lockhart
Group #4: Ayako Sano, 1997

Sharon Lockhart
Goshogaoka Girls Basketball Team series, 1998

Text References:

Barrios, Dagny Scott. Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running. New York: Rodale, 2007.

Dais, Dawn. The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On With Your Training. Emeryville: Seal Press, 2006.

Kuehls, David. 4 Months to a 4-Hour Marathon. New York: Penguin Group, 2006

Kowalchik, Claire. The Complete Book of Running for Women. New York: Pocket Books, 1999

McLarty, Ron. The Memory of Running. New York: Viking Penguin, 2004



Proposal:

For my final thesis, I plan to photograph runners. The idea stems from my own passion for the sport and desire to one day run a marathon. I have always found Philip-Lorca diCorcia's photographs of passers-by to be compelling. His Heads series is the inspiration for this work. I plan to shoot with a zoom lens so that I can capture my subjects from a distance without their awareness. My hope is to capture the essence and the expression of runners and to reveal the diversity and quirky nature of individuals within the running community.

Digital Assignment

Moe's Better Half

Caution: Not for the faint of heart

In the process of shooting my final project at one of the hospitals in Houston, I was shown something I never imagined I would see. A doctor offered to show my sister and I something, so we agreed. Sitting right in front of us was a man's "old" heart, still connected to an LVAD. The man had received a new heart after 25 heart attacks. It was unbelievable! Kind of gross, but interesting
nonetheless. Here are a few of the pictures from the trip...