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A Million Ways

Trevor Cross — Sun, 01 May 2016 17:16:37 +0000

I’ve always felt more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it. When I was younger, my grandmother would buy me disposable cameras and I would take pictures of everything in sight. I got my first DSLR camera in 2014, when I signed up for a photography at my high school. I originally took the class because my girlfriend at the time was in it, but I ended up falling in love with capturing images more than anything. When I first started treating photography like an art, most of the projects that I worked on were heavily reliant on altering images and combing them in interesting ways. More recently, I’ve been trying to focus on more tradition photography projects.

Photography gives me the opportunity to share my perspective with other people. There are a million ways to take a picture of something and the way each person does it is very telling about who they are as an artist and who they are as a person. I also find the idea of capturing a single moment to be very interesting. When I press the shutter button on my camera, I’m able to capture an instant in time that will never happen again.

Recently, I’ve been going on a lot of photography missions by myself. I’ve discovered that driving around and taking pictures is very cathartic for me and I’ve come to look forward to my time alone. One time while I was looking for places and things to photograph, I got horribly lost. I considered turning around and going back the way I came, but I wanted to get more images, so I kept driving down the road I was on. As I came over the crest of a hill, I saw an old set of railroad tracks that ran along a lake. I decided to get out of my car and investigate. On the other side of the tracks, there was a very steep hill that led down to a small beach covered in large rocks. I spent the next twenty minutes climbing along the rocks and taking pictures. I sat down to review some the shots I had taken just a breeze came off the water. I looked up from my camera and realized how content and genuinely happy I was. It’s these moments that make me love photography. I’m able to escape the stresses of everyday life and explore the world around me, even if I’m only twenty minutes from where I live.

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Mark Robertson

Ana Krutchinsky — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:43:03 +0000

Age: 17 School: Midwood High School Location: Brooklyn

Mark is a creative and well-spoken individual, constantly reimagining New York City with his photographs. In his own words :
“My name is Mark Robertson also known as Markthecraft. I’m a 17 year old medical science student at Midwood High School, currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time I enjoy exploring and capturing moments with my camera. In late 2012, I began to use my first camera and ever since then I fell in love. Just the idea of being able to capture a moment and fine tune it caught my interest right away. In the long run, I hope to show another side of New York that no one has seen before with a variety of photographs.”

Very excited to have him joining the EX LOCUM team!
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Brigid Connelly

Ana Krutchinsky — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:01:12 +0000

Age: 19 Location: Brooklyn

I first heard about Brigid because of her writing talent, but lately I was asked to look at her film photographs. It is remarkable what a brilliant artist she is! Upon first glance at her portraits, one is able to see that she uses her camera to interlace “in the minute” facial expressions or poses of her subjects with a deeper perception of who they are as people. At least that’s how I see it The faded “dagguerreotype-ish” feel of her photographs makes them seem eternal, relevant to any time period. An interesting thing she mentions in her interview, is that she enjoys people seeing the photos she’s taken of them and then getting a better idea of how she sees them. I think that’s quite a perfect way to sum up what art is. It’s all about taking the world around you and filtering it through yourself, in this case, through Brigid’s camera lens. Watch the video to learn more!

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Amanda Whiteley

Ana Krutchinsky — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:07:04 +0000

Age: 18 School: Middlebury College Location: Ho-Ho-Kus

Amanda Whiteley is an incredible photographer. I met her a year ago in England – where we were both studying acting – and it was then that I began to see just how uniquely talented she was not only as an actress but also as photographic storyteller.

It rained quite often and one day, as we were walking down the street, she suddenly kneeled next to a puddle to take a quick shot. I was utterly confused at first, then I saw the picture she took. That puddle was next to an architectural beauty which made an amazing reflection in the water at the right angle. Amanda saw all this while we were talking and took this as an opportunity to create a vibrant masterpiece. She says that she loves finding the extraordinary in plain objects that most people would normally overlook, I must say, she succeeded. Watch the video to learn more!

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Stasia

Ana Krutchinsky — Sun, 31 May 2015 16:47:01 +0000

Age: 17 School: Professional Performing Arts School Location: Manhattan

Stasia is a gifted photographer. A resounding theme throughout her art is the idea of raw beauty, beauty that is not perfected, beauty that is caught at a moment of candor.

Stasia’s latest photography:

Photocredit: Stasia

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