My Artist Statement

In looking for a topic to focus on, I thought about something in my past that really brought me happiness. Basketball is a sport that I have loved ever seen I traded in my baseball gloves and challenged myself what I felt was a difficult sport. It is a sport of heart and character that I loved to play. I learned so much about teamwork and friendship through this game. I hope to one day that on to my future children.

In try to portraying the passion of basketball I thought about teammates and how important it is to trust in your teammates in basketball. They are the ones who share the same passion and thrill for the game and for winning.

These two teammates in the photos are going through the struggle together in have to adjust to a new college and living in a different state. These two friends came to this school as friend from different towns. They have played in basketball leagues together and against each other. Their love for the game brought them to play for Stonehill. Now they are transferring to different schools.

This year I had the privilege to get to know these two guys. They were two great guys with fun personality that were similar to mine. Their passion and love for basketball bounded off to me as they remained me how important it is to chase our dreams in life. Though I won’t be chasing basketball, it is a good remainder of how good basketball has been for me in my life.

As their new chapter start in their new schools, I will remember these to guy that are now great friend I will carry in my life.

-Emmanuel Breton

Rachel's Chaos

In glancing at Rachel's self-portrait, she is looking at the viewers with a claim eyes. These gentle eyes are being surrounded by the chaos of her flowers on each side of her. These wild stems have these crazy lines that must show how busy her world could be. I like how she is centered and not off to the side. I also love the wildest of the flowers. As I look more and more at the flowers, it looks the wildest of the flowers could represent Rachel’s personality.

In a self-portrait the photographer wants to give the viewer a glimpse of their own world to others. They want to portray their dirty laundry to the world like a sitcom on television. Rachel’s photo is like a sitcom show. It is the title opener to “The Rachel Show.” It gives me a look into her world of chaos and wildest. Even though her eyes are claim, her wildest comes out from the flowers. I like how the photo is not dark. There is a lot of white and light in this photo. She did a great job in giving the room this whiteness instead of the usual gray. The whiteness shows her innocents and purity in the photo. This balances out the craziness in her world and give a sense of clarity is coming around the counter soon.

To Communicate

In a photograph I am looking at the meaning of what is trying to tell the views. The image could be telling a story about anything the viewer see. It the imagination of the viewer that roams as they look at the photo trying to pull out their own perspective of it. The photographer him/herself, I think, is looking approval from the views to see if they understands what the photographer was thinking.
To communicate a photographer might use their emotion. In looking at a photo the emotions can bleed happiness, sadness, Anger, or desire. All these emotions causes me to believe that photographers are good liars. I have taken several photos and in comments i get opinions that had nothing to do with how I felt that day or how the weather was outside. It was just images I saw that look interesting to the naked eye. I just take it all in saying "Yes or yea that what I was thinking, too."

Pricey Pricey New York

This class is very pricey! In the sense that I have to buy a lot of supplies to keep up with my class. Right now I am broke ! but I am finding a way to buy for photo paper and films for the last assignment. In all the money problems I am really liking the class more than I thought I would. Just take photos of people and of things I see around my area in New York. I mention New York in ever post. Its a bad habit but I love where I come from and I find New York way more interesting than Boston. In traveling in Pricey! NEW YORK, I take advanage of the things people in Easton do not get to see. It does not have to be the ghetto where I live at but the goodness of the city. Its buildings its parks and its landmarks is what makes New York City

Light and Shadow

In doing these rolls I was looking for a natural lighting from the sun. I felt that the using a lamp or the lighting from my room was too artificial. Into the streets in New York I saw as the sun shadowed the buildings and give a geometric shapes on the sidewalks. I liked to see how the sun moves across the sky. One hour it was on one side and in the next three hours it was on another. It was tricky finding a time to take pictures. I used the early mornings when the sun was rising and the late afternoon toward sunsets to take the pictures. There it was easier to take photos because that was the shadow I was looking for. I did not like this assignment as much because it was more looking for what time to take the picture then how to take the picture. In processing the photos was worse trying to get the filter just right. In the end my photos came out really good and I was proud of my work.

Venetian Boy

Alfred Stieglitz's Venetian Boy, reminded me of a photo that Sonia complemented me on. This is a portrait similar to one of my photos. It was on my best friend little brother. I see it similar in the sense of taking the picture to capturing a person's personality. It is not only the person's face expression to tell a story but also the background and what it says about the person.
Going back to the portrait, it is of a boy living in the ghetto having to work to provide money for his family. The wooden doors give a vibe of hardship and struggle in trying to survive to the next day. I personally understand this portrait as a sign of working for survival.
This also reminds me of a black and white photo that I found of my father when he was a little boy living in Dominican Republic. He was younger than the boy seen here but the clothes and the background seem all similar. It takes me back to the stories he told me about his rough lifestyle. He mentions he was the youngest of eight without a father and having to walk in the early mornings to school. In the afternoon he would have to work by making shoes at a house. The little money he made he would save half to pay for school and the other half to his mother to help buy food to feed eight mouths. This is the story I believe that Venetian Boy is telling me.

Understanding a Photo

This is first time I am coming out of my shell with art. Since I was in grammar school I had this unknown talent when it came with art. In looking at a painting or a photo it spoke million of word at just taking a glance at it. In art class during high school I received a lot of good feedback on my drawings and my teacher wanted me to continue to pursue art in general. I glad I got this opportunity to start journey in the study of art. I'm a little off on the terms such as shadowing, imagery, and etc. that i have heard the other student in class use. The way I have been looking at paintings and photo would be by what the image is telling me. What is the story that it is tell me. In in a photo a story can come from a person or the background. Then I continue to look at the lighting and the color. The image that I found the other day is called "The Bridge" by Jef Van den Houte. In looking at this photo I see the endless opportunity in life and that our road can lead to anything we want.