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my favorite person to follow as of late - she breaks down all the 'boring' pop photography composition in a way that makes me go "oh...wait...". it's like I am in class at a free photography school
Oct 17, 2024
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like i said in my other post i don’t know many photographers, but she is another one that comes to mind. sometimes they all fit a theme or tell a story. i think a common misconception of various visual art forms is that portraying the “mundane” = not art/boring/nothing special etc and i think the popularity of her instagram page shows how artfully she is able to capture something as ”simple” as strangers on their commute and turn them into something so engaging
Jun 13, 2024
biased because shes a best friend but i truly think she has such an eye for a moment in time, even in her casual photography that she never posts.
she is someone i know who has a true passion and love for the camera and what it can capture! i am truly inspired. :)
Dec 9, 2024
She’s been my favorite since her work caught my eye on Tumblr, circa 2016. She photographs buildings, primarily in Southern California, where I live. You can find her on Instagram as casualtimetravel.
Southern California is naturally beautiful, but most of what’s been built here is based around cars - wide streets, strip malls, big parking lots - and there isn’t much beauty to be found in it.
Lots of photographers take photos of banal American architecture, but typically they seem to try to show it as ugly and soulless. Which, fair enough. SV looks at that architecture and shows us something else.
Her compositions are clever and precise, bringing elements together in brightly lit, complex compositions. The light is key for me. She embraces midday sun and its clear colors and sharp shadows. It’s what it feels like to live here where the beaming sun is an almost-daily presence.
But what really shines in her work, what I fall for every time, is the sense of humor that comes through her photos. I can imagine her smiling as she composes them, happy to see how she can bring the elements together for the viewer. Yes, the dull architecture is there, but it’s been cropped and composed into something almost whimsical.
It’s always there, in the supermarket parking lot, the back of a strip mall, the stucco facade of an office building, it just takes an artist to show it to us.
Feb 12, 2025
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why would i wear a nude band-aid when i can wear a cookie monster band-aid. these walked so starface pimple patches could run
Jan 31, 2025
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...and making peace with that. Been in the biggest reading slump because I wasn't vibing with The Idiot by Elif Batuman but desperately wanted to push through bc it got shortlisted for Pulitzer. 65% in, I just had to admit it wasn't for me and abandon it. Flying through books I've been wanting to read now and feeling so much better about myself :)
Nov 29, 2024
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been saving soooo much mental energy
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