Falling In Love

For our final summer intensive project we had to come up with an idea and present at least 5 photos based on that idea.  The premise of this project is that no photo exists just to be a photo.  There is always some idea that inspires it.

For my project I wanted to display through images what it feels like to fall in love.  Here is my artist statement and images.  I mounted them on foam core and then on pieces of silver sheet metal to create a contemporary framing alternative.

Falling in love is one of the most beautiful things that we as human beings can experience.  It is exhilarating, freeing, electric and frightening.  It is through this experience that we learn to share our innermost being with another; and while this leaves us vulnerable and exposed, it also affords us the opportunity to be consumed by passion, joy, and devotion.

This series of diptychs follows a couple as they progress through the different stages of their relationship, while the dancers next to each image express the emotions being felt by the couple at each moment.  To me, these images capture the essence and emotion of what it feels like to fall in love.