Artist Statement
For this project, my goal was to create successful photographs that incorporated elements that were commonly found in Gabrielle Basilico's images. Basilico famously focused on the essence of pieces architecture and urban landscapes that showed slowness and that lack of societal evolution. All of his photographs were either black and white or had only limited colors. In order to do this, I first made sure that architecture was the main subject and that there were no people or signs of movement in the image. The architecture or urban landscapes that I captured never had the newest, most modern buildings, or landmarks. I just tried to photograph what I saw. Next, I looked at each photo very carefully. If I could look and the image think of myself as being where the photo was taken and then think that it would be silent, the photo was successful. Creating photos that embodied silence was very important in creating the full effect of slowness and the lack of evolution. When I put the photos on my computer, I edited them to either be black and white, or have only limited colors.
