Leslie’s Keys, by Erika Ritzel

I LIKE THE HUMAN PRESENCE SHOWN IN ERIKA RITZELS PHOTO "LESLIE'S KEYS," I'LL LET HER SPEAK FOR HERSELF.

I focus the camera on domestic interiors; these are the spaces I believe have the most emotional resonance. When people leave, objects remain which hold the meaning of their owner. These environments may be void of human life, but a residue of presence remains, which retains the meaning of their inhabitants and embodies the history of the space. The people might leave the location, but they are never really absent. When photographing, I respond to places that are familiar to my own experience of domestic space, whether directly or indirectly.

Hey thats where I put those keys.

My Box

Box by A. Bonamie

A quite rough idea of my current work in progress!

THE INSTITUTION
By Aimee Bonamie

A moment of stillness in all that is chaotic.
She lives within these spaces, day to day without notice of the minute things.
Removing the temporal clutter of our daily environment
Emptying the image of all that personalizes the space.
Containing complete control of the situation
Allotting her self a simplistic view of what is left.
These minimal images are within the areas of their own space and awareness.

What remains are the dark spaces
There is no control, only the individual
There is no form, only exploration
The dark areas are like a vacant road on a long journey where the silence reveals only oneself, no birds chirping or grasshoppers humming.
Hiding away, keeping a distance.
It is a place existing without measurement.
This space is a balance between her self

A moment between the visible and invisible.

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She is not breaking the disembodied form of reality but seeing a small glimpse within it, the tiny cracks and inconsistencies in which one gets lost. This is the space of the home in which our bodies are deducted. The unknown body enters the space and turns into none other than us minus ourselves. The voices in a distance, clutter seems to fade, she is leading one and one alone. Where chaos is as relevant as order, and where the common is as important as the extraordinary.

She lives in these spaces by compensating with acts of the imagination,
Emphasizing the absent to create a power for the not absent.

Photooooo

Photos by A. Bonamie

I decided to add a couple more just so I can see how they look all together..... Nice!

Isolated Series

Photos by A. Bonamie

Here are a couple more from my in progress series.

Photo-Graphing

photo by A. Bonamie

here is a recent image of my current series, Domestic Institution. I am currently working on a write up to better explain my thoughts and ideas. I hate talking about my work....not because I hate my work or talking but because zombie's ate the part of my brain that can put talk and work thoughts together. sad story really.

Ben Roberts

photo by Ben Roberts

http://benrobertsphotography.com

Some of Ben Roberts photos are fashion oriented but I really enjoy the ones without actually humans in them. In these particular images he does not show people but always allows a human presence to be felt. These are from his serene series he has many other series that are shot similarly but contain different subjects. Take a look, link above.

Sarah Szwajkos

Empty Bedroom by Summer ‘07 contender Sarah Szwajkos

"What we bring into our lives, and how we arrange our space — whether with thought or without care — reveal some of our basic creative urges. People construct shrines with their possessions, and day after day they pray at the altar of their own constructed order. By taking my camera in hand, by looking down onto its ground glass, I find revealed to me the secret order surrounding us — order that we impose to fit our individual lives. In this act, we create order out of chaos."

I feel as if there is a presence in this photo, the fact that the emptyness of the room already gives this eerie feel, it seems as if the dust in the light really gives a whole "children in the corn-esque" feel to the image.

Maria Efimora

photo by Maria Efimora

I recently came across the work of Maria Efimora, she is currently studying painting and comparative literature at Washington University in St. Louis. I really enjoy the emptiness but also the desire for domesticity in her work. It is very clean and minimal although a little absent and that is what I related to the most. She is organizing and understanding the things around her and others. These Photos remind me of some of the work I have been working on this year. I will have to post that soon. Nice Job Maria.

Decoding Hell

http://plaza.ufl.edu/aimee25/Decoding%20Hell/

Recently I decided to take hast in my ignorance for everything around me and did a little digging into the reasoning that I may have been frequenting bars for most of my adulthood. After reading about the mayor of a small Florida town that had banned Satan from the town I myself began to wonder if maybe Hell didn't in some way influence me to commit these sins. Above is the link to my research and observations in trying to decode Hells messages. Enjoy!

Podcasting!

PodCasting! Today is homecoming at UF, parades, dances, football, the whole 9 yards. Because we are such dedicated Photographers we opted to skip the parade and learn to podcast. woo!

Dear Diary,

today I feel like drinking, no particular reason. Well not exactly, I'm kinda bloated. Anyway I just read this book by Lesley Arfin --- it's a very good write up on the life of a young girl's life insecurities and experiences along the way.

Inferno's Toliet

Recently I've been doing research on Hell and somehow or another this brought me here to this lovely shithole. I feel like this is one of the rare times when I felt closest to the inferno. more to come....

SKINEMA

Filth and raunchy smut! I recently bought this book mainly because of the advertisement on vice.com, the front photo really sold me. This book is a compilation of porn reviews done by Chris Nieratko, however most of the porn he never watched or even mentioned. It is more a journal of his life - drug induced and usually drunk Nieratko's escapades usually take him to some lesbian fantasy world or on the topic of anal sex. Enjoyable read!

Nothing about Something

This is my attempt to start a blog. I am not starting it because I like to talk about myself but more because blogs are cool and who doesn't want to be cool? So here I hope to write on things that bewilder and confuse me and hope to get conclusions or even debates about information I know alot or nothing about.