Katie Shapiro on L E N S C R A T C H.

I have been having a browse through the photography blog L E N S C R A T C H today. I like to frequently browse through various blogs to find work that i may find interesting or helpful when it comes to other projects I'm doing at university. As previously said in this blog, I am currently in the midst of a portraiture project. So, subconsciously, I end up taking interest in portraiture photographs at the moment. My 'style' would you say, of photography, is portraiture. That's just what I'm into at the moment, so you can imagine I am finding this particular project exciting. There is something about photographing people that provides me with a huge sense of presence and satisfaction. Anyway, enough about me. This post is based on a photographer called Katie Shapiro who's portrait photographs i stumbled across. Her work explores relationships and connections, She describes the photographs in this series as 'portraits that act as visualisation for the idea of connection, to express this, the subjects are physically and photographically joined together, creating a third form'.

The photographs for me, allow for a pleasant, meaningful viewing. Relationships for me are important, whether with family or partner and photographs of such bonds pull ever so slightly on my heart strings. Shapiro cleverly merges two people together, which like she said, create some kind of third form.


                         

                                           http://katieshapiro.com/