CHROMA magazine
monochrome NOVEMBER 2015
on the cover: RUBY BECKER - p. 098
CHROMA
magazine
A publication celebrating young & talented creatives from the VSAA photography community & beyond. November 2015 Volume 1 Issue 3 Based in Vancouver, Washington Editor: Ruby Becker Advisor: Abby Harris Staff: 17 issuu.com/chromamagazine chromamag2015@gmail.com All photographs belong to the artist and have been published with their permission. DO NOT copy or share any images without explicit permission from Chroma Magazine. Thank you for respecting the photographers featured and the integrity of their work.
EDITOR’S letter Light. Shade. Value. Contrast. Form. Pattern. Black & white photography strikes through the sometimes clustered hues of color. Stripped-down to basic monochromatic elements, photographers explore other avenues of visual thinking to create their images. For this month’s issue of Chroma, we’ve culminated an appreciation for this way of thinking and been able to produce work that experiments in this classic form of photography. I hope you find inspiration in the work of these very talented individuals & thank you for reading Chroma Magazine. Ruby Becker Editor
GALLERY makena wilcox // 008 betsy hanrahan // 014 keston kuechel // 022 kaylee kepple // 028 jane greene // 034 kallie hutchinson // 040 kayla sousa // 046 olivia madrid // 054 devon macgregor // 062 anna cornwell // 068 louise hewitt // 074 ellie josephson // 082 audrey maddux // 088 madeleine newton // 092 ruby becker // 098 jake woodling // 104 adam brendgard // 110 tara umesh // 116
FEATURED raimee miller // 122 devin marshall // 128
3:27 a.m. MAKENA WILCOX
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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES BETSY HANRAHAN
WHAT DID YOU DO? I created a series based on the Animal Collective song “Unsolved Mysteries.” I took these photos within a couple hours at the Hewitt’s Household. I shot the photos with a Canon T3i and a 50 mm lens. I used a couple of lamps as well as the internal flash of my camera.
WHY DID YOU DO IT? The song that I based my series off of is about growing old, becoming who you are, and how we are so small and yet so self-absorbed. I wanted to capture this ephemeral beauty of youth and a general disregard for that which surrounds us. I chose to do the repetition, because it’s something that Animal Collective uses quite frequently. The repetition is supposed to highlight a certain part of a photo, bringing interest to it and making the viewer think up a new meaning every time they view it. I also wanted to have a nostalgic, youthful, glamorous look to it. This conveyed the vanity, the inability to look beyond one’s self.
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value
KESTON KUECHEL
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ESSENCE kaylee kepple
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ALZHEIMER’S
a day inJANE theGREENE life
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ARTIST STATEMENT I took photos at my grandma’s Alzheimer’s care home. The unit is specific to people with advanced cases of Alzheimer’s. I tried to document the everyday lives of people with this disease, and also include the environment they spend almost all of their time in. I had been thinking about doing this series for quite some time, and finally went through with it. Alzheimer’s is something very personal to me, because both my grandmas suffer from it. I wanted to shed some light on the disease, as not many people are aware of it, or know much about it. Seeing people you love so confused and frustrated is incredibly upsetting. I hope to see a day when there is a cure for Alzheimer’s.
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details KALLIE HUTCHINSON
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CONTRADISTINCTION kayla sousa WHAT DID YOU DO? I created a photo series with the intention to showcase dramatic lighting through portraiture. I knew from the start that I wanted to do a high fashion take on make up, my model and I worked together to construct a look and the images in color are astonishing. Something about the monochromatic theme makes the look very sleek and classic that to an extent, balances out the drama within the series. My intent from the start was to have intense lighting and with no professional resources for light, I used my iPhone flashlight to the best of my ability. Surprisingly through experimentation, I was able to produce the affect I was searching for and with editing, I worked to accentuate the high contrast in my photos.
WHY DID YOU DO IT? As a photographer, I am always looking for inspiration and the drive to create something I’ve never done before. Portraits have been my favorite subjects to photograph for the past year and I find my best interest in shooting portrait work. I have been intrigued by extreme lighting for a while and hope to continue to explore with better sources of light in the near future. As for my new effort with photographing more popular and edgy fashion and makeup styles, I have always had an eye for it and am looking forward to further exploration in this work as well.
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line OLIVIA MADRID
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devon MACGREGOR
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exposure ANNA CORNWELL WHAT DID YOU DO? For this photo assignment I choose to do double exposures in film. I first took portraits with split studio lighting of two models, then I found different natural locations around my house that I thought would pair well with the portraits and also give good contrast between my models and nature. I spent a lot of time dodging and burning the images and layering the negatives to create framing and or added interest.
WHY DID YOU DO IT? I did this because I wanted to practice a new technique of double exposure that I had not tried before and also to challenge myself as I haven’t done double exposures in two years.
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study of anatomy LOUISE HEWITT ARTIST STATEMENT This photo series was the first one that felt successful for me this year. I set up before my model arrived, worked with the shots in the moment, and took my time instead of rushing myself to produce something.
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white balance ELLIE JOSEPHSON
structure AUDREY MADDUX ARTIST STATEMENT
I created a two part photo series based on black and white photography by Sergey Seregin, an artist I found through Issuu. His work featured heavy use of contrast as well as sharp architectural lines. I wanted to incorporate both of these concepts into my series as well as clarity and symmetry.
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THE CITY madeleine newton
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flux
RUBY BECKER
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timeless pondering JAKE WOODLING chroma // 105
PORTLAND’S DEN adam brendgard
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inverse TARA UMESH
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featured artist:
RAIMEE MILLER TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF: ANY ADVICE FOR FELLOW My name is Raimee Miller and I grew up PHOTOGRAPHERS?
in Vancouver WA. I’ve been a part of the photog My advice is to always carry something you raphy program for about 6 years now starting at can take pictures with. Whether that be a DSLR, VSAA in 2009. point and shoot, film camera or even just your phone. WHAT KIND OF CAMERA DO That way you are providing yourself the opportunity to consistently capture and collect what stands out YOU USE? to you and what makes you your own photograI have been using a Nikon 5200 with a 50mm 1.8 pher, without any hesitation or boundaries. lens. I just recently bought this lens and love it - I highly recommend it to everyone. Lately I’ve also WHAT’S NEXT? I am planning to extend my small personal been experimenting with some color film during my business Rai Photography and to push myself even free time! further in the photography field. I am hoping that I HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE can gain an increase in publicity as well as strengthYOUR STYLE OF PHOTOGRA- ening my portfolio!
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I wouldn’t say I have a specific style but I do enjoy shooting candid photos. I generally do not set up anything or arrange much, I instead try to convey a sense of natural beauty in each photograph. No drastic alterations or heavy modifcications. Even with my professional gigs, rather than posing and using props, I normally just tell the model to walk around and be in their own world; allowing me to capture and reflect a clear personality or emotion within each image.
featured artist:
DEVIN MARSHALL WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
WHAT’S THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF BEING A WHAT KIND OF CAMERA DO PHOTOGRAPHER? The most challenging aspect of being a phoYOU USE? Vancouver, Washington.
tographer at the moment is finding time to shoot, because I don’t have a car and only have HOW DID YOU GET STARTED primarily enough bus tickets to get me to work and home IN PHOTOGRAPHY? haha. Also finding people that want to be models I got started in photography during my is a challenge. sophmore year. My first time working with a film camera got me hooked. Being in control and creat- DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR THOSE TRYING TO GET ing images really interested me. Nikon D3200.
PHOTOGRAPHY? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE INTO My advice to people trying to get into phoYOUR STYLE OF PHOTOGRA- tography is to STAY MOTIVATED! PHY? I don’t really have a set style of photography but I really loving having center of interest in my photos (like people, buildings, etc). I feel like people make the photo more of something - like a story you want to find out more about.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY MORE PLANNED OR SPONTANEOUS? The photos I like to post are more natural and spontaneous. I like taking candids as you get an organic emotional with the person whether that be happiness, sadness, anger.
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a call for PHOTOGRAPHERS: Chroma Magazine is looking for talented photographers to feature in our next issue! DECEMBER’S THEME: Identity Contact chromamag2015@gmail.com for more information.
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