April 2011 | Volume 1 | Issue 2
Isolation THIS MONTH’S THEME
Natasha gerschon FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER
2 A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS Thanks to the support we’ve received from our photography program, it’s safe to say Exhibit Magazine’s premiere was a resounding success. We received many incredible pieces of work that helped establish what the magazine is all about and what our submitters should strive for. Following up the first issue has been a tough task, to say the least. Maintaining consistency is a personal mission of ours. This issue makes the statement that Exhibit is here to stay; every month, we’ll be back! However, we need your help to accomplish this mission. This magazine relies on our contributors’ work and without your photography, we don’t have a new issue. Moral of the story? Submit! This month, we are introducing a couple new exciting features. For one, we are unveiling the theme editorial which will be running each and every issue. This month’s theme, Isolation, has been tackled by our own Bryan Huynh to exemplify one of the countless approaches to take for our editorial themes. Secondly, we are now doing a feature called Someone To Know, which profiles a Sheridan student who is closely involved with photography who’s not a photographer themselves. Next month, we will shine the spotlight on the 2011 graduates of Sheridan’s Applied Photography program to highlight some of their finest works. As they move on towards an exciting future, Journeys couldn’t be a more appropriate theme for May. If you can see yourself shooting a series for us, send in your ideas for an editorial based around Journeys – And second years, dig out your best shots from your final portfolio and show us what you got!
- Hayley & Bryan
Photo: Natasha Gerschon Model/Hair/Make-up: Melissa Dyer
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A monthly showcase of creative work by photography students at Sheridan
April 2011 | Volume 1 | Issue 2 exhibitmagazine@gmail.com www.issuu.com/exhibit Editor - Hayley Stewart Co-Editor - Bryan Huynh Graphic Design - Jason Moreland Submission Judging Panel David White | Meredith White | Rafael Goldchain | Adam Pulicicchio | Alicia Kowalski Contributors Natasha Gerschon | Edward To | Aaron Batey | Nolan Osborne Amelia Johnston | Adhi Nugraha | Brittany Williams | Joanna Wojewoda
CONTENTS 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editors Message 4 . . . . . . . . . Featured Photographer: Natasha Gerschon 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An Encounter by Bryan Huynh 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Someone To Know: Tammy Wong 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Submission Gallery 38 . . . . . . Voting Disclaimer and Submission Guidelines
ON THE COVER Photo: Natasha Gerschon Model: Catrina Rose
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NATASHA Q&AGERSCHON
Can you tell us a bit about your background? I was born and raised in Argentina. As I grew up I studied in several different schools since we kept moving from town to town. We call it provinces, weird huh? I was taught since the beginning that I had to become a doctor or a lawyer in the future in order to be successful and make a living — so any sort of art study was not considerable. I was hardcore with sports, involved in gymnastics, competitive swimming, dance, volleyball — you name it. It was all I did in my spare time. When the economical and security crisis in Argentina hit its worst level, my family decided to move to Canada. Since then I have learned a new language and a passion for photography.
Photo: Natasha Gerschon
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Photo: Natasha Gerschon Model: Danielle Coupland
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What made you choose to study photography? I just fucking love it! It consumes a huge part of my mind. Once I got the Minolta X700 in high school, I was hooked.
How would you describe your style? I can’t really define it, I think that would be up to others to do so. And besides, I believe it is too early to define a style for myself. I am still developing.
Photo: Natasha Gerschon Model: Ashley Lovsin Hair: Reno Prezio Make-up: Dawna Boot
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What makes a shoot the best experience you could hope for? Working with people that know what they want and who are ready and organized. A perfect set of people need to share the same energy level and be open to collaborate with each other.
What is the most influential thing have you learned, now that your time at Sheridan is almost up?
To trust your own instincts.
Photo: Natasha Gerschon
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Where are you hoping to end up in the future? Right at this moment I don’t think in terms of the future, for me it’s about embracing every opportunity that I have access to. However, I could say my ultimate goal is to find the right balance. In our personal lives, our goal is to achieve happiness. In our work lives, our goal is to create and to be remembered.
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Photography: BRYAN HUYNH Models/Make-up/Hair/Wardrobe: LEISHA NEUMAN & CHRISTY SOMOS
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When I thought of Isolation, the first thing that came to mind was setting it in a motel, which I find to be the loneliest places on the planet. Motels are a staple in narratives as a place where seedy activity happens away from the comfort of home. I wanted to capture a one-time event between two characters (an “isolated incident�) and create a mood piece that captures the loneliness of these women and their surroundings.
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Someone to Know:
Tammy Wong
MAKE-UP ARTIST
What got you interested in makeup artistry? I’ve always been a fan of art, but I didn’t think I was good enough to go to school for it. I’ve considered going to school for various types of design, but nothing interested me enough. I never saw makeup artistry as an option until I heard my friend was going to school for it.
What is your favourite style or type of makeup to do? Theatrical, runway and creative makeup are my favourite styles.
What are you hoping to do with your skills in the future? Surprisingly, I’m not really sure what I want to do after graduation. I would love to do character makeup for theatre, but there isn’t much of an industry for that. So hopefully, I can do makeup for fashion editorials.
What was the most time-consuming/ challenging makeup job you’ve ever had to do? Photo: Bryan Huynh
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Theatrical animal makeup is difficult and time consuming. I’ve also done 9 makeups in one day. That was pretty hard too.
If it wasn’t make-up artistry that you were in school for, what would it be? If I wasn’t doing this, I would have gone into school for psychology. Facing page photos clockwise from top left: Photo: Kara Wilson, Model: Alexandra Kubrak Photo/Model: Vera Schmalzriedt Photo: Wyatt Michalek, Model: Milda Gecaite Photo: Alicia Kowalski, Model: Artur Hiltz All make-up by Tammy Wong
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NOLAN OSBORNE
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BRITTANY WILLIAMS
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AARON BATEY
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ADHI NUGRAHA
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AMELIA JOHNSTON
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JOANNA WOJEWODA
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EDITORIAL FEATURES: A great way to show off your talent is to shoot for our Editorial Challenge. A new theme is announced every month for photographers to interpret and come up with an idea for an editorial spread. The shots can be fashion, landscape, journalistic - anything! Two photographers will be chosen per issue to shoot for the editorial theme based on the strength and originality of the concept. There should be between 3-5 images in the final series. Photographers can send their plan of approximately 100 words to exhibitmagazine@gmail.com. The theme for the upcoming issue is JOURNEYS.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: When submitting your photos, please keep the limit to three of what you feel are the strongest and be sure to send them as 8 bit jpegs, Adobe RGB at 300ppi. The general rule is if the long edge of your photo is less than 3000 pixels in length, it is going to be too small for inclusion. This saves you time of having to resend it if you are selected. Don’t forget, submissions are gladly welcomed at exhibitmagazine@gmail.com. Please note: We want unpublished work (nothing that has been featured in other magazines or galleries) and things that have not been shot for school projects. If your photo doesn’t get in, that doesn’t always mean the judges don’t like it. We generally only put in one photo from each photographer, so feel free to re-submit photos that didn’t make the issue.
THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS SUNDAY, APRIL 24th, 2011 VOTING DISCLAIMER: Here at Exhibit we like to keep things democratic. That means that those involved in the magazine who choose to submit are not able to vote on their own work, and that all the names of those who submit are kept anonymous in the voting process.