Kelly Geist Assignment #1

All of the pieces in this show were photographs and I thought that all of the artists in this exhibit went well together except for Tracy Longley-Cook. Her work seemed very out of place to me because the rest of the artists' works dealt with places and her work seemed to be focused more on the interaction of people and nature. Her work also seemed out of place to me because it was black and white and sort of dark whereas the rest of the artists' works were bright and colorful. I think that Ryan Adrick and John Mann's art went together the best and complimented each other the most because they both dealt with specific people and places. Daniel Kariko's also dealt with places in a similar fashion but it did not involve people.

The piece that first stood out to me was Ryan Adrick's Lindsey which was right next to his image North Meridian. This image shows a woman standing with her arms crossed and she looks kind of bored or annoyed. Everything in the image is sort of dull except for her green shirt and the green leaves above her. There is a shadow surrounding her except for the wall right behind her where the light is hitting. The tree branches form sort of a square that box the woman in and she is standing on a bunch of smaller tiled squares which are kind of beat up or worn out looking.

When I viewed this image before listening to the artist speak about it I basically just interpreted it as some lady with tattoos who appears to be annoyed and maybe somewhat of a loner. Then, when Ryan Adrick spoke about this image he mentioned how this woman stuck out and seemed very out of place when they were in another country because there were not many people there like her. He also said that the reason that he paired this image of Lindsey with the image of North Meridian was for the same reason, the building just seemed sort of out of place. I think that the story behind it makes it more interesting but it is not necessary for someone to relate to the image. The image itself tells a story of someone feeling alone or out of place.