Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Robyn Burton: Assignment #2

Sarah Mascarah, a photographer that showed at the ArtWalk presented an amazing set of photographs. Her work consist of digital prints that were of grungy looking settings of buildings or objects that had a beautiful urban feel to them. I was drawn in by the colors that she photographed which were greens, reds, browns, rust colors, or any colors that gave an urban look. After speaking with her she told me interesting things about the work and what she does in order to get these beautiful images.
























Her reason for making the work is that she is interested in abandoned buildings, and the history of the building or area. She researches an area that has been abandoned before she travels to the location to photograph it. She said her work was found all throughout America.
For her to choose her location or subject matter it has to be abandoned for forty years, and has to have a scary feel to it. She seems to like to keep the locations of her images secret, because when I asked where one image was from she said she would not tell.

She has no professional background for photography, but started taking pictures when she was 11 years old when she was given her first camera and continued with it. Some things I also found interesting about her work was that she found documents in the buildings along with leftover clothes, machinery, and sometimes even food. When she goes into these abandoned places she has to wear a mask due to the mass amounts of led paint and asbestos. I think that makes the work even more interesting with the danger she has of going through to get these photographs. After learning all of this I give her much respect as photographer, and I believe she is very talented. If you wish to see more of her work goto www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmascarah

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