Debbra Mack
Art3480 Photography II
Digital print 13″ x 19″

This summer I took a shorter version of Art 210 Digital Photography and did photos of mostly flowers.  I know that flowers are over done sometimes, but then there are artist that make the flower photos seem fresh no matter what.  I wanted to try for that.  I really enjoy Imogen Cunningham’s flowers.

Mary Niec
ART 476: Intermediate Photography
Digital Prints; 12″ x 17″
20 images in series

This series is about people pursuing their passion. In this part of the series, I focused on a girl who spends much of her time baking in pursuit of a possible career as a baker. The person in these photographs said that baking is not her necessarily her dream, but she just loves to do it.

Tracy Drew Johnson
ART 295: Documentary Photography
Silver Gelatin Prints; 16″ x 20″
Shot with a Holga using T-Max 100 ISO film

Planned ongoing project
At this time, there are 12 images in the series.

Much as mothers don’t like to admit it, they all fear the day their daughters are all grown up. This documentary came about at my realization that my daughter was no longer my little girl. She was becoming a woman who would soon have to face all of the world as a woman. She will have good times, as well as bad and happy times along with heartbreak. As part of their becoming, the moms must acknowledge that their daughters have to make their journey and all that a mother can do is support and continue to love their child. There are still many images to make as the years come and I look forward to fully embracing the subject.

Taylor Clark
ART 3480: Photography II
Digital Prints; 12″ x 18″
1 image out of a series of TBA

Regurgitation: There is so much power in the words we speak. The power to hurt others, as well as ourselves. I want to metaphorically portray an emotional state of one person that has faced the consequences of the words he or she has spoken. My idea starts with the subject in a sick state, vomiting pieces of paper with words on them that had been said. This thought of regurgitation reminds me of how fowl we can be toward one another, and how karma (whether it is fictional or not) plays it’s part.

Deb Hendryx
ART 295: Documentary Photography
Digital Prints; Size undetermined

This is a progressive series I have been working on since 2008. It is a documentary of Battle Creek, Michigan.

Annalise Freytag
ART 5480: Photography Workshop
Digital Image from a Color Film Print; 8 x 10 Print

This image “Trash Can” is part of an independent studies I have created over the past year titled “Urban Anatomy”. It is the dissection of the beauty within everyday objects. Much of this study comes from the decay of urban structures such as: trash cans, sidewalks, plumbing, walls etc. I am trying to describe ones perception and how there is a variety of beauty within the breakdown of everything.

Sarah Hemmerich
ART 376: Intro to Black and White Photography
FB Paper; 8″ x 10″

Alex Youkanna
ART 5480: Photography Workshop
Silver Prints; 11″ x 14″

My current set of work explores the human body, male and female. Expressing feelings and emotions through the nude figure of the male and female.

Blake Weld
ART 307: Intermediate Photography
Color Prints; Disposable Camera – 30″ x 40″

Sarah Jane Ripp
Art 576: Advanced Photography
Chromogenic Prints; 11″ X 17″

Family meals have always been an extensive production at my grandma’s house. Her tables are always beautifully set and much care is given to the placement of each piece and an equal amount of care is shown to the food that is presented upon the table.

Through the years I have heard so much about the stories behind the dishes. My grandmother worries that these stories will one day be lost. As a solution, she places handwritten notes within each of the dishes to identify them. This practice always seemed humorous to me, yet valuable as a means of identification.