Dani – I love it so much I had to make it myself
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Dan-Recreation
Dakota (Hair) 2003 
For this project I recreated a photo by Ryan McGinley and it ended up being quite involved! We used a friends truck and drove down a road in pennelville around 6:30 to try to capture the light correctly. After working on taking the photo I realized some smaller details like the side braid that is probably tied to keep hair form covering the subjects face and other evidence of its lack of spontaneity. I was also interested in taking some photos that did not recreate the photo but were created by the event of recreating the photo, they are connected by a similar situation but unconstrained by reproduction. I did not spend that much time photographing alternative photographs but it seem fruitful in producing a blend of personal and inspired photography.
The Getty Museum and Villa have been an important part of my childhood. My family started to visit both the Museum and Villa almost every year since I was nine. The Getty inspired me to start drawing and painting. The work I chose to replicate included a couple paintings and drawings. I particularly love the portrait of the Postman and it is by one of my favorite artists, Van Gogh. I chose the sculpture to be the last image because it was the most fun to recreate.
Then and Now- Destiny Kearney
For these photographs, I decided to take pictures from my family photo archives and recreate them the best way I could. It was a fun activity for me because I got to find old images, but also include my family in the process of recreating them. Looking at these images now, I notice the growth and aging that I’ve overlooked. This activity brought put laughs and memories, and although we are in a global pandemic, it’s allowed me time with my family that I haven’t gotten since I’ve been in college. I hope to continue this as time progresses to continue the act of storytelling through photographs.
Part 2: I Love It So Much I Had To Make One Myself
I chose to try to recreate Harry Callahan’s “Sunlight on Water” because the way he played with light was something I wanted to try to replicate. It was difficult to recreate the way the light moves in his photo but I tried to trace the light as it looks in his photograph. This was something we looked at when we worked with long exposure which is something I had a harder time with. I wanted to go back to it from a digital point of view and how the two differed. I think the way that lights look during a long exposure shot gives the photograph movement and gives an abstract effect since the image looks as if it was under water.
Family Portrait – Ray
I decided to try to emulate a picture of my mother’s family. Three figures in the center of the original picture, my grandfather, grandmother, and tio Pricy, have passed away. Additionally, my aunts and uncles live in different places throughout the United States and Mexico. Thus, we only see each other when everyone is in Michoacan, Mexico during winter break. Despite this, I wanted to show that my mom and her siblings have found ways to stay connected through technology.