I have finished my portfolio series.
You can view it on my new website here:
www.aaronbatey.com
Here is my Artist Statement:
My first thoughts on developing this series were quite
simple. I wanted to create a beautiful portrait series. The thought of having a
message or an under laying theme, at the time, kept me from going forth. In
frustration, I had just decided to take photographs and see where it took me.
After a minimal amount of photographs, my body of work started to generate its
own similarities and moods.
I had shot these environmental
portraits in locations with strong geometric features to reflect on the
evolvement of technology and our environment. I am also commenting on the
emotions separation creates within us because of how evolution has shaped
society. Throughout the series I had stayed consistent with uniform
compositions, this being having the person smaller in the frame. The
inspiration behind this was the ironic views of social networking. They keep
people together by separating them.
This series of portraits expands
and challenges my emotional relationship between the people I meet and the
places I see. I continue to ripen my personality and my own views on society’s
advancements. The world is slowly being taken over by technology, I am
attempting to understand my choice to embrace it or just minimal amounts of it.
And on a side note, this is a random guy i saw in the hallways and i took a photo of him. Enjoy.
