writing my artists statement

Over the past few weeks i have been working on writing my artist statement that will go alongside my final images when being exhibited.

Here is what i have written so far, it still needs a lot of changes being made to the current text as it is still a very big work in progress!!


"Lauren Morris is a British nature and landscape photographer based in Manchester, England. Through the use of photography Lauren creates abstract and informative photographs that explore the natural beauty of the everyday ordinary that is surrounding her. Lauren's work looks at the everyday things that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. Her intention is to provide the viewer with an alternate view of the environment.

One of her strong influences within photography is Ansel Adams. Adams work is very much based on the environment, he documented the areas within national parks in America to allow people to see the things they were missing and to keep nature alive.

Lauren has always had an interest in nature and landscape photography, this is due to the comfort and peace that is found when being within quiet and natural surroundings. These personal feelings help her to capture photographs that document the natural landscape and environment whilst providing the viewer with a sense of what she is witnessing herself, through the use of the photograph.

Lauren is currently undertaking a project in which she is looking for and documenting the natural beauty of the environments that are surrounding her.  Lauren is doing this by focusing her photographs on the natural areas, forms and structures that are within different locations around the Manchester area. She is looking for the little things that to go by unnoticed and the different things that tend to be missed by people on a daily basis. This project and the photographs that are being captured are Lauren's way of getting people to appreciate what nature is providing them with, as well as providing them with a view of the things they may not notice themselves, showing them the beauty of their normal surroundings.

 The photographs that are being produced for this project all have a strong use of depth of field. It is Lauren's intention to have one very strong and solid focal point for each of the photographs that she captures. The focal point of the image is not always the foreground nor the background, she uses the scene that is in front of her to decide on the best composition and the best focal point for the photograph she intends to capture. None of the scenes within the photographs she captures are set up, they are simply photographed as they are found, without any intervention showing the natural beauty of the area.

Lauren does not like to set up scenes within her photographs, nor do test shoots. To capture her photographs Lauren simply points and shoots. There are no strict guides to setting up the scene within the view finder, the use of composition and depth of field are the two elements that Lauren uses within every photograph that she captures. This is a way of keeping her photographs very simple whilst providing the viewer with an alternate view of the natural forms and structures that are within their surroundings, which is the main point of the project she is currently undertaking"