Annie Leibovitz-
After receiving and reading Leibovitz's book A Photographer's Life I find myself inspired and motivated to keep my artwork relevant to my life. I fell upon a great quote from her while reading where she states; "I don't have two lives, this is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it." After reading about Annie and her life and viewing a documentary about her I have come to further realize the connections between art and life. I can only hope that my work forms a personal narrative as complete and intriguing as Annie's.

Self- Portrait
This print was created last semester, but I am still working with the image. I have not experimented too much with text in any of my artwork, so this was something that really changed the way I expressed my messages to myself and others. In my eyes text seems like a more direct approach to communicate. It is strong and literally asking to be read. This was my first color print and the ink appears to be very thick. I was not really satisfied with the colors but after a critique I learned that the hard/raw feeling of the ink enhanced the overall image, so here it is! I am getting more instruction to color intaglio and am currently working on a multi-plate print. Cant wait to learn more about color as the semester progresses!