Wulf Bradley is an African American photographer based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Bradley focuses on the human experience, with an emphasis on human emotions in circumstance. Bradley utilizes lines, shapes, and physical features of the body to provoke thoughts about the individual from the viewer.
Kalliope Amorphous explores dreamlike and surreal narratives that excavate the subconscious of her own self, as well as documenting the people around her. Amorphous favors themes such as identity, morality, time, and consciousness. She does this through the use of double exposures, reflections, mirrors, and blur. Kalliope often utilizes herself in her works, staging the self-portraits to be representations of the boundaries between "self" and "other", rather than taking the stereotypical autobiographical perspective. As I continue on this journey of "pulling a thread" I have become enamored with the surreal and subconscious nature of photography. In my day-to-day life, I too am incredibly hyper-aware of the state of being, and the passing of time as humans here in this realm. Much of the work that I create outside of the classroom is incredibly reminiscent of the styles of photographers like Kalliope and Bradley, utilizing similar themes as well as the black-and-white style, as an overall attempt to create evocative images. With this being said, I would like to develop this preexisting idea regarding the intimacy of a black man, and connect it to my preexisting infatuation surrounding the ideas of consciousness and being, specifically as it pertains to identity.
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