Entry Title: " La Lumière"
Name: Lindsey Law, United States
Category: Non-Professional, Abstract


Entry Description: I am intrigued at how a photograph can challenge a viewer’s perception of what can and cannot be. Everything we photograph is real, but the end result isn’t always realistic. Space is a mystery to most. Naturally, that mystery leads to curiosity and exploration. My concentration developed off of light drawing and long night exposures. I began my six pieces with those two ideas in mind and was inspired to move in the direction of outer space after experimenting during my first shoot. My goal is to develop an environment that no one can get to except through these photographs. They bring the viewer to an unfamiliar reality, and show a realistic environment on earth disguised as an unrealistic environment in space or one’s imagination.

My name is Lindsey Law and I am a senior in high school. I live in the suburbs of Chicago and started taking pictures at the age of 13. I am so incredibly ready to feel the adrenalin rush of accomplishing things for myself as a person. I believe that within the next few years, photography will allow me to gain confidence as a photographer as well as a person. As a photographer, I focus on some aspect of reality, but the unique, strange and jaw-dropping quality of my photographic images make them art. I appreciate the beauty of freezing a realistic moment in time, but I also appreciate taking the viewer to an unrealistic place through my photographs. Most of my images are open to interpretation, and I am fascinated by the differences of people’s perceptions. I am chilled by the capturing of a worthy moment, of a reality that, with the right presentation, challenges a viewer’s perception of what can and cannot be. I believe that a life without any sort of passion is incomplete. Photography is my passion, what fills me with excitement, what keeps my mind up at night. Without images I am lost, and I fully plan on being an active and engaged member in our world. So with the help of my imagination, I will look, I will listen and I will capture life in a way worth marveling at.