When I started out with classes, I had a bit of an idea what I wanted to do with the first few classes. And I knew I wanted to do a class about geometric shapes. I remember receiving my first assignment in my first photo class at South Western High with Mr. Long, who gave us the subject of shapes, or geometric forms. We were to look for them in everyday things and in order to see our everyday world in a different way. And I still love finding geometric objects or making or using simple geometric looking compositions to create my photographs.

In an abstract way, Liz’s photo taken of a normal house hold item really demonstrates how you can see things differently. How many times have you looked over this object needing to replace a something. While you might recognize it at first, or it could take you a minute before you see what it really is, the way Liz cropped the photograph really takes away the recognizable traits of the lamp and allows you to first see the black circles contrasting with the white inside in the lamp shade.

Geometry is so much more fun when you’re not trying to figure out the spacial volume of an equilateral triangle.