Kim Preston
is an artist and photographer who is out to make the world a better place with
her works. This is proven with her intimately arranged portraits of plastic
debris floating in the Pacific Ocean. Her photos are made in controlled,
underwater environments that allow her to arrange her gathered plastic
pollution in miniature works resembling the vary animals this debris threatens.
She would have to construct these habitats herself because if she has taken
these images in the ocean that she is trying to protect, then there would be
too much distraction from her subjects. The lighting is also very consistent
and very controlled which makes this place seem as if it were its own
underwater studio. However, the choice to take her images in this controlled
environment does not take away from her message behind it at all.
Preston
cares for the environment dearly and this shows in her works. Her messages can be seen clearly with her
seemingly “in-your-face” style. Her style involves cutting out any unneeded
distractions so that she can focus on the subject that her message centers
around. She also has a very monochromatic palette, choosing to only depict one
or two colors at a time. In this sense, her pieces always have a slowed,
calmness and harmony based on this limited palette.
In my
research, I was looking for photographers and artists who were able to
manipulate subjects that possessed zoomorphic qualities into believable
creatures.The way Preston creates her creatures from man-made material is very
interesting and what I was considering doing for my final project. I also studied the way she would create these
creatures so that they had movement. I was looking for someone who can bring
life into something without it and I found it in Preston.
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