Sunday, October 16, 2016

Grant Layne - Artist Post 11



In her project The Canaries Jensen realizes how life progress and knows that it is harder to obtain individuality due to our chaotic sense of modernity.  Her pictures are filled with intensity and alienation.  Her photograph renders those who suffer from the grievous sensitivity to a wide array of chemicals.
Jensen photographed people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), which produces extreme reactions to commonplace concentration of chemicals.  Which can be found in items such as pencils, vitamins, carpet, etc.  Initially, those people are deemed “isolated” because of their sensitive lifestyle, but Jensen does highlight their disorder through photography.
I personally don’t like Jensen’s approach to The Canaries.  Some of his pictures are really good but the overall purpose of this project is hard to comprehend.  Although I feel his approach to this project was right, his execution is questionable. 

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