What can I say about Lauren Semivan? A former Lawrence
student, Lauren’s photographs remind me of the work of early photographers such
as Julia Margaret Cameron, with her soft focus, flowing fabrics, and black and
white imagery. However, Lauren is in no way a portrait artist, unless you
consider her work to be portraits of inanimate objects.
She appears as a
subject in a few of her photos as well, but she never looks at the camera
directly. Instead, she appears to only inhabit the image briefly, like a ghost
intruding upon the space and then promptly disappearing.
Lauren is able to
achieve this look in her images by continuing to use a very old camera that has
a shutter that moves slower in the winter. The medium behind Lauren’s work
defies the point of the Digital Processes class, which is to show how modern
technology can be used to create art. Nevertheless, Lauren’s work serves as a
reminder that good art can still be created utilizing the technology of the
past. Check out her website here
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