LaurenDoran's photostream  

My website: www.laurendoran.com/
My blog: laurensnotboredyet.blogspot.com/
My etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenDoran

Artist Statement:

As a photographic artist, I seek to capture the spiritual and emotional world that surrounds us. In this pursuit, I am drawn to the personal myths and metaphors that describe relationships, place, nature and time. I like to think of my photographs as visual poems uncovering some essential but unseen thought or spirit. I believe this metaphysical reality transcends culture and time and ultimately reveals the universal nature of human hopes, dreams and fears.

As I work to unearth and illuminate the metaphysical, I constantly collect ideas, settings and figurative objects for future photographs. I begin the process of making a photograph with an idea or a rough sketch in my mind, but it is through the act of creation that the finished idea emerges. I often work with alternative lighting techniques and long exposures; my work is intuitive and experimental, and yet, at times requires elaborate preparation. I experience photography as an act of exploration requiring a balance between spontaneity and preparation.