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Sanibel & Captiva Island
Multi-Media Art │Photography
2017
For this biodiversity focused project, I created a 3D map of Sanibel and Captiva Island using pieces of 35mm photographs taken on location. I chose to capture and reimagine an environment I grew up interacting with. When photographing the islands, I was focused on the landscapes and wildlife that they are best known for.
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After photographing and having the film developed, I sketched an outline of the islands and began to cut out shapes based on the location they were taken in. This process was very tedious and experimental. I slowly worked to fill the outline with the three dimensional pyramid shapes.
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My final work was framed and hung in the University WARPhaus gallery at UF and was also part of the UF Biolink Exhibition. Biolink is a University of Florida Creative Campus Initiative Project funded by a UF Catalyst Grant. It is a campus-wide creative interdisciplinary project cultivating connections via biodiversity.
One of the most fulfilling outcomes of this project was having a local Sanibel newspaper find out about the project. They wrote an article about the project and it was published online. Overall this project was a great way to pay homage to my hometown and the biodiverse environments that exist there.
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