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XPI Student Showcase

Welcome to Xpress Plugged In, our new online gallery of student expressions. Please follow the submission instructions CAREFULLY. New work will be posted every Monday.
-- Nancy Green, editor of XPI

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Selections for the Week of 4/11/2011

Spotlight on Deidra Meysembourg, 12th grade
Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa

 

Artist Statement
--Deidra Meysembourg

My images reflect those of Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and Howard Schwartz. I typically focus on lighting, tone, contrast, texture and the form of my subject - the human body. Even if I am not specifically shooting a human form I try to capture human-like qualities of the objects I photograph. I typically only shoot in black and white because I feel that the tones bring depth and a sentimental quality to the images.

 

Original photography by Deidra Meysembourg, 12th grade,
Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa

 

Persona, giclee print

 

Gigi - Hands, silver gelatin

 

Cauliflower, silver gelatin

 

Masochistic, silver gelatin

 

Gigi - Neck, silver gelatin