CV link

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dn0xs2Jf8ejcLpLKC8o0MzJqAMxr1xhHMUGw41ifGwM/edit?hl=en&authkey=CPO5hr4C

This will take you to my CV on Google Docs.

Artist Statement

When I photograph I sometimes go off into my own little world where it’s just me and my camera. Some of my photos are spur-of-the-moment, whereas others are more thought out and usually centre around a particular concept or theme. I know a photo is finished when I’m really happy with the results (whether it worked out the way I expected it to or it went off in a totally different direction), or I feel that I can’t do any more (or am afraid to: I’ve wrecked a few pieces by going too far), or it just feels finished. When my work is going well, I feel really happy, even excited: while I enjoy the challenge of making art, sometimes it’s nice to just sit back and relax, which is what happens when things are going well for me. When people see my work I’d like them to look more closely at the world around them that all of us (myself included) pass by and don’t bother to notice.

I photograph for several reasons: I like capturing moments in peoples’ lives, either anonymously or with the subject’s knowledge; I like pulling attention to things that people see every day and don’t really think about; and I like photographing things that people might not see. I’ve been photographing nature for several years and I will probably continue to do nature photography for the rest of my life. I also would like to try things like wedding photography.

When I think about taking a photo I think about the composition; light quality and (if it’s less than desirable) how to improve it; how I can get what I want in-camera before I do post-processing in Photoshop. If I’m working on a pre-existing series I think about what angles (literally and figuratively) I have and haven’t explored.

Currently I’m trying to explore concepts that I previously have been too timid to even seriously consider. It’s only since I started at NBCCD that I realized that the ideas about art that I had grown up with were holding me back even though they are legitimate ideas. I still acknowledge the old ideas, but I also know that they aren’t all that I’m about. That’s one of the reasons why I like digital photography: if the idea doesn’t work, I just have to delete the photo and format the card.

Artist Bio by Marie-Lynne LeBlanc

Annapurna Moffatt’s enthusiasm is contagious and she has a great sense of humor. Pur, as her parents called her when she was younger (she goes by Anna now), is very passionate about not only photography but also just art in general. When I asked her what her guilty pleasure was, she thought for a second and said, “Does art count?!” then she laughed and answered, “Harry Potter, since 1999!” Annapurna has lovely, wavy, shoulder length brown hair and pretty grey-ish blue eyes. She was born on July 18th 1988, which makes her 22 years old. Her hometown is in St David Ridge, not too far from St Stephen. As she was homeschooled until she was seventeen, Anna waited until she was 21 to be a mature student at the New Brunswick College of craft and design and moved to Fredericton. She had to be a mature student, since she hadn’t gotten her GED, “But it worked out well” she says, “Because I had no idea at seventeen what I wanted to do, I wasn’t even sure about post secondary education.”

Her parents are both artists as well; her mother is a painter, and her father, a photographer. They have had a huge impact on her, but her biggest influences right now are, the famous painter Degas, who as you may know, was one of the founders of Impressionism, and Dali, who took surrealist pictures.

Annapurna’s photo style is not cutesy or polished; instead, she likes a little bit of grit. She is currently expanding her range, by taking pictures of alleys and back streets to create edgy compositions. Most of her pictures consisted of nature photographs. She loves nature and is very much an environmentalist. The thing she likes most about photography is the act of taking pictures and the challenge of getting it right. It takes patience but she finds it is well worth it.

Annapurna describes herself as a no-nonsense kind of person,” I don’t take crap from anybody.” She said. She’s very independent and determined. When Anna gets into something, she really gets into it. She’s not afraid to be goofy or silly and it puts people at ease
Anna hasn’t worked out a plan for once she graduates but she knows she would like to start her own business. She has had quite a few commissions at the Farmers Market in St-Steven, selling photos she took, last summer.

We arrived at school and Annapurna flashed me another one of her sincere smiles and headed to the photography studio to work her magic with her expensive camera. “She’ll go far in the photo business” I thought, “her clients will always feel comfortable, weather she’s taking a portrait of them, or just a lovely photo for them to decorate their homes with, they’ll know that she’s not just in it for the money, its her passion and she’ll make sure that, at the end of the day, they get memorable, gorgeous pictures.”