Brittany Fucci Artist Statement First Draft My belief is that one cannot claim to have seen something until

l you have photographed it Since the second I first picked up a camera, my work has in some way, shape, or form, been a reflection of my pursuit of the moment, and trying to capture it. For me, my photographs are my secrets everything that they mean is everything that I cannot properly express through words, and so instead, I use light, color, space, and form, to convey my thoughts. My wok creates an alternate reality that I myself can live in (and so can the observer). It is, essentially, a surrealistic alternative to reality, and beyond that, is a separate narrative in itself. I am particularly inspired by my home environment, and most of work compares living in middle-class suburbia to living in an urban city there are no models, or people, but instead, I chose to represent that subject by photographing landscapes at night, which allows me to explore the so called abandonment of rural cities. With my work, I try to answer the questions that race through my mind. Why is it everything shuts down at night? Why are we (figuratively) so afraid of the dark? Do we hide ourselves at night for a certain reason? By using long exposures, I manipulate the appearance of the world in front of me, and allow the camera and he light to paint their own visions of the world. My most recent body of that examples this process is a portfolio I did during my sophomore year of college. Tentatively and simple titled, Nightscapes, the images are a series of work that presents the world in an almost post-apocalyptic manner. They are devoid of human life, and the only motion present in them is that of the moving lights. Color is also a device that I rely on heavily to convey the meanings in my photographs, and this particular series put to se a lot of greens, yellows, reds, and oranges. I aim for the colors to create emotion in the observer, as people most certainly relate different colors to different feelings. As I continue to explore this world that I am basically creating by myself, I find myself growing as an artist, and developing a significant style. In the future, I hope that what I am exploring in my artwork can now become the body of work that defines who I am as a photographer. I plan on continuing to photograph landscapes in an experimental manner, so that I can continue to grow as an artist, and so that I may progress onto other projects where I can convey my same thoughts in a different manner.