Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney)

A Study in Texture

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:17:19 -0700

So for my photo 2 class, I was lost on what to do for double exposures, but then it hit me, why don't i just do a study in textures ontop of a photograph? So sandwiching negatives, with the same base, yielded these results. I love all of them and I hope you do too. Shot with 35mm and Holga 120 film.

The Bird

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:02:46 -0700

Middle Finger, Fall 2012, black and white film print. $20 bucks.

Twins, so alike yet so different

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:01:30 -0700

I did a series on my twin brother, we may be only seperated by 2 minutes but we are different in so many ways. I love this series, and I hope you do too.

Pushing Film

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:59:57 -0700

This is when I pushed film in class for the first time, I was really happy with my results. This was taken for my Western Connecticut State University class in fall 2012.

Untitled

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:57:44 -0700

Took this as a gag shot, but I love it a lot.

Untitled

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:56:49 -0700

Taken at the Danbury Railway Museum. For sale if enough people like it.

First Gallery

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:32:55 -0800

Yeah I had my first gallery back in January at the Hunt Hill Silo in New Milford through my internship with Laurie Klein (whom worked with Ansel Adams). And it was amazing, the whole experience of working with her to find my inner voice was truly the most amazing thing I have done to date. She is like my second mother, and she gave me the push to really let myself go in my art work. Above is all of us and below are the images from my show. I sold about 6 photographs, and my self portraits were supposed to represent me coming clean about my true self for the first time because usually I hide myself behind my hood, my bangs, and I really am afraid to be proud of who I am, so these photos represent me, well, being me for once.

They work

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:19:57 -0800

I love the feel of these two tree shots, they look like film but they are actually digital.

Christmas Time is Approaching

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:16:17 -0800

Every Year I feel like Christmas keeps coming faster, this weekend we went and tagged our tree and I took some pictures Taken with a Nikon D3000 B/W or Color.

Abstraction

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:33:53 -0700

So basically, in a nutshell, my art teacher whom I've been trying to please finally gave me fantastic news, when we were trying to draw something abstract, I photographed it for reference and he said I hit it spot on, I feel like abstracting something is going to be my new little exploration, this is just the beginning I promise you.

Flowers

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:43:07 -0700

I am going to that person who likes taking pictures of flowers even though it is so overdone, well whatever

Freedom

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:29:35 -0700

Again this is a continuation of my study of the crow, I feel this is one of my all time favorite photographs I have ever taken because it just is so beautifully executed, even though it was a happy mistake, I suppose most mistakes turn out great for one reason or another.

Isolation

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:22:56 -0700

This is a study I keep going back to, it's about the misinterpretation of crows, they are very intelligent and beautiful things and people think of them as a nuisance but in fact they are very helpful and beautiful creatures

Fairfield Hills

Alexandra Sweeney (AlexandraSweeney) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:17:35 -0700

This was taken around mid-day at Fairfield Hills in Newtown, CT. I just love the feel that place gives, the eeriness makes it so much more fun to photograph