LAUREN MAREK 

http://www.laurenmarek.com/pieces

https://vsco.co/laurenmarek/images/1

Lauren Marek is an American Photographer who was born in Texas. She bases her wok in Houston & Austin. According to Marek, she is inspired by ‘small towns, old friends and simple moments.’ She is a student who loves to experiment with different concepts in photography. She doesn’t focus on a particular area, instead she takes image of anything and everything that shes interested in. She’s done a series on portraits called ‘merge portraits’. She has also done a series called ‘memories of the everyday’, where she has photographed people in an environment where they remember a particular moment in their past.

The series which I am most interested in though, is the series called ‘Pieces’. In this series, Marek investigates part of the human body. She takes images of sections and small areas to capture certain details that make the human figure. Shes focusing on the main features like the eyes, mouth and ears.

I really like the idea of taking images of tiny details that make a person who they are. Marek has taken the concept of body image and has explored a different way expressing who we are. Instead of taking a simple portrait and relating it to body image, she has focused on the tiny, usually unimportant features that collectively symbolize our individuality.

I really like this idea and want to explore it further using my own photo shoot. I decided I wanted to explore this idea and way of shooting because It links with my project well. Since my project is based on body image, I wanted to incorporate the important features of the body into it, however in an unusual way.