My first artist I am going to look at is Justine Kurland.

Justine Kurland is a contemporary fine art photographer from New York born in 1969. When Justine Kurland was 15 she ran away from home to Manhattan to live with her aunt, this is where she took an interest in art. Justine Kurland is inspired by both her past experiences of being a child and a teenager and also her current experiences of adult life. These experiences inspire her to recreate the memories she has. She spends a lot of her time searching for models and areas to set up her tableaux photoshoot.

Justine Kurland’s photoshoot called “live dangerously” is about revealing bold and dynamic ways that females inhabit nature. Justine Kurland’s photoshoots are of young females setting off smoke bombs, skinny dipping and climbing trees. This is a way to show how females are rebel against the patriarchal institutions and to

I am inspired by Justine Kurland, she is a contemporary fine art photographer. She is known for her elaborate staging of photographs on how people interact with each other. She has become famous for working with children, men, women and mixing youth with nature. She takes pictures of feral and unsupervised children running around in the wilderness and these images inspired her book “Spirit West”. She has travelled through America specifically Virginia and California. Justine Kurland used her past experiences