CJW
Photography
Biography Clarissa Werth is a photographer since she was able to hold a camera, she was outside taking pictures of the world. As she started out in photography, at the age of 11when she joined 4-H club. After many years of being in 4-H and submitting pictures to the state and national level competitions in high school, she made her final decision of what to do for the rest of her life. While in high school, she volunteered her photography for many events to make her skills grow. From game days to 4-H events and events throughout the community, her love for the arts grew. In her high school years, Clarissa participated in three gallery shows, six individual awards within the 4-H state fair shows and competed in shows at the college level. Once she started college at Barton County Community College, she entered many photos in two gallery exhibitions for art students. Both years she won first place for best-presented and best show in Photography in the film and digital category.
Phone: 620-255-2525
Contact Information
Email: cwerth_21@yahoo.com Website: http://cwerth21.wixsite.com/photography/about-me
Pricing Pricing is an overall price of the session and photos added together. Weddings: $150-200 Engagments: $115 Together: $250-300 Senior: $90 Maternity:$100 Family: $120 Newborns: $100 Gender Revealing: $75 Traveling events: $100-200 Cyanotype: $75 Black & White film: $75
Ta b l e o f Contents Page 8-9: Black and White Film Page 10-11: Cyanotype Photography Page 12-13: Hot Air Balloons Page 14: Engagement Page 15: Wedding Page 16: Maturnity Page 17: Family Page 18-19: Senior
Cindy Sherman did a project based off of the human portrait. I studied her art work and loved everything she did. Even though some of it was something you do not see everyday. So from there I decided I wanted to something like that but I wanted to take away their identity. By taking pictures of peoples backs, I make the viewer guess what they are doing. I tried to give a mystery of the model. I did not want any part of their face to show
just because that would take away from my main focus of the model. When looking at the pictures, I want the viewer to guess why that person is where they are or even ask what could they be doing. In a way I want to viewers to ask questions and try to understand what is going on through the picture.
When looking at the average picture, you usually feel something happy and cheerful. With my figurative photo work, I want to go the opposite direction. I have my models tell me their worst day of their life. It ranges from ex girlfriends breaking up, dead dogs, losing mothers or fathers to family situations. Though when you first see these models in person, you do not see their sadness or tears. It can take a lot to let someone in and show their feelings. I use the alt-processing cyanotype because it really helps bring out the emotion that I seek. While putting the chemicals onto the paper, I use the brush strokes to my advantage. It is my main focus to use the brush strokes to allow the viewer take a second look at what is going on in the photo. When presenting this work, I decided to have them across from each other. I really wanted my viewer to take a close look at each piece of paper from the photo, then take a step back to get a different feeling. With every step back, the viewer gets a different type of emotion and that was what I was going for. Then with them being across from each other, the viewer can feel some type of conflict between the two models. It could either feel like it was as one conflict together that they both are feeling or a whole different level of confidence that the pieces hold on their own. I wanted to have the viewer feel an emotion by looking at the my two pieces.
Balloon Fiesta
Engagemnet
Wedding
Maturnity
Family
Senior