Nicholas Prior
Nicholas Prior is an outstanding photographer who has clearly shown his abilities through many different projects that he has presented. He has won many different awards throughout his lifetime of being a photographer. Prior has work in different museums all around the world for people of all cultures to enjoy. I chose him for one of my artist crushes because as soon as I saw his series of photographs called “The Age of Man” I was suddenly enticed and needed to learn more. As I researched and glances through all of the photographs it became even more apparent to me that this man was an extremely talented photographer. In “The Age of Man” all of the photos are set in New England and they show the little things that most adults take advantage of, through the eyes of a modern day child.
For my first photograph I chose the one called “Untitled #30” and it was created in 2003. The reason I chose this picture is because I believe that this picture perfectly shows what Prior was trying to depict when he decided to create “The Age of Man”. In this picture it shows a young boy standing in front of a brush fire. Also, in front of the boy sits a gas can. In a real life situation a young boy would not be standing next to a big fire with a big can of gasoline. But according to Prior’s way of thought this shows that it is only an adult thing to be done.
For my next piece of work that I chose, it is titled “Untitled #83” and was created in 2003. I chose this piece of work to present Prior because I believe that it represents what he was trying to show perfectly. In the picture it shows a young girl dressed up in an older woman- looking clothes while glancing over at a middle aged man sitting on the couch obviously involved in something else. I think that this shows his idea perfectly because in modern day society it is shown how husbands have time and time again chosen television over spending time with their own wives. Although the girl in this picture is a young girl, Prior chose to put her in this because he wanted to show children in adult situation. This picture is significant because of the emotion that the young girl is showing.