Time on My Side

Been lacking on posting, but I have loads of work to use as excuses. Photographed a couple more sets for my feminine beauty series and also worked on the image of Park. I've had those files for a couple months now but I was going back through them and found this gem. Really happy with how it turned out, really inspires me to shoot some more fashionesque images soon. So who knows!!??! Got about 4 weeks left of school and have to pop out two photo projects, hopefully for once time is on my side.

samuel gove

I Just Kick It From My Head

So extremely busy with my LAS classes that I havent been able to really focus on my work lately. I feel a bit stressed more than ever and some say I show signs of depression. Weird. This past weekend was great; Luca flew in from New York on Thursday and is staying till this coming Wednesday, and on the word of friends visiting, Tony Katai and Alex should be getting in from Detroit to visit any hour now, so I hope to get some nice work done while everyone is visiting, and maybe it'll be a nice relief from all the everyday shit.

Apart from that I start my midterm project this wednesday hopefully. More on that soon hopefully, though I am very excited begin working. Also I am continuing my feminine beauty project and of course can't wait to get started.

I'm off to begin an Analysis paper for my French Revolution class, best to all :)

p.s. birthday in 5 days, SCORE!!

Samuel

Back and Forth and in Between

First off, I do apologize. If there is anyone out there who actually follows this anymore, I am so sorry for my lack of posting and updating within the past few months. A lot has been going on in my world lately. From a road trip to the east coast(Detroit, New York, New Jersey, Virginia ect) to getting back into school and furthering my work. So needless to say, I have been keeping myself very busy. So please expect a lot more post in the near future and also take sometime to view some of the work above which ranges from the road trip in January, up until now. If you wanna see the rest of what I've been doing, check out my flickr @ www.flickr.com/jellyfish_spine. Enjoy and leave some feedback if anyone is out there.

Samuel Lucas Gove

Up in The Woods

Halfway through fall semester and I can barely believe how fast these past few weeks have gone by. Though being busy with class, I've managed to find a large amount of time to continue photographing my newest project, as mentioned in an earlier post. With four of the photographs complete and only eight weeks left to finish this project I'm feeling bit stressed; the constant thought of my undecided digital II final floats in my subconscious, nabbing at me constantly. I've never felt so crammed with photographic work, yet I bring no yield, It truly is wonderful to be so engaged in such an art. The much time spent has been well worth it, as my body of work continues to grow and my love for the art flourishes. I really hope you enjoy the photographs, these really do mean a lot to me.

Until another 1am morning after spotting negatives.

Best,

Samuel Lucas Gove

Intentional Distractions of a more Pleasurable Quality

Ill post more text later.......im not feeling it yet.......cheerio

One small step for Sam

I've become bored with my recent work and decided to take on a new documentary project. This project will consist of many conceptual portraits, which subject matter will include that of feminine beauty, gesture, and emotion. Through this project I will be examining relationships I myself have had, the out come of these relationships, and how these women within my life have inspired my personal vision of their influential feminine beauty. I will be photographing the majority, if not the entirety of the images using the means and squared style of medium format.

I have found my self becoming very intrigued with the use of the medium format and its great detail within the negative its self. I will continue to work as I have in the past using digital photography as a means of honest documentation but now having the access to a Hasselblad 501 has inspired me to work in a different, more conceptual way to create my photographs.



I have also begin to try incorporate the use of the hasselblad into my everyday work[ex.street, documentary, candid photography] Though I am happy with my results I have found it hard to work in certain lighting situations where the correct exposure/shutter speed is impossible to reach due to the lack of low light lenses that the hasselblad accepts.

Please keep up to date with my posts, as I will try to be more adamant about updating on the progress of my new project and other work.

Best,

Sam Gove

As fall looms overhead and the flu "epidemic" spreads, I've found myself to have come down with just such a bug. Since last Tuesday my body has seemed to be constantly low on energy, no matter how many hours I spent resting the night before. Since then I have been shoveling vitamins of every sort into my mouth hoping to only receive some small repercussions from the sickness. My body is still teetering on the idea of being sick or healthy and still can't seem to settle its mind, which has left me on the couch this entire weekend, hoping to recover before the workload of this up and coming week.

Since I haven't really left the house all that much this weekend, I decided to set up a studio once again in my living room, and practice some lighting arrangements and also tried to play around with some fashion and editorial ideas I had been wanting to create. I really do enjoy working with myself as a subject, especially when I'm just working to gain experience, I become 100% comfortable and engaging in my photographs. I just need to learn how to work better with models in the studio.

Hope all is well for everyone.

Sam Gove

Pride and Prejudice

Since Luca moved to New York I hadn't really left the house until last Sunday, being Pride Day. I didn't spend much time at the parade itself, and wandered off with some friends of mine to a small house party with many friendly faces. I'm glad to have met them, they've given me much reason to smile.

Best,

Sam Gove