Hillary Hopkins Photography

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Self-indulgent

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Making it happen

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control, [self] control

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control, [self] control, originally uploaded by HillHop.

please, you must view large.

Updates on Flickr

2009-10-19T16:47:00.012-04:00

Hello, Blogosphere! (it's been awhile)

Click HERE to view my flickr (via flickriver). This is where you will find what I have been up to in photography; most of which includes self-portraiture. Please note that in order to view all of my flickr photos, you will need to go to my actual photostream here. Enjoy!

xo,
Hillary

Korea + Holga

2009-06-12T10:37:00.003-04:00

Emily, My Dearest

2009-04-27T21:58:00.005-04:00

moral of the story: have beautiful friends like this and stop hand holding the hasselblad in low light situations. also, wear sunblock.

Senior Thesis Presentations & Horvath

2009-04-17T15:52:00.007-04:00

Yesterday, the six of us gave our senior thesis presentations at the Stander Symposium. As nerve wracking as it was giving a public presentation, I believe it went pretty well. I'm so proud of my fellow photo majors. Thanks to all who came and listened to nearly two hours of presentations.

After a late lunch and vintage shopping with my dad, I headed over to Rike for the Horvath show. Horvath is a juried student art exhibition held for UD students and all six of us got work in. It was great to see the photo department do so well. Aside from Mark O'Brien deservingly cleaning up with three awards, Katie received another honorable mention, Amanda got the faculty award and I also managed to get an honorable mention - what a memorable day!

Senior Exhibition at Link Gallery

2009-04-01T00:38:00.006-04:00

Our Senior Exhibition, Frayed, is currently up at the Link Gallery downtown Dayton, located in the Oregon Arts district. Please check it out! First Friday (4/3) will be the opening reception. It displays mixed work from 21 graduating visual arts majors. I was on the committee of student curators/organizers for the show with a few others and it's come together well!

New thesis work

2009-04-01T00:20:00.004-04:00

continuation of my senior thesis work - an accidental light leak and east third street bode well for the series.

Assimilation

2009-03-31T23:30:00.009-04:00

close ups of the piece below:

This assemblage is one of a few I began in painting II (click on it to see it better). At last, a finished painting! Better photos of it still to come, as well as more finished pieces.

Dolcessa

2009-03-25T00:13:00.005-04:00

Amanda, Katie and I showed a few pieces at the Italian gelato and panini cafe near campus called Dolcessa. Thanks to all who showed up, it was a great crowd!

Taking back black and white

2009-03-21T20:53:00.006-04:00

You know Sam, it's been awhile

2009-03-21T20:47:00.003-04:00

These are all pretty underexposed, but it makes me want to make more portraits.

Inauguration Day

2009-02-17T17:27:00.020-05:00

Senior Thesis Portfolio

2009-02-16T21:44:00.006-05:00

The 14 images below collectively make up my senior photography portfolio.

The idea that the ordinary can be further investigated and more closely observed through the camera, fascinates me. Photography easily lends itself to be a way in which to document and record, and I am making landscape photographs in this very obvious sense while being hyper aware of space. As I take the time to truly look at my subject and see pieces of my everyday surroundings, I notice how fleeting a moment can be. It is important to me to pay attention to the subtle change in environment because of weather, light or how people have affected specific spaces over time.

Only now, it's familiar

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47 Margaret

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East Third

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Square, so far

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Here are some of my first batch of photos from my senior thesis project. I am using the Hasselblad and scanning in color film to make digital inkjet prints. So far, I'm loving the process.

Polaroids

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Senior Exhibition

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Most of our graduating senior photo majors with our professor, Joel Whitaker.

From left to right in front of my photos: Lauren, Amanda, Katie, me.

In-House

2008-11-17T17:34:00.006-05:00

UD's photo club, Overexposed and Underdeveloped, held a student exhibition last Thursday. Here's some student work up in Laura's ArtStreet apartment. We had a great turn out! My paintings are in the center above the window. Hopefully better photos are to come.

Artist Emulation - Hillary's World

2008-11-17T02:06:00.004-05:00

This staged project was yet another artist emulation. This time we could use any artist from any medium. I chose to emulate Christina's World, a painting by Andrew Wyeth.

Couples and Prints

2008-11-17T01:52:00.003-05:00

Staged final project: self lead. I really enjoy the relationships created between people when being photographed. Not only is it important to notice the relationship between the couples in the photograph, but it is equally important to pay attention to the relationship created between subject and photographer. These images exemplify those relationships while doing so in a way that refers to old snapshots of couples.

Film Stills

2008-11-17T01:46:00.003-05:00

These are from another Staged photo project utilizing the film still aesthetic.

Long Time Gone

2008-11-13T15:38:00.006-05:00

As it would seem I have fallen off the face of the blogosphere, I am back. There is much to catch up on and a lot of new work. I spent about 5 weeks in Europe this summer and since then I haven't focused on much besides school. Senior year has proven to be all that I expected while keeping me the busiest I've ever been. I'll try to post work as chronologically as possible, but we'll see. I had a recent technological devistation; my 500GB hard drive crashed and was the only solid collection of my images. I'll be piecing my life back together, but in the mean time there is plenty of goodness going on.

New things I'm excited about:

-Senior Exhibition currently up in Rike

-Results of this year's Presidential election

-UD's photo club In-House Exhibition tonight

-The holidays

-Travel

-My schedule next semester

-Prospective jobs this summer

Staging the Self

2008-04-05T02:07:00.008-04:00

Vacant Signs

2008-04-04T18:54:00.004-04:00

This series was made for my digital processes II class. I used an erasing effect in Photoshop to take away the text and imagery from the signs.

In Passing

2008-04-04T18:09:00.004-04:00

Since coming to Dayton three years ago, I have made the same trip back to Lancaster, my former hometown. For the first two years, I had only been the passenger. Instead of reading or engaging in conversation, I looked out the window, memorizing everything I could. Route 22 was always my favourite part of the trip. The countryside, the small towns, the southern architecture mixed in with the out of place cookie-cutter houses that seem to be popping up everywhere; this is why I loved the trip. Every time, a particular abandoned house would catch my eye. Each time I passed it, wanted to stop and explore it, photograph it. It wasn't until last fall that I was able to do so. I tried so hard to find the house I knew, but no luck. Once I finally did, I realized it had been burned down. It wasn't what I initially wanted, but I waited too long to come back. These images are of the remains of the house and surrounding areas. I like to imagine the house still as I remember passing it in the car thinking that it will always be there for me to photograph some other time.

Holga

2008-04-04T17:47:00.004-04:00

In my alternative processes class, this project helped me discover my love for multiple exposures and working with the Holga camera. I really need to go back and work with color film again in the Holga. The color shifts and light leaks make for some unpredictable photographs.

Self Discovery In the Studio

2008-04-04T17:40:00.003-04:00

Color

2008-04-03T16:51:00.003-04:00

I really enjoyed my first color class in 2006. Although these are digital images, learning the wet process for color was an important experience.

Visiting

2008-02-28T19:14:00.003-05:00

This group of photos is actually from almost 2 years ago, but I figured I'd start with some early work. These pictures are about the mixed feelings that come with visiting the town I grew up in.