Amy Glass is an aspiring and inspiring photographer. Rather than displaying advancements of the digital world today, her work reflects an experimental era of the origin of photo. Her photos are organic, abstract and experimental. Perfection is not the goal, its the element of surprise that makes her work so compelling. Amy transferred to Rutgers and has been a part of Mason Gross for 3 years. S: What year are you?
A: This is my 3rd year at Mason Gross.
S: Where did you go to school before Rutgers?
A: I started at Middlesex County College. Over there you’re a fine arts major, so you basically do everything.
S: Were you always a photo major?
A: I didn’t take photo there. I was a painting concentration. Towards the end of my time there I was thinking of careers that I would be interested because there’s not a whole with painting.
S: Why did you choose photo?
A: I thought I would go into forensic photography and I didn’t know if I should start in photo or forensics so I just started in photo and I wound up loving photo more then forensics.
S: What are your plans for the future?
A: I plan on being a librarian in a museum or art gallery.
S: I noticed that your photos are very dark and very abstract, what inspires you to do this?
A: I really love dark photos cause they’re reminiscent of the beginning of photography when people were experimenting more and they didn’t know if something would come out too dark or too light.
S: Who are your artist inspirations?
A: Sally Mann is amazing in every way shape and form. Mary Ellen Mark has really great story telling to her photos and they seem effortless. Arturo Herrera uses technique puts cartridge into liquid. His technique is something I tried out over the summer.
S: What is the hardest part of being a photo major?
A: Trying to break out of the habit of stopping when I get to a point in my work that I like and don’t want to mess up. I want to let human error really shine in my work and move past stopping.
S: Do you prefer film or digital cameras?
A: I prefer film to digital. I like old-fashioned work. I wish we had more time with film at this school; I really enjoyed working with it.
S: It seems that your photos have a lot of experimentation with the human body, what about anatomy inspires you?
A: I have a great obsession with the human body and most of my subjects are humans. I feel like there is no other subject we know better then ourselves and I find that very interesting. I love doing self-portraits. Most of my paintings are self portraits and a great deal of my paintings are based on photos I took.
S: I also noticed some photos are dark and slightly eerie. Do you ever get inspiration from horror films or stories?
A: Yes, I have a huge fascination with serial killers.
S: How do you make the connection with photo and painting?
A: I like making my work completely mine, like every aspect of it is something I did. I like to see the hand in a person’s work. Most of the time when I go to museums I look at the works up close first then I step back and take them in as a whole piece.
S: Do you subconsciously critique other photography?
A: I critique a lot of photographs especially ones in magazines, sometimes I feel like the photographer focuses more on the product then what the model is doing with her hands or face and to me I feel like it should be common sense to take the photo in as a whole.
S: Have you ever interned?
A: I took an internship at an art gallery and that’s what got me into being a librarian as a career. It’s a great passion of mine to be organized.
S: Where did you grow up?
A: I grew up in Central Jersey.
S: Did you always have an interest in art and know as a kid this is something you could potentially be doing?
A: I have always been interested in art and would often draw and collage as a kid. Now-a-days I don’t draw often, I usually write more about a piece I plan on making then doing a preliminary drawing of it.
S: What is your least favorite style of art to render?
A: I hate absolutely hate still lives. I think it has a lot of to do with the fact that I find them difficult and also completely boring. I understand that it is essential for understanding composition but whenever I am in a drawing or painting class I can’t wait to get to the models. I get frustrated with doing still lives for most of the semester.
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