Artists "Review" Artists: Leila Holtsman on Carolina Mayorga

The Artists "Review" Artists Project was launched on June 30, 2008.  Below is a "review" of Carolina Mayorga's work, Love Me 2, written by Leila Holtsman.  Carolina provided the second jpeg, an image of Beautiful Smile for Life, as well as a brief response to Leila's "review."

Carolina currently resides in Washington, D.C., and Leila lives in Washington, D.C.

If you would like to participate in this project, please email me at jtkirkland [at] gmail [dot] com.

                       
Love Me 2
Digital print
11" x 14"
2008

The "Review"

Love Me 2 uses a potentially interesting subject, but leaves the narrative out. There's little emotion coming through the piece. With the inclusion of background or eyes, the images might be fascinating.
For eg., if this were a man, one might wonder why he's applying and removing lipstick.  If this were a person crying, one might be very curious to know why the lipstick is so important at that moment in the person's life.

The topics of interest are placed in the middle of three images and so the asymmetrically-positioned lips in the top left image are note-worthy.  That's a good technique to attract the viewer's attention.

The lighting is inconsistent from image to image.  The lower right image is overexposed compared to the rest.  There might be a reason for have various lighting, but that isn't clear.

The artist might decide what it is he/she is trying to do with this piece and then might add one more images which presents the context of the series or might retake them.

By Leila Holtsman

            
Beautiful Smile for Life
Digital photography
11" x 14"
2008

The Response

Leila, thanks for your comments on my work. I am primarily a 3-d/installation artist and the piece submitted for review is part of my recent interest in photography, a medium that I’ve used more as experimentation or in a larger multimedia work. Lighting is definitely something that I’m still learning about. As far as the subject, I’m very pleased with your comment on the lack of narrative as I want the viewer to focus on the action and wonder, as you did, why and who might be applying and removing lipstick. Thanks again for your valuable feedback on my work.

By Carolina Mayorga

Previous "Reviews":
Pam Farrell on Ken Weathersby
Paula McCullough on Aric Calfee
Lee Gainer on Leigh Waldron-Taylor
Aric Calfee on Paula McCullough
Matthew Ballou on Heather Levy
Giovanni Garcia-Fenech on TJ Norris
TJ Norris on Giovanni Garcia-Fenech
Susan Tolbert on Mary Klein
Heather Levy on Gail Vollrath
Sharon Butler on Matthew Ballou
Mark L. Power on Steven Alexander
Steven Alexander on Mark L. Power
Molly Norris on M. Trigos
Ken Weathersby on Joseph Barbaccia
Sondra Arkin on Susan Tolbert
John M. Adams on Sharon Butler
Michael Paul Oman-Reagan on Brent Hallard
Daniel Mafe on Pam Farrell
Joanna Knox on John M. Adams
John Lucien Grillo on Joanna Knox
Brent Hallard on Lisa Klow
Joseph Barbaccia on John Lucien Grillo
M. Trigos on Michael Paul Oman-Reagan
Mary Klein on Imants Ozers
Richard Schemmerer on Michael Konrad
Michael Konrad on Richard Schemmerer
Jennifer Mawby on Lee Gainer
Lisa Klow on Molly Norris
Bob Barbera on Jenn Figg
Tom Wagner on Kimberley L. Lindsley
Michelle Hunter on Aaron McMasters
Gail Vollrath on Daniel Mafe
Aaron McMasters on Michelle Hunter
Demetrius Romanos on Chris Rywalt
Chris Rywalt on Demetrius Romanos
Imants Ozers on Sondra Arkin
Timothy Buckwalter on Rob Hitzig
Rob Hitzig on Susan Constanse
Carolina Mayorga on Timothy Buckwalter