my response

The quality of an artist's work is just as important as the way they present it, and finding a good way of showcasing and communicating to the audience is no less easy than creating the work itself, as there are so many elements and aspects to be considered. I found Jennifer's website intriguing. When entering first, her name "Jennifer Pattison" is the only thing that could be seen, using up a big proportion of the screen. Clicking anywhere on the screen, a full-screen photo pops up with a small "projects" in the bottom. Clicking on that, several titles of her projects come up in the upper with an "info". A different photo pops up when the cursor moves over each title. When that title is clicked, the viewer enters a series of photos but is only allowed to see one at a time and cannot go back to the previous ones before finishing the whole series. When all the photos in a series are shown, a few paragraphs of explanations written by the photographer are seen.

It feels like going on a adventurous journey entering Jennifer's website, for a lot of times you need to find your own clues to move on to the next step. You never know what would be the next thing you see or how you would see it, which makes everything mysterious and exciting. The way she showcases her work is subtle and clever. I have discovered that unlike a lot of photographers' websites that showcase multiple photos with fancy layouts or transitions animation effects, this website shows no more than one image in the screen at one time, which allows the viewers to only see one photo on the screen at one time is a way to make them focus on what was happening in the moment that picture was taken. It also responds to the fact that we, as humans are only able to live in one moment at a time. Photography is a time-based medium, and with every shutter being hit a moment is recorded. Although it is impossible for us to experience multiple moments at one time, what we can do is to explore the meaning of existences and tell stories by collecting different moments by our lens. I also like that she doesn't show her explanations of her concepts before showing her actual work, which encourages the viewers to make individual connections with the images without being limited in her mindsets.

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