Artist: Tealia Ellis Ritter

My dream is to be famous, 2007 © Tealia Ellis Ritter

Joe, 2009 © Tealia Ellis Ritter

My dream is to be an artist, 2007 © Tealia Ellis Ritter

My dream is to realize who I truly am, 2007 © Tealia Ellis Ritter

Tealia Ellis Ritter was born in Illinois in 1978. She studied at Columbia College of Chicago. These images are from a body of work called, "The Live Creature and Ethereal Things." These images depict people from Ritter's daily life and strangers she meets. I find these images captivating not only because of the titling but also because of the captivating stare that each person has. In Ritter's work she states that although the subject matter has completely control of the space and what they where she creates the images to look like European society portraits.

You can find more of Tealia Ellis Ritter's work on her website: http://www.ellisritter.com/

From Belgium to Paris

Tim, Hanover, Germany © Kaitlynn Scannell

Annelies, Lier, Belgium © Kaitlynn Scannell

Lucy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin © Kaitlynn Scannell

As I travel to and from different areas of Europe I meet new people and visit some old friends. The fist two image is of friends I have met in my time here. It has been great so far to meet all these people from all over. I also had an amazing opportunity to see an old friend from Milwaukee while she studies in Paris, France.