Meg Project Critique

Meg’s project, “In the Beginning”, starts nicely with her artist statement. Meg did a great job of explaining her project, despite the two miniscule spelling errors. The idea is creative and interesting and depicts the story of creation in the bible. She based each photo on a quote from the bible, and included these quotes on the slide before the picture that it accompanies. By putting each quote before its corresponding picture the viewer can read the quote without any distractions, allowing them to interpret each quote in their own way. The viewer can then compare their personal interpretation of each quote with Meg’s interpretation. The first photograph of the dove is very captivating because the dove almost blends in with the clouds behind it, creating a god-like feel of being one with nature. This photo could be labeled as Meg's strongest. Her second picture, focusing on God’s creation of animals, is interesting because the part that is appropriated is obvious. This adds to it, however, reminding the viewer that God is always there in spirit, even when it seems that he is not. The photograph of God putting “lights in the heavens” is similar to the one of God with the animals, the appropriated part being an ancient art style. This adds to the fact that the bible is so old, and the stories have been around forever. Meg’s photo with “Adam and Eve” appropriated into it is a cool one because Adam and Eve are represented by old greek-style statues that really fit into the surroundings despite the difference in age. Meg chose a great setting for this photo, and this is also a strong supporter of her theme. Meg’s hand-appropriated photographs clearly had lots of thought put into them. The one of the creation of light is very creative, using graffiti that looks like fire,  and appropriating on the words “let there be light” in hebrew.  Meg’s second print is god creating plants. This one is intriguing because the flowers stick out among the rocky landscape. It enhances the idea that God made good and beautiful things and what God created really stands out in this picture. Over all, Meg created a very intriguing and thought-provoking project on the creation story that is enjoyable for the viewer to ponder over.