As I See It is a series that examines and reproduces the fact (according to neurological studies I've read) that our brains, as a survival mechanism, can only process a few things at a time. Thus, most of the information we take in visually is thrown out and given less prominence in order not to overwhelm our senses. In my work, I'm picking out what I notice most in an image, and I give it more prominence, either by rotating or enlarging a section, segmenting/vignetting other sections, or colorizing select areas. I'm trying to replicate what I think my brain is selecting what I see, not what my eyes select/see. Consequently, I'm also trying to figure what my brain registers as "important." With this project, I'm looking at the human face as the starting point. I then try to see that face as my brain would, putting the most important features in the foreground and bringing the least important in the background. From what I've read, the brain quickly sizes up a new face into just a couple of categories: 1) Will it hurt me? 2) Will it eat me? The "sizing up" occurs before I can consciously register it. 

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About

Lori Pond is a photographic artist based in Los Angeles. Her photography encompasses themes like fear, good vs evil, life and death, the impermanence of all things, and how our brain interprets "reality" in her series, As I See It. Her most well-recognized work is "Bosch Redux," in which she replicated details from 15th-century painter Hieronymus Bosch's works using models, props and prosthetics to recreate his oeuvre. She has created infrared photography, drone photography, tintypes, and silver and gold leafing. Her interest in photography has been lifelong, starting with using a Polaroid for her jr. high school newspaper.