Hilary Sonnabend Photography

 Photo Essay - Day in the Life Traveling to Bismarck, North Dakota I chose to do a day in the life of a Division 2 swimmer who is traveling for a meet. When I went home over thanksgiving break my grandma was going to get rid of an old digital camera and I decided to take it along back to school. I wanted to shoot my subjects using this to give the feeling of the day on “film” and like we were in the moment. Sometimes when you bring out the bigger camera you don’t get as much raw emotion so I really wanted to capture the simplicity but also complexity of traveling with my team for a meet.

  Out of my pure spontaneous nature I decided to take a day trip to the Badlands in South Dakota. I had never been to this location before but I had seen pictures of them the day before on social media. When I went there it was a beautiful day and I wanted to capture that. The skies were bright blue and the grass had turned yellow from the cold fall nights. Along with the stillness of the day, I wanted to capture the feeling that these landforms were in another world. The way the hills are colored and the sun is shining  made it look like an out of this world experience. 

 Model Outdoor Environmental  Model Indoor Studio Light Still Life

 ABANDONED

 Cyanotypes Sun Print