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Abstract Photos from the Atlanta Prison Farm

by hankinslawrenceimages | May 3, 2018 | Abstract, Georgia

A couple weeks ago I shared a few of my favorite photos from my visit to the Prison Farm in Atlanta, Georgia in my newsletter and here on my blog. I thought I’d share the whole set of my photos from that shoot here with you today.

I visited the Atlanta Prison Farm as part of Art Wolfe’s Abstract Atlanta workshop. We spent an afternoon photographing a graffiti covered partially burned abandoned prison. It’s the first time I’ve ever been on a photo shoot that required a police escort to visit the site, and where I could here the local S.W.A.T. team practicing in the distance. I never knew I could spend an afternoon fascinated by patterns, textures, lines and colors that I found in overlapping layers of chipping paint and rust!

Here’s what I came away with . . . I think you’ll agree – this is one of the more unusual sets of photos I’ve shared here on my blog.

The Rust Series

Abstract, Prison Farm, Atlanta, Georgia © 2018 Patty Hankins

The Paint Series

Abstract Photos from Old Car City

by hankinslawrenceimages | May 1, 2018 | Abstract, Georgia

A couple weeks ago I shared a few of my favorite photos from my visit to Old Car City in White, Georgia in my newsletter and here on my blog. I thought I’d share the whole set of my photos from that shoot here with you today.

I visited Old Car City during Art Wolfe’s Abstract Atlanta workshop. After spending the morning talking about abstract art and how to see potential abstract photos in the field, Art took us to Old Car City in White Georgia. Imagine visiting a place with 4500 old cars hidden on 6 miles of trails with the assignment of creating abstract photographs that someone looking at them wouldn’t know they were a photograph of a car!

Here’s what I came away with . . . I think you’ll agree – this is one of the more unusual sets of photos I’ve shared here on my blog.

Abstract, Old Car City, White, GA © 2018 Patty Hankins

Abstract Atlanta

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 20, 2018 | Abstract, Georgia

It wasn’t just the wonderful gardens that drew me to Atlanta a few weeks ago. While I was in Atlanta, I attended Art Wolfe’s Abstract Atlanta workshop. I had an incredible time at the workshop. During the lectures, we looked at various elements of abstract art and the work of many abstract expressionist painters – and considered how we could incoporate these ideas into our photographs. And then we headed out to photograph.

The first place we visited was Old Car City in White, Georgia. Imagine visiting a place with 4500 old cars hidden on 6 miles of trails with the assignment of creating abstract photographs that someone looking at them wouldn’t know they were a photograph of a car!

Here are a few of my photos from Old Car City.

And then we headed to the Atlanta Prison Farm to photograph a graffiti-covered partially-burned abandoned prison. It’s the first time I’ve ever been on a photo shoot that required a police escort to visit the site, and where I could here the local S.W.A.T. team practicing in the distance. I never knew I could spend an afternoon fascinated by patterns, textures, lines and colors that I found in overlapping layers of chipping paint and rust!

Here are a few of my photos from the Atlanta Prison Farm

As you can see, Art Wolfe took us to only the best locations for this type of photography!

In some ways, this was one of the most photographically challenging workshops I have ever attended. I was photographing subjects way outside of my comfort zone, in places i could not have imagined photographing. And I am so glad I went. I’m not sure if I’ll do much more photographing in abandoned places – but I can see how I’ll be thinking about the concepts I learned as I’m photographing flowers and landscapes!

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