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Alexandria Stimpson

Lexy Stimpson
Upstate New York
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BFA Fine Arts, Photography

Biography

Alexandria Stimpson, Lexy, to her classmates, friends, and family, is a photographer, a part-time painter, and a true friend who resides in South Glens Falls, New York. Alexandria devotes her time between creating beautifully crafted portraiture artwork for her ever-growing audience and spending time living life with as much laughs as possible. Laughing is such a simple act that many of us forget to do, forget to participate in, forget to create, and forget to indulge in. Art is a creation of many things, and laughing can be an aspect of art too.

Lexy has traveled through most of Italy and parts of Germany, supporting her middle brother's dream of one day playing in the MLS (Major League Soccer) for the United States. Throughout her multiple trips to Italy, and her passion for seeing the world grew her fascination with photography. Not only would photography become her passion, hobby, and expression to the world, but it would also let her do what she wanted most in this world to help people. Through perseverance and discipline, obtaining a Criminal Justice: Police Science and Liberal Arts in Social Sciences and Humanities degree would turn her away from becoming a cop. A cop in this day in age is dangerous for anyone but especially dangerous for young females. Instead, she decided to go down a different road. This road, not full of laws and rules, would allow her to break some, legally of course, and create artwork that helped people in a better way. Photography, in many ways, can be therapeutic and an artistic outlet that allows the world around you to disappear. What better way to live a life of luxury if not by living a life full of endless travel, family, and cultural experiences that will forever leave a lasting impression. 

Artist Statement

At the end of my life, my words will not speak for me; my artwork and my character will. It is not always the importance of being the best, but the essence of simply capturing the unexpressed. The willingness to bring life to the inner emotions we lock up or shy away from society. The escape through the beauty of so much the world has to offer that is right in front of us that we do not allow ourselves to see. Let my artwork draw you down a path of a beautiful trail that will document my journey to being a person in this fight to create a better tomorrow for generations to come. Allow my photography into your heart. Only then will you understand my legacy that I shall leave in the wake of my path. 
 

The is a colored close up portrait photograph of a female subject. Only half of the female model’s face is being shown in the reflection of an old rusty van mirror.

Half of Me
Photograph
11 x 17
Fall 2020
Experimental Photography 
The is a colored close up portrait photograph of a female subject. Only half of the female model’s face is being shown in the reflection of an old rusty van mirror.

The photograph is a colored close up shot of a female model that incorporates two photographs laying over each other to create a double exposure photograph. Double exposure is “the repeated exposure of photographic plate or film to light, often producing ghost images.” The female model is laughing in both images. The image in the background is the female model laughing, looking away from the camera focusing on above and slightly leaning back off of a stool in a studio space. The photograph that lays over to

Giggles
Photograph
8 x 10
Spring 2020
Intermediate Photography
The photograph is a colored close up shot of a female model that incorporates two photographs laying over each other to create a double exposure photograph. Double exposure is “the repeated exposure of photographic plate or film to light, often producing ghost images.” The female model is laughing in both images. The image in the background is the female model laughing, looking away from the camera focusing on above and slightly leaning back off of a stool in a studio space. The photograph that lays over top of the background photo is another image of the same female laughing and looking directly at the photographer. 

The photograph is a close up portrait shot of a female hidden behind leaves from a large tree branch. 

Hidden Figures 
Photograph 
11 x 17
Fall 2020
Experimental Photography
The photograph is a close up portrait shot of a female hidden behind leaves from a large tree branch. 

The photograph is a close up black and white photograph of a male, wearing old school aviators, a white head- hand and a destroyed jean jacket looking down at his feet but far off into the abyss.

70’s heartbreak
Photograph
11 x 17
Fall 2020
Experimental Photography
The photograph is a close up black and white photograph of a male, wearing old school aviators, a white head- hand and a destroyed jean jacket looking down at his feet but far off into the abyss.

The photograph is a black and white medium shot self-portrait of the photographer, as a reflection in the mirror in Lake Ontario. 

Self- Portrait I
Photograph 
16 x 24
Fall 2020
Experimental Photography
The photograph is a black and white medium shot self-portrait of the photographer, as a reflection in the mirror in Lake Ontario. 

The photography is a medium colored self - portrait photograph of the photographer being shot through a reflection in the mirror in Lake Ontario. 

Self - Portrait II
Photograph
16 x 24
Fall 2020
Experimental 
The photography is a medium colored self - portrait photograph of the photographer being shot through a reflection in the mirror in Lake Ontario. 

The photograph is a close up black and white portrait of a female subject with only facial features being shown through the negative space of a gas nozzle. 

Fuel 
Photograph
8 x 10 
Fall 2020 
Experiential Photography 
The photograph is a close up black and white portrait of a female subject with only facial features being shown through the negative space of a gas nozzle. 
 

The photograph is a colored head shot of a female subject that is looking to the sky in the negative space between two tree branches, diagonally arms length apart. 

Beyond the Horizon 
Photograph 
11 x 17
Fall 2020 
Experimental Photography
The photograph is a colored head shot of a female subject that is looking to the sky in the negative space between two tree branches, diagonally arms length apart. 

The photograph is a portrait shot of a female subject looking directly into the camera behind an old, wire fence. 

Behind the Inner Locked Wall 
Photograph
11 x 17
Fall 2020 
Experimental Photography
The photograph is a portrait shot of a female subject looking directly into the camera behind an old, wire fence. 
 

The photography is a colored, up-close portrait shot of a female subject looking up to the left into the abyss. The female has beautiful red hair complementing a white turtleneck. There is a tree branch with green leaves cutting across the image at the lower left rising the lower right side in a diagonal motion. 

Blinded Gaze 
Photograph
8 x 10
Fall 2020
Experimental Photography
The photography is a colored, up-close portrait shot of a female subject looking up to the left into the abyss. The female has beautiful red hair complementing a white turtleneck. There is a tree branch with green leaves cutting across the image at the lower left rising the lower right side in a diagonal motion. 
 

The photograph is a portrait shot of a female subject that is looking away from the camera, brushing hair behind her ear standing behind tiny tree branches that lay in front of her face. 

Patiently Waiting 
Photograph
11 x 17 
Fall 2020
Experimental Photography
The photograph is a portrait shot of a female subject that is looking away from the camera, brushing hair behind her ear standing behind tiny tree branches that lay in front of her face. 

The photograph is a black and white medium shot of a female subject looking off to the left with a jean jacket draped over her left shoulder. 

Quick Coffee Run 
Photograph 
8 x 10 
Fall 2020 
Experimental Photography 
The photograph is a black and white medium shot of a female subject looking off to the left with a jean jacket draped over her left shoulder.