Roni Horn - Photographer

The clip of Roni Horn was different from the other clips we've seen, because she had a very different story of her photography.  She has a true connection  with the focus of her pictures whether it be water, a friend, or her niece.  Roni sees something in water that many other people don't see and it is enough to make her life's work about it.   I liked how she talked about the dark water being a psychological darkness because it was a good metaphor about her piece.  The part that showed her images all throughout a university was particularly interesting.  Not only does she put effort into her photography, but the layout was important as well.  Bringing nature into the university seemed to be beneficial as a few of the students stated.  I also liked how she said that each person would have a different emotion or reaction to the set-up of the pictures because they experience them differently.  A person may not walk a certain hall until a new semester or a new year and it would take them a while to learn that path and see the other photographs.  There was a 'flow of people' and a 'flow of water' as they explained which was true from what I could see in the clip.  The other images I found interesting was the swimming pool locker rooms.  Roni took a place that many would not think is a good place to make a work of art and turned it into an emotional piece.  The peep holes produce the feeling of voyeurism and the wall to wall tile surroundings brought on the idea of a chess player.  Her deep connection to her work is clearly illustrated in her work.