Andrea Modica

Andrea Modica is a modern photographer. She got her bachelors degree at SUNY Purchase and her Masters at Yale. Andrea Modica shoots pretty much all of her photographs staged. Modica’s photographs have a certain eeriness or gothic, wasteland style to them. Modica shoots some of her photographs sort of out of focus kind of pictorial-ish, like the early work of Margaret Cameron. It is like she is making these gothic, run down scenes more idealized and whimsical even though the images are still disturbing to a degree. Modica’s photographs although depressing contain beautiful lighting and contrast. Her subject matter ranges from mostly people, to landscapes, to animal cadavers, etc. The overall theme of Modica’s work is probably death or desolate. Overall I think Modica’s photography works very well, especially her work in Treadwell and Fountain. Modica pays very special attention to lighting, the lighting in her images is always beautifully done. Modica also pays attention to the framing enhancing her overall composition. I love that she invents and creates her scenes. Modica’s work extracts an emotional response from the viewer. Her work is not only visually appealing, but also its oddness makes you want to keep looking. The fact that Modica uses a large format camera makes the detail extraordinary. I think Modica’s overall inventiveness and attention to the detail of the composition makes her photography not only visually interesting but work as art photography. I enjoyed her work overall, I think that she is a very brilliant photographer and cannot wait to see her future work.