My senior show project is a collage series based on Carl Jung's 12 common archetypes. I photographed each of the models with the archetype in mind. The other images used are from the web, mainly from unsplash.com and public domain.
The Caregiver
The Creator
The Sage
The Lover
The Orphan
The Hero
The Innocent
The Rebel
The Magician
The Ruler
The Explorer
The Trickster
Artist Statement
Some would say our experiences make us who we are. I’m not the same person I was five years ago, or even one year ago. And neither are you. We are always growing, learning, changing. I’ve always enjoyed collage, using bits and pieces I find and combining them into pleasing compositions. I went back to my roots of photography with this series, capturing the models portraying each of the archetypes.
Archetypes are universal patterns and ideas that are unconsciously used to make sense of the world and the people around us.We can relate to different archetypal characters at different points in our lives. No archetype is better or worse than any of the others. They represent traits that we all can learn from. Maybe you can recognize aspects of these archetypes in yourself or others.
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