I am an artist and photographer currently enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) working as a Photography major.
I love photography. I've only picked it up recently in my art-making career, but it has quickly become my favorite kind of artistic medium. It started as a hobby that I wanted to pursue. I took class after class, learned the basics, and now am going to college to continue learning. Now at MICA as a full-time student, I can't wait to better my art and share it with the world.
I thank you for taking the time to look at my site and through my photographs.
I am first and foremost an artist. That is what I am trained in and that is what I work with. Photography is, from my studies, one of the only true art forms that require a multitude of different aspects all at once. Lighting, composition, content, angle, patience. Combine that with all the technical "mumbo-jumbo" and you have the ability to create something magical.
Zach is an artist and photographer currently enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) working as a Photography major.
Comparatively to his entire art-making career, photography is a recent venture for Zach. Despite being relatively new to the medium, he is persistent and determined to learn all that he can about this medium and how he can apply it to all of his art-making practices. Now at MICA as a full-time student, he continues his journey to constantly improve his craft and hopes to one day share it with the world.
ZACHARY
Prince
The Audition
For my Senior Thesis at MICA, I wrote and produced The Audition, an original play starring puppet characters Don Hudson and Cheryl Lochley, two actors who meet at an audition that end up having a relationship and life with each other.
The majority of the play deals with the relationship between Don and Cheryl, looking at their dynamic as a partnership. Depicting their lives together in three parts - a meet-cute, a break-up, and an end years later - the play explores a full spectrum and sees these characters at different points in their lives, ever-changing. Providing insight on classic romance films and stories, the common tropes are incorporated into the plot and the play utilizes them in the story and characters, with the goal to ask why of the films they are from. The play, therefore, functions as a commentary on the more fantastical romance films and stories, utilizing the standard structure, common tropes, and dialogue exchanges in order to not only poke jest at the unrealistic nature of those stories but also to embrace them as part of the love language in modern film and television entertainment.
Below you can watch a short exercpt of The Audition, take a look at the puppet stars of the production, and explore the images of their building process and stills from the final performance.
Watch the full video performance here.
MeeT the Puppets
Don Hudson
Don Hudson is a well-established actor. A seemingly self-assured man, he is known for many of the most prominent faux-90's blockbuster action flicks and romantic comedies. Fictional filmography includes Valentine Letters (1996) and Hunting Season (2003).
In the debut performance of The Audition, "Don" was performed by _____.
Cheryl Lochley
Cheryl Lochley is an actress without much less critical success. Contemplating leaving acting for good, her life changes after an audition opposite Don for the role of "Kaitlin" in Kaitlin (2006).
In the debut performance of The Audition, "Cheryl" was performed by _____.
Production Stills
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