While doing some research for my artist presentation I came across some work of Ann Hamilton which I found to be extremely interesting and powerful works as well.
I found the work of Ann Hamilton's A Human Touch. I initially saw her photos alone and liked those but once I found out a little bit more about what it was about I thought that it was even a much better piece all together. Using the idea of public health and social community engagement with the building of a healthcare facility for those who are not available to healthcare other wise. Hamilton wanted to use a very personable approach and claimed that for this particular work less is more when showing the portraits. Taking hundreds of photos I think that Hamilton captured the idea of a humanistic approach and creative way of showing the link between healthcare availability and not that is a problem faced by many. I think the photos themselves are powerful without any context added. Without the sharp clarity of the portraits themselves they are obviously photos of individuals that are of different age, gender, race and ethnicity and body types. This much is clear in the work but nothing beyond that which I feel is the point. Nothing of those characteristics should make health care more or less available, yet it does, very much actually. The way Hamilton can express that in her photo series I think is very powerful and important as well.
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/a-human-touch-ann-hamiltons-portraits-at-ut-austin/
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