self-referential

my ancient flickr

explorations in film and digital photography, dating from 2006 to 2009.

first things first.

My name is Meaghan Larkin, and I am an undergraduate studying art and design aesthetics at the University of Oregon. My hometown is Portland, Oregon, but I feel the most at home at the coast or in the mountains of California. In my studies, my primary focus is to express and expand upon the things that make life fascinating, wonderful, and beautiful. I have words, images, and questions to explore. I paint non-representationally; illustrate with ink and graphite; and explore patterns, light & its possibilities, color, shape, and space. I've felt that I've always had a photographic eye, giving attention to detail, placement, and mood. I like to explore a location, a person, or the smallest thing to find the hidden magic to bring forward. I've taken a black and white photography class while studying at the University, and there was a lot of magic in learning the process of developing my own photos. I've grown to love technology and its insane amount of possibilities after a long while of resenting it for its extreme presence in our 21st century lives. I figure it's time to embrace it, while still remaining an old soul who prefers handwriting, vinyl, books, and photos in print. I hope to grow as a photographer in the ways of expanding my knowledge of the camera's capacity, and to the able to use it for all its worth.