“People are taking photographs without any kind of artistic intent, and you get a fantastic index of how they are thinking. It’s like an unintentional masterpiece” (Umbrico). Penelope Umbrico says she has always been repurposing things and putting found objects together (“Penelope Umbrico Interview”). She had always had an interest in illusionary spaces (“Penelope Umbrico Interview”). Because of this, she was determined to find what subjects were the most frequently tagged and photographed. With millions of uploads everyday, she found that sunsets and people standing in front of sunsets were the most popular (Carnegie Museum). With this in mind, she created a beautiful masterpiece. Sunset Portraits from 31,271,160 Sunset Pictures on Flickr on 08/03/16 is tucked away in a room just enough so it is revealed only when turning the …show more content…
Umbrico says how the camera’s only exposed the sun and not the people in front of it, which erases the subjectivity of the people (“Sunset Portraits”). She says how she uses the entire photographs because she was thinking of the relationship between the “Individual assertion of ‘here I am’” (“Sunset Portraits”). Each photo differs, some may have a few people, some only have one, or some may have none. Depending on the way the people are posed, the viewer can make an inference of what is going on or the relationship between the people. For example, if there were two people hugging or kissing, the reader would assume their story is they are in a relationship (“Penelope Umbrico Interview”). Or, if there were multiple people, the reader could assume their story is they are a family. There is no description of the work that says who the people are (“Sunset Portraits”). It is highly unnecessary. Each photograph tells its own story by itself. This gives the viewer the freedom to let their imagination take over. The location tells a story all on its own. Most of the locations seem to be at a