Ryan Hobbs

During my studies at Montana State University, under the tutelage of Jeffrey Conger, I was asked to create a multitude of potential resolutions to the questions and challenges presented by each brief.
During my time at Cranbrook Academy of Art I once again thrust myself into the rigor of making work, and in making work, more work evolves/is created. Through inter-department audits and with the Photography department I was able to develop a set of tools to help first with design and second to achieve through photography a voice that compared to my design sensibilities. Throughout my Fulbright in Riga, Latvia I challenged myself daily with design projects and photography ideas. Specifically I wanted to try and develop a cataloging system for a city, through the use of digital images and digital printing. I systematically documented a city by breaking it down to the essence and then exhausting those elements before moving on and moving forward to the next segment. For example, documenting every door within the prescribed area, after which moving onto corner shops, garbage bins, neon, scaffolding, taxi stands, bus stands and trolley stands. In doing so I was able to see each unit of the city before I viewed the city as a whole. B...

Otago Polytechnic | MFA | Photography

Fulbright Scholar | Riga, Latvia

Cranbrook Academy of Art | MFA | 2D Design