The Concept

In our consultation, Liz talked about nature as a deep influence — recording its sounds, finding inspiration in its rhythms. It was the thread connecting so many parts of her practice. She also shared illustrations that captured the feeling she was after: a subject dissolving into the natural world around her. From that conversation and those images, I developed the visual concepts: place her inside the landscape so completely that she felt like part of it. That meant several things ~ finding lush backdrops that she could both blend in and stand out, outfits chosen to harmonize with the colors of each setting, and at dusk, a slow shutter speed that would literally blur her figure into the environment.

I scouted locations for these ideas ~ lush forest settings and a coastal spot above the water. We chose outfits that harmonized with the landscape. Then I mapped out the timing of the day in two parts: the forest and water shots in bright shade, when the green would be at its most saturated and alive, and the final shots on the coastal cliffs at dusk, where the slow shutter speed let her figure soften into the landscape ~ visually echoing the way her music dissolves the line between artist and environment.