photo by Amir Hamja
About
Ariel Ione Williams is an American photographer born in 1993. She was raised in New York City and received her BFA in Photography and Art History from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2015. Ariel is an experimental and traditional analog photographer creating images where the artists deepest instincts and emotions unite. Through the process of unearthing the subconscious, her work translates and morphs into an investigation and exploration of self-discovery. Williams executes her images based on a foundation of metaphor, symbolism and poetry deliberately exploring the medium of photography as a mirror-of-life. She carefully constructs photographs meant to be utilized as a space of reflection in an attempt to understand the ineffable experience. These visual records act as a memoir while at the same time being a play with imaginative narration.